Service Learning connects positive and meaningful action in the community with student interests’ and passions, academic learning, personal growth and social responsibility. Service Learning empowers students to use their skills and passions to solve real problems and needs in our community while developing new skills and knowledge through integrated connections to the curriculum.
AISL service learning program enables students to actively engage in, lead, and understand meaningful service by responding to genuine needs of the community. This will be achieved through the delivery of an integrated service learning curriculum and the development of sustainable projects in each division.
Students learn from, and are enriched by, the perspectives of others
We have a responsibility to the community in which we live
Meaningful service is best achieved through sustainable service partnerships
Service is best learned when it is integrated into curriculum
Meaningful service is achieved through the five standards of service learning:
Investigating
Planning and Preparation
Action
Reflection
Demonstration and Communication.
Leadership, teamwork, communication, and mutual respect are fundamental for successful service experiences
To involve everyone in service learning
To bring about authentic social change through community collaboration and development
To enhance and improve the lives of others
To develop sustainable collaboratives/partnerships with the local community
To provide authentic leadership opportunities
To integrate service learning into the curriculum
To develop resources and support systems to enable effective, sustainable, and meaningful service learning