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 650-617-8963.

MEET THE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS

Steve Padilla, Information Specialist, ETR
Steve collects and shares information about high quality community service and service-learning through his work with the National Service Resource Center's Effective Practices Collection, a project of ETR Associates funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service. He is an experienced trainer and presenter in a variety of national venues, covering topics such as service-learning basics and technology resources for service programs. You may know ETR Associates as the home of the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. Check out this site at http://www.servicelearning.org/. Email Steve: stevep@etr.org

Dr. Jennifer Colby, Lecturer, CSUMB Service-Learning Institute
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

Bob Vasconcellos, Retired Teacher, Pioneer High School
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. Check out this link to learn more: http://www.yscal.org/resources/sltools.html . Email Bev: bevmad@sbcglobal.net

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