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Institute Training Series 2008:

Service Learning A Strategy for Keeping Youth in School

December 3rd to the 5th, 2008

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown

1201 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA, 19107

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Institute Overview

Young people across the country have been learning academic skills, meeting standards, and   finding meaningful opportunities to participate in projects designed to help their families and communities prepare for and respond to disasters or emergencies through service learning.         Join us at the Hyatt Hotel in historic Philadelphia for this fun 2 day interactive institute. Participants will acquire knowledge, skills, and resources related to implementing high quality service learning, with an emphasis on school and community safety, disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

Who should attend?

Teams of teachers, students, school administrators, community based staff, AmeriCorps members and anyone interested in connecting disaster preparedness and response or school and community safety into their curriculum through service learning.

Agenda Summary:

Workshop Day 1 & 2

Administrators

Service Learning Coordinators

Teachers

Community Based Staff

Youth (6th -12th grade)

2007-2008 YODA program

LSA Grantee

AmeriCorps

Other: (Write in on Registration form)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workshop Day 3  (Select One)

Family, Schools & Community Safety

Literacy-Cross Age Tutoring

Hunger/Homelessness

Students Serving Students

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsored by:

 State Farm

 The Institute for Global Education and Service-Learning

 Y.O.D.A. - Youth Organized for Disaster Action

 The National Drop Out Prevention Center

 

Registration Information: (Click box to Download)

 

                                    

                                                   

                                                                                                

 

 

Mail Registration Form and Payments to:
Institute for Global Education and Service-Learning
2222 Trenton Road, Lower Left Suite
Levittown, PA 19056

Attn: Institute Training Series 2008
 

For more information, contact us at:
Phone: 215-945-8118  

Fax: 215-945-1818
e-mail: institute@igesl.org