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Guide to
Service-Learning Sites and Student Responsibilities
BEFORE YOUR FIRST VISIT
- Select a school or community
organization from the list provided.
- Select a school or structure that you're interested in.(Traditional, Open School, Montessori, etc.)
- If you have any questions, call Merrie Benasutti at (612) 330-1208 or Mary Laurel True at (612) 330-1775 or the contact person at the site.
- Select a site that is convenient for you.
- Select an organization or school that has hours that work for you.
- Call the contact
person.
- Give your name, say that you are an Augsburg student, give the name of the class for which you are doing this service component.
- Ask what times during the day/evening/weekend are available for you to work.
- Let the contact person know the number of hours that you can work at the site.
- Let the contact person know what you will need in terms of information for your class.
- Set a time for a first
visit.
- Schedule an appointment to work well in advance of the actual work date.
- Confirm the service site address and ask for directions if you need them.
- If you are unable to work, call the site supervisor/teacher and give as much lead-time as possible (a minimum of 24 hours is necessary). The school/worksite depends on you to show up and do the agreed upon work.
AT THE SITE
- Arrive on time and be prepared to work.
- When in doubt about what you are to do, how to do it, or why to do it, ask the site supervisor/teacher directly for clarification. A convenient way to organize your responsibilities (student's, site's, supervisor's) is to complete a "Service-Learning Contract."
- Fill out the the "Community Service Assignment Time Record" each time you go to your community site/school and have your site supervisor/teacher sign the signature sheet each time before you leave the site.
- Make sure to schedule the time and date of your next work activity before you leave.
AFTER YOU LEAVE FOR THE DAY
- Make entries in your journal as soon as possible after completing your work on a given day. The sooner you make your entries after completing your work the more vivid and accurate your memories will be.
GENERAL ADVICE
- If any concerns emerge about the quality of of your work experience and/or the supervision you receive, contact Merrie Benasutti at (612) 330-1208, Mary Laurel True at (612) 330-1775 or call your instructor and discuss the matter with either or both of them.
- While you are at the school or learning center, you are a representative of Augsburg College. Remember this and act accordingly.
- Do not give your home phone number or address to students at the school or learning center.
- Keep confidential information confidential. This rule holds true while you are at the school or learning center and afterwards when discussing site activities in class or with friends.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE
- Arrange to give copies of any papers or reports that you produce about the service experience to your site supervisor/teacher. They are very interested to know what you discovered or concluded as a result of your work.
- Thank your site supervisor
either in person or in writing.
