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2009 Service-Learning
Leadership Institute
Anaheim, CA
February 9-11, 2009
“The Changing Face of California:
Youth Service
Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond”
The 2009 Service-Learning Leadership Institute will be held in Anaheim, California February 9-11, 2009 and will focus on Service-Learning and youth service's role in achieving Youth Service California’s goal of “Making service a meaningful part of every young person’s life.” The theme will be “The Changing Face of California: Youth Service, Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond,” which reflects the evolving nature of California’s population and the desire to give all youth the opportunity to make meaningful change to their community.
The conference center is the Sheraton Anaheim, which is located about five minutes from Disneyland and has a shuttle running to the park every 30 minutes, an ideal location for families and individual's wishing to attend the conference and spend a few extra days enjoying the park and Los Angeles.
The California Service-Learning Leadership Institute is hosted by Youth Service California in partnership with the California Department of Education, CalServe Initiative with funding from Learn and Serve America.
Highlights of this year's conference:
Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Manuel Pastor: The Changing Demographics of California
Dr. Manuel Pastor is Professor of Geography and American Studies &
Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and Director of the
Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) at USC’s Center
for Sustainable Cities. His research has generally focused on issues of environmental justice,
regional inclusion, and the economic and social conditions facing
low-income urban communities, and he speaks frequently on issues of demographic change, economic inequality, and community empowerment
Dr. Shelley H. Billig: Using Research to make the Case for Service-Learning
Dr. Shelley H. Billig is Vice President of RMC Research Corporation. She has published 14 books and dozens of articles on service-learning and education reform. She facilitated the project that led to the formation of the K-12 service-learning quality standards and currently serves as Principal Investigator of a random assignment study of the impact of participation in service-learning on academic and civic engagement and critical thinking skills of ninth grade students. She also works on a federal contractor to help states to develop systems of support for turning around low performing schools and districts.
Mark Batenburg: Meeting the Challenges of the Changing Face of California
Mark Batenburg, the Executive Director of Youth Service California, has spent most of his professional life supporting young people as they
grow and develop into adults. He taught high school in Chicago for
seven years; started the Youth Service Program at the Volunteer Center
of San Mateo County, where he served as liaison among schools, young
people, and community-based organizations; and worked for seven years
at Stanford's Service Learning 2000 Center, developing publications and
facilitating workshops. He co-authored The Evaluation Handbook:
Practical Tools for Evaluating Service Learning Programs, which was
awarded the Seal of Excellence from the Council on Service-Learning
Excellence.
Professional Workshops:
There are almost 60 professional development workshops for beginning and advanced service-learning practitioners led by distinguished service-learning experts
A sampling of workshop titles (see full program below):
-Service-Learning as a Dropout Prevention Strategy
-Service-Learning Basics
-Youth Development and Youth Leadership
-Expanding Financial and Public Support for Service-Learning
-Using Service-Learning in Alternative Education and Juvenile Justice
Some of our presenters:
Cathy Berger Kaye is a dynamic and engaging speaker and a nationally recognized expert in service-learning, student leadership development, and related fields. She will be leading the following workshops:
Service-Learning: The Golden Road to Character Development
Using Service-Learning to Keep Kids in School
Developing School and District Strategies for Service-Learning Implementation
Literature: An Essential Foundation for Service-Learning
John Minkler was a high school history/civics teacher for 26
years. He is author of Active Citizenship, Empowering America’s Youth,
a curriculum on civic responsibility and service-learning He is the Service-learning Co-Lead for Region 7
(central valley) and is Executive Director of the Center for
Multicultural Cooperation, which engages hundreds of high school
students in digital storytelling projects, and the new California Youth
Democracy Alliance. He will be leading the following workshops:
Youth Empowerment Project
Developing the California Drop Out Prevention Strategy
Don Hill is Youth Service California's Director of Service-Learning Programs. He was director of the Service Learning 2000 Center at Stanford University
from 1992-2001. Under his leadership, the Center became a nationally
recognized leader in K-12 service-learning technical assistance and
training. He is author of numerous articles on service learning
including Death of a Dream: Service Learning 1994-2010. Don served as
the Director of the Professional Development Center at the
Stanford/Schools Collaborative; as a board member of the San Mateo
Elementary School District; and as a high school social studies teacher
and department head at Aragon High School in San Mateo, California. He will be leading the following workshops:
World Cafe Conversation
The Evaluation Handbook
Our Keynote Speakers will also be leading several workshops, including:
Dr. Manuel Pastor: "Responding to the demographic, economic, social, and cultural changes predicted for California 2009-2020"
Dr. Shelley Billig: "Implementing the new K-12 Standards and Indicators for Quality Practice" and "It's time to Cement the Civic Education Service-Learning Connection:
Mark Batenburg: "Reflection using Multiple Intelligences" and "How to meet the challenges of a changing California"
Program Information:
The overall program of the Leadership Institute can be viewed here.
