ServiceLearning Process
How will we do this work?
“The only thing that interferes with my learning is how I have been educated.” ---Albert Einstein
The ServiceLearning teacher tutors will work with classroom teachers and community leaders in structuring/guiding/aiding demonstration classes that will target a particular student’s problematical academic subject matter like math, writing or reading. After defining the student’s academic weakness area(s) then we fit the right learning style according to one of eight intelligences as outlined by Harvard’s Howard Gardner.
Videoconferencing may be used in the academic remediation process, but largely, at the beginning, one-to-one tutoring will suffice to improve student’s academic improvement according to the state and national standards. One-to-ones will allow us to bond with the student, and discover the best methodology to teach that child.
The ServiceLearning Group will provide an inquiry-based, hands-on program in different subject matter subjects that will utilize the power of advanced technologies (videoconferencing, digitalized classrooms, school-to-school collaborative interdisciplinary studies and projects) to foster collaboration among students, teachers, community members, parents and experts partnering to develop a teaching and learning environment that promotes creativity and strategic implementation tools (for multi-intelligence geared learning) for discovery.
In our math one-on-one tutoring program we plan to use such technology tools such as Geo-Stretcher, spreadsheets, graphic organizers, databases, probe wares, on-line resources, and graphing calculators to assess, collect, analyze and interpret data.
We are concerned with the best instructional design that will best do the job with that particular student. We know that the same style of instruction is not conducive to all students retaining information and turning that knowledge into a real world use.
Using these methods will provide real world connections to the New York State MST standards. Intervention tools will be used across grade levels to assist students in mastering the skills necessary to enable them to develop higher-order thinking skills.
The ServiceLearning Group will place an emphasis on project-based, real world simulations learning models (like the WISE, Star Legacy, Dick & Carey, Universal Design for Learning frameworks) that allow for collaboration among teachers, community and students in both public and nonpublic schools around the Teachers College neighborhood.
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