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Training and Technical Assistance

There are many avenues for receiving training and technical assistance in service-learning in California.

If you have questions about service-learning resources or concepts, YSCal provides free informal advice via phone and e-mail. If your school, district or organization is interested in beginning, improving or expanding a service-learning program, YSCal provides a range of fee-based services.

 In addition to designing custom training materials and workshops for your school or program, we offer:

An introduction to high quality service-learning workshop for school or afterschool program staff. YSCal will follow up the workshop by providing direct support to teachers and staff and will convene periodic meetings onsite to discuss challenges and share results.

Training for advanced service-learning practitioners. Our workshops include:

• Evaluation
• Reflection
• Portraiture Writing
• Connecting with the Community
• Service-Learning & Academic Standards
• Youth Voice
• Civic Engagement
• Facilitative Leadership
• Appreciative Inquiry
• Asset mapping
• Long-range program planning
  

A two- or three-day summer institute for teams of teachers or afterschool staff who want to learn about service-learning and design a project. YSCal will arrange for ongoing support to participants.

In partnership with California Department of Education’s CalServe Initiative, we also certify service-learning trainers who are available to:

• Lead workshops and institutes in your school/district/region to expand knowledge of high quality service-learning and to provide practical guidance for service-learning projects.
• Serve as advisors to your local or regional program.
• Work with you and your Regional Lead to design and develop a comprehensive regional professional development plan.
• Help you and your Regional Lead develop connections with other organizations involved in youth service and education.

Current California Certified Service-Learning Trainers (as of February, 2008)
Region 1: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma counties
Marge Crichton Eureka mchrichsp@northcoast.com	Nancy Vogl Sonoma nancy@vogl.aero
Region 2: Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity counties
Cricket Kidwell Trinity County Office of Education cfkidwell@tcoek12.org	Kim Stokely Adopt a Watershed kim@adopt-a-watershed.org
Region 3: Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties
Karen Green PlacerPeerCourt@aol.com	John Durand Galt Joint Union School District j-durand@galt.k12.ca.us
Region 4: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, and Solano counties
Evan Goldberg Alameda County Office of Education egoldberg@acoe.k12.ca.us
Region 5: Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz counties
Jennifer Colby California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) Service Learning Institute Jennifer_Colby@csumb.edu	Beverley Madden College of San Mateo Maddenb@smccd.net	Steve Padilla ETR Associates Stevep@etr.org Specialty:  Technology and Resources
Region 6: Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties
Veray Wickham San Joaquin County Office of Education vwickham@sjcoe.net	Danielle Jones Stanislaus County Office of Education djones@stan-co.K12.ca.us
Region 7: Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare counties
John Minkler Center for Multicultural Cooperation johnminkler@comcast.net
Region 8: Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties
Art Fisher Santa Barbara County Education Office afisher@sbceo.org
Region 9: Imperial, Orange, and San Diego counties
Jessica End Volunteer San Diego jend@volunteersandiego.org	Jennifer Hamilton Volunteer San Diego jhamilton@volunteersandiego.org	Nancy Hemmings San Diego Unified School District nhemmings@sandi.net
Bridget McTague Hermosa Drive School bridget_mctague@fsd.k12.ca.us	Bette Weinberg Volunteer Center Orange County bweinberg@volunteercenter.org	Ana Aguayo-Bryant Santa Ana College aguayo_ana@sac.edu
Julie Rodriguez Cesar E. Chavez Foundation jrodriguez@cecfmail.org	Tiveeda Stovall Excel Youth Zone xyz@excelyouthzone.org
Region 10: Riverside, Inyo, Mono, and San Bernardino counties. There are currently no Certified Trainers in this region.
Region 11: Los Angeles County
Michelle Herzog Los Angeles County Office of Education Herczog_michelle@lacoe.edu	Cathryn Berger Kaye Independent Consultant, ABCDbooks.org CBKaye@aol.com Specialty:  Literature	Katie Moore Constitutional Rights Foundation Katie@crf-usa.org
Julie Ann Taylor Tree People/Generation Earth jtaylor@treepeople.org	Sarah Utley Beverley Hills Unified School District sarahutley@hotmail.com
Region 12: Los Angeles Unified School District
Susan Ward-Roncalli LAUSD swrerhs@aol.com	Denise Cantillon LAUSD-Local District 2 denice.cantillon@lausd.net