Please note that some of the details of the program may change before
the actual date, but this information will help those interested get a
taste of what to look forward to this year.
On Site Service Learning Bookstore!
Exciting addition to the conference: a store of books, fiction and nonfiction, to enhance your service learning programs. Choose from a collection of literature for classroom use in elementary, middle, and high schools as well as college programs.
Looking for a novel to motivate middle school students to address bullying at school? Need a picture book to discuss hunger, the environment, or social justice issues? Or one for an elementary service learning effort to be kind to animals? Or a just right high school novel on a theme guaranteed to engage even the most reluctant student to get inspired to action? The bookstore offers an assortment of books to match your service learning program.
Special offer! The bookstore will accept your school or district purchase orders (made out to ABCD Books)! Plan ahead and come to shop!
Special Book Workshop and Tour! Join Cathryn Berger Kaye, author of The Complete Guide to Service Leaning and coordinator of the bookstore for a workshop and tour. Discover must-have treasures to take back home. For nearly two decades, Cathy has been known as “The Service Learning Book Lady,” reading hundreds of books each year to bring you the best titles that connect with your service learning needs. Check the program and bookstore for times.
Bookstore questions? Send them to Cathryn Berger Kaye: cbkaye@aol.com.
Payments will be accepted with cash or checks and purchase orders made out to ABCD BOOKS. Credit cards not accepted.
There is also a special opportunity this year for those interested in the environment and service-learning:
Tuesday Afternoon's Toxic Tour:
Everyday hundreds of buses travel through the Los Angeles streets transporting tourists and visitors through the various attractions of the region. Many of the usual spots include the Walk of Fame, Beverly Hills, Universal Studios and the mansion homes of Hollywood celebrities.
A much lesser known tour has been hosted by an environmental organization, Communities for a Better Environment based in Huntington Park on the eastern border of the City of Los Angeles in the northern portion of what is locally known as the Alameda Corridor. CBE defines its work as ‘environmental justice’, a term that has historical roots in the country as the intersection of environmentalism and civil rights.
CBE has hosted these ‘environmental justice toxic tours’ for 15 years. Three dominant themes of the tour are the commercial transportation corridor connecting goods and products from the country to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the most densely industrialized region in the country, and the life experiences of those people who live, work and go to school amidst the environmental degradation that result from those pollution sources. The tour highlights several communities, elementary, middle and high schools where the experiences shock participants into a new reality of what its like to live in these ‘environmental justice’ communities.
The tour will start Tuesday afternoon at noon. Participants will select a boxed lunch at registration and the tour will run for about three hours with a concluding workshop designed to address how service-learning and the environmental justice movements can intersect and support each other.
This program is offered free to interested participants, but the number may have to be limited, so sign up early to reserve a spot for this special Tuesday afternoon (12-4 p.m.) opportunity.
To learn more about Communities for a Better Environment in general, click here. To learn more about the Toxic Tours specifically, click here
For one day participants:
Monday will focus on how Service-Learning can properly address the Changing Demographics in California and the Dropout Crisis
Tuesday will focus on how Service-Learning can support and enhance Environmental Education with a special connection to the Toxic Tour.
Exhibit Hall, Social, and Bookstore, Tuesday, February 10th, 4-6 p.m.
Many conference registrants, local nonprofit organizations, businesses, and corporations find presenting their work at an exhibit hall fruitful. This year, on Tuesday evening, we will be hosting a time at 4-6 p.m. for an Exhibit Hall, Bookstore, and Social Hour. This is a time for conference participants to mingle, see a wide variety of exhibits, and browse some of the exciting literature out there in service-learning. We will be having a local music group and a youth dance troupe from 4-5 p.m as entertainment.
If you would be interested in having a booth at the exhibit hall, please download this form, fill it out, and return to YSCal.
Registration Information:
Registration Update: Early Bird Registration Extended to the 22nd of December!
The costs for the full Service-Learning Leadership Institute are below and include all meals and access to all workshops and presentations:
Full Registration Options
Adult Early bird: Now-Dec. 22nd: $275
Adult Regular: Dec. 23rd-Jan. 17th: $325
Adult Late: Jan 18th- Feb. 7th: $375
Adult On-site: Feb. 9th to 11th.: $425
K-12 Student: $100
Single Day Registration Options
Adult: $150/day before Feb. 7th, $175/day on-site
K-12 Student: $30/day before Feb. 7th, $50 on-site
To register online and pay by credit card, click here. We encourage online registrations.
To register by mail and pay by check, money order, or purchase order download the following form and mail them to YSCal. Mailing information is on the form.
Hotel Accommodations:
Registration for the event does not include a hotel reservation.
For hotel accommodations at the conference center, call (888) 627-8065 and ask for the "Youth Service California" room rate. This special rate will be good through Jan. 15th.
Cancellation Policy:
Refunds will be charged a $25 administrative fee. No refunds after Jan. 30th, 2009.
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