©2009 : Rahima Wade : Supporting social change for classroom, campus, and community.
Rahima has presented hundreds of service-learning workshops for K-12 teachers across the country on a variety of topics. She will work with you to tailor-make a workshop or presentation to fit the needs of your group. Following are just some of the possible workshops offered:
Service-Learning in K-12 education: Mutual benefits for students and communities
Service-learning is an effective strategy for enhancing students' personal, social and academic growth through engaging in authentic opportunities to address real world needs in the school and community. This presentation will focus on the goals, rationales, and essential elements of high quality service-learning experiences for K-12 students. Stories of exemplary practice in a variety of grade levels and subject areas will enable participants to see the many potential benefits of service-learning for their students, schools, and communities.
Enhancing Literacy through Service-Learning
This session will focus on how to involved K-12 students in authentic uses of reading and writing to make a difference in their schools and communities. Participants will learn how real world literacy projects improve student motivation and meet important community needs.
Reflection and Assessment: Enhancing Learning from Service
Reflection and assessment work together as an essential partnership in high quality service-learning programs. Participants in this session will learn a variety of strategies for assisting students in meaningful reflection on their service experiences. We will also explore how to develop effective plans for assessing students' learning and service.
Service Learning for Social Justice
Too often, service-learning experiences begin and end with short term efforts to meet immediate needs. This session will address how to incorporate a social justice approach in any service-learning project through addressing the root causes of the problem, empowering all participants, and working on multiple fronts in collaboration with others for long term social change.
Collaborating with Community Partners: Principles for Success
So you want to begin a service-learning project working with a local community agency. How do you find a suitable partner? What is the best way to make the initial contact? How do you establish an ongoing mutually beneficial collaboration? Based on the research on effective collaborations and the presenter's own experiences, this session will give participants the tools they need to create successful school/community partnerships.
From individual consultations with teacher educators to guidance in building a statewide network, Rahima Wade draws on 18 years of experience working with teacher educators nationwide to develop and enhance service-learning practice in teacher education programs. Rahima offers course planning workshops and half or full-day presentations at an introductory or advanced level on a variety of topics including: service-learning in the elementary school, integrating service-learning in the social studies, connecting service-learning and literacy, and service-learning for social justice.
Does your organization want to develop a service-learning curriculum for a targeted audience? Do you need a set of civic engagement lessons to accompany a film? Rahima has worked with organizations such as The Chicago Video Project, the Annenberg Public Policy Center, the National Council for the Social Studies and Kids Voting USA to develop civic and service-learning lessons and activities for kindergarten through college students. Rahima’s lessons incorporate innovative methods, both in and outside the classroom, that challenge students to think critically and creatively.
©2009 : Rahima Wade : Supporting social change for classroom, campus, and community.