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Virginia Learn And Serve Evaluation: Evaluation Report, Rmc Research Corporation
Virginia Learn And Serve Evaluation: Evaluation Report, Rmc Research Corporation
Project Summaries
Virginia Learn and Serve, funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service, is intended to support efforts to involve young people in meaningful service to their communities, while simultaneously building their academic and civic skills. In 2003-2004, the Virginia Department of Education provided subgrants to 12 K-12 school-based service-learning programs. Priority was given to those programs that implemented high quality service-learning projects that support high academic standards, specifically Virginia's Standards of Learning.
Out Of The Classroom And Into The Community: Service Learning Reinforces Classroom Instruction, Roy Bonnette
Out Of The Classroom And Into The Community: Service Learning Reinforces Classroom Instruction, Roy Bonnette
Project Summaries
Technology students successfully developed four complete sets of house plans including floor plans, framing plans, and elevations. Because Habitat relies on donations of doors, windows, and cabinets, detail drawings and schedules vary and were not included. Unskilled persons who volunteered time and labor for Habitat needed concise and unambiguous directions from supervisors. The students' drawings of floor and elevation plans provided these workers with a clear and graphic representation of the construction goals. As noted above, students were held to professional and technical accountability. This process was put in place to replicate real-world practices and to give students a sense …