Updates for Undergraduate Service Learning Students (Placement Selection & Farragut Trainings)
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Posted by , September 28, 2007
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This semester, the Scott/Ross Center is thrilled to support over 350 students and faculty in 16 undergraduate service learning classes in a variety of departments. Service learning students, please read on for available resources/support this week. Others who are interested in our tutoring and afterschool programs, which still have openings, can contact src@simmons.edu.
If you are a service learning student in a placement-based class who is still working to finalize a community partner site, in addition to contacting your professor, please feel free to contact Susie Flug, Associate Director for Undergraduate Service Learning at flug@simmons.edu or 617-521-2477. You can call, email, or come in to talk in person about community partners that are still accepting applications and find a placement that is right for you and your course.
NEW UPDATE If you are a service learning student in one of our tutoring programs at the Farragut Elementary School (America Counts, America Reads, Education Sparks, Farragut Afterschool Program, Farragut Morning Program), please note that you can start your service learning on schedule by attending trainings, tours, and orientations over the next two weeks before on-site tutoring begins. Please see the schedule below.
Many of these programs are still accepting applications for community service workstudy and volunteer positions.
Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions, comments, ideas, or concerns.
Training and Orientations for Service Learning Students in the Family Literacy/Farragut Tutoring Programs
(America Counts, America Reads, Education Sparks, Farragut Afterschool Program, Farragut Morning Program)
Week of 10/1: One hour session on what to expect in your service site, pre-service reflection questions, and information on the Farragut Elementary School and the Boston Public Schools with Jeremy Poehnert, Associate Director of Undergraduate Civic Engagement, Ruta Miniotas, undergraduate service learning assistant, and student leaders from the programs. -Please pick one: Monday 10/1 5-6pm, Tuesday 10/2 3:30-4:30pm, Wednesday 10/3 2:30-3:30pm. All meet in the Scott/Ross Center, W102. (Thursday 10/4, tour, see below)
Week of 10/8 (Columbus Day holiday on Monday and Tuesday): Take a tour of the Farragut Elementary School as you talk with staff on site and student program leaders. -Please pick one: Thursday 10/4, Wednesday 10/10, Thursday 10/11. All meet in the Scott/Ross Center and will run from 3-4:30pm.
Weekend of 10/13-10/14: Group training
Week of 10/15: Programs start on site
