3 Community Service Learning Community Service Learning

• Meaning of community, community services and community service learning (CSL)
• Key CSL terms: project, problem, gap, opportunity, solution, plan, implementation, report
• Importance of CSL for self and the community
• Six-step CSL milestone approach
• Milestone 1: problem identification and verification in a Kenyan school community
• Milestone 2: designing a solution
• Milestone 3: planning roles, activities, resources and timelines
• Milestone 4: implementation and keeping evidence
• Milestone 5: exhibition, showcasing and report writing
• Milestone 6: reflection and linking CSL to classroom learning

• explain the meaning of key terms used in community service learning (CSL) and CSL projects
• describe the importance of CSL in the community
• outline steps of a CSL project/activity
• execute a class CSL project
• desire to conduct CSL projects in the community

“How can community service learning contribute to community development?”

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1. What CSL is
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   Define community, community services and community service learning, and see why CSL is hosted in Social Studies.
2. Words of a CSL project
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   Explain project, problem (gap or opportunity), solution, plan, implementation and written report.
3. Why CSL matters
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   Describe the importance of CSL for the learner and for community development.
4. Six CSL milestones
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   Outline the six-step milestone approach: identify, design, plan, implement, exhibit and report, reflect.
5. Study our community
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Walk and sketch the school community to begin problem identification, noting who is affected.
6. Name gaps and opportunities
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   Brainstorm problems, gaps and opportunities in the school community without choosing yet.
7. Verify and adopt one problem
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Check evidence, size, safety and permission, then vote and adopt one class CSL problem.
8. Design possible solutions
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   Create intervention ideas that Grade 7 can actually carry out for the adopted problem.
9. Choose the intervention
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   Score remedies and write one intervention sentence the class will carry out.
10. Share roles and list activities
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    Name jobs and write the ordered activity list for the class intervention.
11. Resources and timeline
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    List what we already have, what we must borrow, and a clock-and-day timeline.
12. Permission, safety and ethics
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Complete permission, body and road safety, and ethics before any implementation.
13. Implement the solution
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    Carry out the planned intervention in the school community and stay on the adopted sentence.
14. Keep evidence of work done
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Collect sketches, tallies, permission paper and allowed media into one class evidence folder.
15. Exhibit and hear the community
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Showcase the project to the school community and record feedback for the report.
16. Write the CSL report
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Write a short true report: title, problem, solution, plan, what we did, evidence, feedback and next step.
17. Reflect on the project
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Review what worked, what failed, values felt, and what to change next time.
18. Link CSL to class learning
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Name how subject ideas enabled the project and how the project deepened those ideas.
19. Benefits after the work
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Describe the importance of CSL again, now pointing at real benefits for self, school and wider community.
20. Desire to serve again
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    Close strand 3 with keepers, a personal next act, and the wish to run CSL projects in the community.