Valencia Community College

School, Home and Community Partnerships It seems that everybody agrees that it is important to form strong partnerships between schools, homes and their communities, but there is a decided lack of information about how to go about achieving that goal. In 2010, President Obama signed the executive order, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics which includes provisions for strengthening home and community partnerships with schools. The President pointed out that only…

Community Education has been at the forefront of education in Scotland since the Alexander Report amalgamated youth work, adult learning and community work together back in 1975 to form the community education services seen currently. Back then the Labour Government at the time commissioned the report and it has continued to have a significant impact on community education since then. In this essay I will explore how the different antecendents of community education outlined in Community…

time during their college days, sometimes it goes up to four days, especially with athletes who don't do much but train all four years like Eggers. “In 14 states, a bill was passed that required 90,000 students perform 25 hours of community serves’’ to help out the community and to probably get their asses of their couch. In the story Eggers mainly supports the idea of students working or helping the community because it helps them understand the way of life. Students in colleges should have a…

Throughout this semester I performed a total of 12 hours of service. In March, I completed 2 hours of service at the Friends for the Future Phone-a-thon. At the Phone-a-thon, I was able to give back to our school by connecting with and thanking people who generously donated to Friends for the Future. Afterwards, I performed the Spiritual Work of Mercy, pray for the living, by praying for the people who donated to our school. I chose this service because I love giving back to my school. I…

Chapter 7 and 8 in The Practicum Companion gave some very important and insightful points. Chapter 7 was on working in groups while in the field. One of the main points discussed was expectations for practice with groups. They gave four examples of models that social workers may fulfill they were, social action/goals model, reciprocal goals model, and remedial goals model. Another point discussed was learning the factors that come along with group practice. The chapter discussed important…

Experience (FULE) has enabled students to learn community service and gain practical life and career experience living in St. Paul’s historic Frogtown neighborhood. The FULE House provides housing for up to six Bethel students each year, all of whom regularly attend Urban Homeworks Seminars and participate in weekly community engagement. The experience also requires students to take Intentional Urban Living, through which they explore the meaning of community and the unique issues that arise in…

exposed to many scenarios during those classes that I can apply to my future opportunities. It also has inspired me to utilize those talents I am passionate about in activities at the high school. Some projects I have worked on for the school and community include: revamping and recreating Jacobs Gymnastics’ website, filming and editing promotional videos for volunteers and participants of Unity Point, the YMCA and Waukee APEX’s Healthy Kids Day, making promotional videos for the APEX program…

“Community” is a word that connects us with each other; it highlights a specific experience that we all share, a community is more than just a neighborhood, it is a common identity, and it is a set of relationships among people. It is pivotal that each and everyone of us give back to this experience in anyway we can. It is our civic duty as members of our communities to engage in some form service. Giving back to the community has a lasting and positive impact on society at large. Community…

have done multiple community service projects in order to help benefit myself and my community. In my sophomore year of high school (2013 - 2014) I was accepted into the National Honors Society. Joining the National Honors Society was a huge opportunity for me to help in community service projects and to help better my community. With this organization I was able to help with multiple service projects such as helping students at elementary and middle schools with their community service…

For me, service means helping someone in need when they do not have a lot of options. But service also mean to give back to the community . As an international student coming from France, I am here in New York and even if it is not my community, I Iive here now and I want to help my new city. So being part of the CUNY Service Corps could really help me embrace my New York life but also help me gain professional experience. I want to be in Service Corps because I really enjoy helping people. Plus…