Developing and Implementing Civic-engagement Projects

Developing and Implementing Civic-engagement Projects

Task 1. Scan the following resources, and identify the following details about engaging the community in education:

• What is Service Learning or Community Engagement
• Engaging the Community  
• Service Learning: You Can Make a Difference
• Benefits of Service Learning, and reflect on: 

1. what is the service-learning or community engagement?  
2. what are the benefits of service learning? ;
3. what are the most efficient ways for you as the Access students to engage with community members and resources .

Task 2. Analyze the community-service projects examples and ideas presented below: 

1. 55 Environmental Service-Learning Projects
2. Global Youth Service Day
3. Access Program celebrating Global  Youth Service Day
4. Access Program Civic-Engagement Projects
5.  Service-Learning project ideas
6. Project ideas , and 

together with your Access teachers select 3 community-service project ideas relevant for your community. 

Task 3.   Analyze the following civic-engagement project proposals developed by Access students from various regions of Moldova to identify the project stages/ procedures each project ran.   

1. Different but Equal
2. Learn English through Creativity
3. A Holiday for Everybody
4. Colorful Town. Make Your World Better. 
5. The Struggle for the Environment
6. “Making Changes through Youth Civic- Engagement Projects”
7. “Making Changes through Social Theater”  
8. “ Shorter School Breaks”

Task 4. The following resources reflect the highlights of a successfully  civic-engagement project writing process. Let's explore them one by one:
a) Analyze the structure of  the project plan examples posted here: what steps does a project plan include?
Developing a project plan 
b)  Explore the Project Tipsheets list and choose 3 most important ones - why do you consider they are the most important ones for s successful project implementation? Youth Changing the World Tipsheets 

c) Examine the Youth Changing the World: Youth Service Project Toolkit guide, which explains in detail the important steps that will help teachers and students, in collaboration with school administration, make a meaningful impact on an issue that is important to you and your community: INVESTIGATE, PREPARE, PLAN, ACT, REFLECT, DEMONSTRATE AND CELEBRATE. 

Youth Changing the World Toolkit

Think about: 

• what you learned new in terms of project planning and implementation;
• how these steps are different from regular projects you usually do in your regular classes ( for e.g., Christmas or Halloween parties, school plays, poster displays, school competitions, etc.)
• Which of these steps would be the most difficult to implement and why.

Task 5. Think of one of the and develop a detailed plan of its implementation, according to the  “Civic -Engagement Project Template” . Download this document, complete it and submit your project proposal.    Use the examples listed below as reference points. 

Additional resources:
Developing a Project Plan
Additional project examples:
Music and Graphic Arts Projects Examples
Creative and Language Arts Projects
Social Sciences Projects