Our first SMART goal was to increase the sets or repetitions for the participants each session‚ but it unfortunately was not achieved. We noticed they were bored with the repetitiveness of the same routine‚ which brought us to devise a plan to get them better motivated. Instead of traditional weightlifting and cardio‚ we implemented sports equipment‚ such as soccer balls‚ volleyballs‚ and kickballs‚ and changed the workout routine a bit. Once we changed it and made a new SMART goal‚ we measured the
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I decided to take this class due to the service aspect of the course. I came from a high school in the Philadelphia suburbs that encouraged service to the community. Students were required to log service hours by themselves and during school service days. During my time in high school‚ I had logged over 300 hours of community service both locally and through the class sponsored trip to the Dominican Republic. One of my favorite locations that I served was a senior assisted living community that
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I thought the quote above is very important when thinking about service learning and how we can make a change in our community. We should not spend too much time dwelling on the existing reality and instead should focus more time on what we can do about it. It is so easy to complain about what is already going on instead of trying to come up with a plan that could change our existing reality. When thinking about my service learning site People Serving People it is one of the first things that come
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Service Learning Experience Reflection Christians Reaching Out for Social Services (CROSS) is a nonprofit organization supporting the communities of Maple Grove‚ Rodgers‚ Osseo‚ Champlin (west)‚ Corcoran‚ and Dayton‚ Minnesota. Since CROSS was established in 1977‚ they have been supporting low income families and individuals by providing grocery service‚ meal delivery‚ clothing‚ and social services support (“Welcome to CROSS‚” 2017). Over the period of three days‚ February 8th‚ 10th‚ and 12th‚ I
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Service Learning Reflection A couple of classmates and I had gone to Stanley Holmes Extensions in Atlantic City to help elementary children with homework. Plethora of things had gone well that day. As soon as we had arrived to Stanley Holmes Extensions there was a police officer that had briefly explained what we had to do. Having officer Law explain to us are task was great because we weren’t just sitting around when the children had arrived. Helping the children out with homework had also gone
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Through the Integration of Service Learning Projects Keri Shedden Graduate School of Education‚ Brooklyn College‚ Bedford Avenue‚ Brooklyn‚ New York December 10‚ 2011 Abstract: This study will focus on the problem of decreasing student motivation towards the life sciences within the urban school district. Student engagement and motivation will be promoted through the integration of service learning projects into the curriculum. The success of the community service component of the course
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Honestly. What is the point of this? I have so many things that I’d rather be doing in my spare time than going out in the public to do some stupid service learning project. Those were the exact words that flowed through my head while the assignment was being explained to the class. Even though I was not excited about this project in the least bit‚ I knew that it had to be done and it had to be done right. I was really hoping to work with kids and bring in a cool black light to show them some germs
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One of my service learning projects was based on my bill to the president. I addressed an issue that is contradicting our environment from the past years and is still occurring today. My bill topic was about racial profiling towards black people from the police and how it’s affecting our country. I wrote my bill to the president to show him what others think about the conflict that is occurring; And what laws we want the government to change to make this country a safer place for every race. I felt
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This paper reports a Service Learning Project that was completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Lifecycle Nutrition Course. First the author will give brief information about their victim. Next the author will explain the results of the victim’s three-day meal assessment. Finally‚ the author closes with a brief summary and synthesis.” 3. Body Paragraph 1 – What‚ when‚ where. My service-learning project was constructed around a 27-year-old male. In the initial consultation he claimed
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My service learning project was Octoberfest. I helped set up the group’s table prior to Octoberfest starting. I restocked the candy as it was needed. I managed one of the games we had which was Boo’s bowling. One of my group members and I set up the bowling pins each time the kids knocked them down. It happened every two or three minutes. The game was a huge success with the kids‚ they loved it! They could not get enough of it‚ and some kids wanted to go more than once after they knocked down the
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