SL: Direct Service-Learning Level 1

Issued by East Stroudsburg University

This badge is issued to students who successfully complete a service learning project. Service-learning requires students to work on a community issue and reflect on lessons learned. Direct service-learning occurs when students learn about a societal issue in class and provide a service to support those who face that issue. For example, students visit patients at a hospital, serve meals at a soup kitchen, or walk shelter dogs. Students are expected to spend 1 - 10 hours on the project.

Type Experience
Level Foundational

Skills

Earning Criteria

Service-learning is course-based experiential learning that focuses on using academic knowledge to resolve a problem for a community partner. Students apply their expertise to solve the community partner's problem. Additionally, the students reflect on their service-learning experience. So, service-learning has three parts: 1) learning about a community problem; 2) intervening to improve the situation; 3) reflecting on the impact of the learning and intervention on the student.
Direct service-learning occurs when students learn about a community issue in class and then provide a service to support those who face that issue. Students performing direct service-learning interact with specialized populations, like homeless people, children, or older adults.
To earn this badge, the student: 1) Completed a course-embedded service-learning project at East Stroudsburg University. 2) Provided 1 - 10 hours of service directly to clients. 3) Participated in formal and informal reflection on the impact of the service-learning project.