Training and Technical Assistance   

YCS offers support to educators and organizations that are using service learning as a teaching tool to integrate community service into the classroom experience or after school program. YCS provides training and technical assistance to K-12 educators and school districts, college and university faculty and pre-service student teachers, and service organizations.

Along with the YCS director of service learning, the region five training and technical assistance trainers are available to conduct the following service-learning workshops:

• Introduction to service-learning ("SL 101");
• Incorporating youth voice into service-learning;
• Enhancing student reflection through service-learning;
• Connecting service-learning to academic content standards;
• Service-learning lesson planning;
• Service-Learning Evaluation;
• Civic Responsibility in Service-Learning.

We will work to fit your needs in designing an appropriate workshop for your school's educational climate or organization's needs. If you would like to request training and technical assistance services, please contact the Service-Learning Director, Judy Dauberman, at 650-858-8054.

MEET THE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS

Jennifer Colby 
Jennifer has been heavily involved in community service and service learning throughout her lifetime. At CSUMB, she teaches SL2000, and Service-learning for Liberal Studies Classroom Teachers. Jennifer has a background in science and art, passions she has continued to pursue while promoting service-learning education. She is also involved with Project Serve, a K-12 service-learning initiative at the San Juan Unified School District and the Pajaro River Project with the Watershed Institute. To email Jennifer: Jennifer_Colby@csumb.edu

Judy Dauberman 
A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Judy worked for many years in the biotechnology industry in research before returning to graduate school to complete her doctorate degree in Educational Psychology at Stanford University. Judy's dissertation research focused on work places as learning communities and her current interest is evaluating the impact of service learning experiences on the development of community service self-efficacy in youth. As a California Department of Education regional lead for service learning, Judy thoroughly enjoys working with educators and community organizations on implementing service learning projects and/or programs.. To email Judy: judy@youthcommunityservice.org

Bob Vasconcellos
Bob is a former high school science teacher who helped lead the school wide service-learning program at Pioneer High School in San Jose. As a teacher at Pioneer, a nationwide Service-Learning Leader School, Bob has led innumerable students through service-learning and helped prepare other teachers at his school to do the same. He also presented the Pioneer service-learning model at national and local conferences. Bob is currently in retirement from teaching, and is providing consultation service to other schools and districts who are building their service-learning models. Email Bob: bobvasco@earthlink.net

Beverley Madden
Bev specializes in curriculum development, building community relationships, and coordinating service-learning events. She assisted both students and faculty with service-learning initiatives at the College of San Mateo from 2001-2004. She has also played a vital role as a collaborative partner with YCS, planning, organizing, and facilitating service-learning conferences for youth, educators, parents, and community leaders. Bev specializes in reflection activities for service-learning based on Howard Gardner's Seven Intelligences. Email Bev: beverley.madden@gmail.com

Rosaleen Zisch
An award winning Social Studies Teacher, Rosaleen engaged her students in Service Learning for 15 of her 22 year career in teaching. Having retired from the teaching profession, she is presently the Regional Coordinator for Project Citizen. This international program from the Center of Civic Education is a natural match to the goal of meaningful service in your community. The materials for 5th-12th grade are made available free through a Federal Grant. Rosaleen also supervises Student Teachers for SJSU and is a consultant in History/Social Studies at SJUSD.

If you wish to tie your service into a History or Language Arts Class, Rosaleen is the person to call for a workshop. To email Roz: rozisch@aol.com

Kelly Mack
Kelly Mack strives to bring critical theory to life.  She works as a Service-Learning Technical Assistance Trainer, a Professional Development Coordinator in the Franklin McKinley School District, and as an adjunct faculty in San Jose State's Critical Research Academy (a combined master's credential program with a focus on social justice.)  Her desire for empowering education began in her high school service club, Apollo Athena and continued as she ventured north from Southern California to the activist environment of University of California Santa Cruz.  

After graduating with a BA in Philosophy, she worked with pre-schoolers, then returned to school for her credential and MA in Elementary Ed at SJSU. Combining an Americorp placement, as a Service-Learning Coordinator for SJSU, with her research into teacher's motivation for using service-learning, Kelly honed her action research skills and encouraged critical reflection in those she worked with.

Kelly hopes to teach service-learning to educators as a means towards transformational learning for them and their students. To email Kelly: kelly.mack@fmsd.org

Jaime Allen
Jaime Allen has developed and taught science programs for elementary school students and college summer English courses for foreign language students, but she knew that working with kids and animals was her “thing” after she started fostering dogs during her off time as an educator.  

To email Jaime: jaime.allen@hssv.org