Documenting Your Success

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Documenting Your Success

• Susan Abravanel, YSA
• Kate McPherson, PSL

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Introductions

• Kate McPherson and Susan Abravanel
• Participants
• STEM
• Global Youth Service Day
• Americas Promise
• First time 1-3 years, 4-6 year, Beyond

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Documenting Your Success

• What do you or your students need to
• know about your programs impacts on
• student learning and development
• community
• the school
• other

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What do others need to know?

• The Data
• Who else needs to know about the impacts of your
  program ?
• YSA
• Corporation for National and Community
  Service
• School / District
• Parents
• Other Teachers?
• Legislators

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What do others need to know?

• The Story
• Who else needs to know about the impacts of your
  program ?
• YSA
• Corporation for National and Community
  Service
• School / District
• Parents
• Other Teachers?
• Legislators

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Tools to Measure Impacts
Scale Diversity Impact on Student Impact on
Community
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Sharing Your Story
Form diverse groups - GYSD, STEM, Americas
Promise Share a story you have told or want to
tell about your project. Who do you want to hear
it?
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A new resource . . .
www.gotoservicelearning.org
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Putting Ideas to Work
Define your plan for documenting both the
student learning and the service to the
community. (6 minutes alone) Share in
triads, providing feedback and suggestions to
each other.