Transcript Service Learning By - Valdosta State University

“Service-learning is a method of
teaching, learning and reflecting
that combines academic
classroom curriculum with
meaningful service, frequently
youth service, throughout the
community.”
Youth who participate in high-quality community-based servicelearning are likely to benefit in a number of ways:
•Increased access to the range of supports and opportunities they need to
grow up healthy, caring, and responsible.
•Increased sense of self-efficacy, as young people learn that they can
impact real social challenges, problems, and needs.
•Higher academic achievement and interest in furthering their education.
•Enhanced problem-solving skills, ability to work in teams, and planning
abilities.
•Enhanced civic engagement attitudes, skills and behaviors.
•Meet the Blazers was a day in the early spring where people
in the surrounding are of Valdosta brought their kids to
participate in a day to practice with the Valdosta State
University football team.
•The kids would go to each position and do some of the drills
that us players actually do during practice.
•It was a great day for aspiring football starts to see what they
had and have fun doing it.
The Blazer Build was an
opportunity for the
Valdosta State Athletics
to partner with Habitat
for Humanity and build
a house for someone in
the community that is in
need.
The football team had the
job to assemble all of the
walls that would be used in
the construction of the
house.
It took around eight hours
to finish all of the walls
which we worked in two
four hour shifts. The rest
of the athletics each did a
separate part and two
weeks later the house was
completely built and ready
to live in.
•The Great American Clean-Up is where there are different groups all
over the United States that split their area into sections and clean up those
areas of liter.
•I was put into a group with my teacher DR. Carl M. Hand and his area
was in Hahira, Georgia.
•Once at the clean site we were split into even smaller groups and sent to
different parts of the community.
•By the end of the day we had the entire city looking spotless.
•From doing this service learning I learned a lot about myself.
•I found that it makes me feel good to positively affect someone
else or to help someone in need.
•I also learned about my community how vast and how helping
someone can let others see your just not here to play sports but to
be a positive influence on the community.
•All the community service played a big role in helping me
mature.