ServiceLearningWorkshop


 * The partnership will conduct a service-learning workshop on Thursday 2008 May 1 8:30A-3:30P, and a faculty development workshop on Wed 2008 May 7 8:45-noon+lunch.**


 * Organizers:** George Hess / Patti Clayton / Bronson Bullock / Annette Moore

Please join the College of Natural Resources and the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement for a service-learning immersion experience. Participants will gain a better understanding of service-learning and explore its potential application in their courses and communities. This workshop will include interactive presentations, a service project in the Marks Creek natural area, and reflection activities. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

A follow-up workshop for faculty wishing to integrate a service-learning project into their 2008-2009 teaching will be held May 7, 8:45AM – 12:00 noon, with optional lunch and informal discussion following until 1:00PM, in 1214 Jordan Hall (room changed on 2 May).
 * Faculty Service-Learning Workshop :: Wednesday 7 May 8:45 – noon, plus lunch**
 * ROOM CHANGE to 1214 Jordan Hall** (change made on 2 May)

Patti Claylton (NCSU faculty), George Hess (NCSU faculty), Bob Abt (NCSU faculty), Jon Stucky (NCSU faculty), Gary Blank (NCSU faculty), David Carr (NCSU student), Elizabeth Nichols (NCSU faculty), Charlynne Smith (NCSU faculty), Annette Moore (NCSU faculty), Michelle Moorman (NCSU student), April James (NCSU faculty), Cathy Crook (NCSU student), Terri Litzenberger (NCSU faculty), Heather Cheshire (NCSU faculty), Judy Peel (NCSU faculty)
 * RSVP - will attend 7 May faculty workshop**


 * Schedule overview for 1 May**

site / project orientation || from campus || (details below) || Marks Creek, Eastern Wake County || some debriefing on bus || from Marks Creek ||
 * __Time__ || __Description__ || __Location__ ||
 * 8:30 || Introduction to service-learning || 1214 Jordan Hall, NCSU ||
 * 10:00 || Bus to Marks Creek
 * 10:30 || On-site - project work
 * 12:30 || Bus back to NCSU
 * 1:00 || Lunch || 1214 Jordan Hall, NCSU ||
 * 1:30 || Reflection and discussion || 1214 Jordan Hall, NCSU ||
 * 3:30 || Adjourn ||  ||

We will cover the definition and components of service-learning and explain how service-learning differs from traditional courses and from volunteerism. We will travel to Marks Creek to complete a service project for the Wake Nature Preserves Partnership. After completing the project, the group will learn and practice reflection techniques that are critical to generating learning via the service-learning experience. A discussion of the day as a microcosm of service-learning will follow as we explore potential connections to courses from a wide range of disciplines.

Patti Clayton (NCSU faculty), George Hess (NCSU faculty), Bronson Bullock (NCSU  faculty), Jamie Ramsey (citizen), Kathryn Reis (NCSU student), Jacquelyn Wallace (NC Wildlife Resources Commission), LeighAnn Cienek (Triangle Land Conservancy), Charlynne Smith (NCSU  faculty), Mike Smith (Wake County), Chris Snow (Wake County), Louise Alexander (Wake County), John Connors (NC Museum of Natural Sciences), Jon Stucky (NCSU faculty), Heather Cheshire (NCSU  faculty), Gary Blank (NCSU  faculty), David Carr (NCSU student), Lisa Paine (NCSU student), Michele Moorman (USGS / NCSU student), Kim Shumate (Wake County), Annette Moore (NCSU  faculty), Walt Tysinger (Triangle Land Conservancy), Katherine Wright (Triangle Land Conservancy), Kristen Sinclair (NC Natural Heritage Program), Melissa Salter (City of Raleigh), Tim Lisk (Wake County), Cathy Crook (NCSU student), Donna Johnson (NCSU staff).
 * Attendees - 1 May Workshop**


 * On-site Project Work for 1 May Workshop**

There will be three major activities, and cleanup by all ... 1) Establishing cover board sites for sampling reptiles and amphibians (led by Connors and Sinclair) 2) Mapping trails (led by Cheshire and Carr) 3) Floristics and mapping of a granitic outcrop (led by Stucky, tentatively - Hess asking)

Site access is off Turnipseed Road in eastern Wake County. Headed east on Turnipseed from Old Smithfield Road, there is a gate on the left just across the low point (which is Marks Creek).

- The objective is to establish 5 coverboard / tin sheet locations in each of two areas. - Each of two teams will comprise 5 people - a lead (Connors and Sinclair), a GPS "student," and three people too carry and place materials.
 * 1. Coverboards**

//Action Items//
 * Connors will ensure that all coverboard materials are on site before the workshop
 * Connors will prepare and bring copies of educational handouts
 * Shumate will bring a bucket of workgloves
 * Hess will check with Clayton about water and snacks and get info to Shumate by Tues 22nd (DONE - Shumate to bring water jugs, Hess to ask participants to bring own water bottles, Clayton will bring snacks)

- The objective is to map the trail and to note places of interest / damage / needing work, etc - Each of two teams will comprise 3 people doing essentially the same work (backup and redundancy) - a lead (Cheshire and Carr), a trail mapping "student" and a points of interest "student"
 * 2. Trail mapping**

//Action items//
 * Cheshire and Carr will prepare GPS units and make educational handouts
 * Cheshire and Carr will carry equipment to download GPS data on busride back and prepare to show to all during afternoon session

- Objectives are to map the boundaries of the outcrop and the location and identity of plants on the outcrop - One team of 4: Stucky (lead botanist), Alexander (GPS lead), two "students" - one to map boundaries, one to map plant locations
 * 3. Granitic Outcrop Floristics** (pending OK from Jon Stucky)

//Action items//
 * Hess will communicate with Stucky to see if this is OK

- We will try to do some of the instruction on the bus ride out, to maximize work time at the site. Likely the herp instruction will occur on the bus, as it's difficult to do GPS that way. - All participants will see all instruction before breaking up into teams. - We will try to let teams self-select, but make sure we get appropriate numbers on all teams. - All teams will carry trash bags and pick up as they go (probably on the way back from doing their jobs). - There will be no backup plan - we go in the rain.
 * Other items of note**

//Other action items//
 * Hess will get first aid kits from NCSU forestry supply room
 * Hess will collect leader mobile numbers in case of emergencies
 * Shumate will bring large trash bags for teams to carry and pick up trash as they go

//Shumate will bring//
 * bucket of work gloves
 * water containers
 * trash bags - separate for trash and recycle

//Hess will bring//
 * First aid kits
 * Megaphone or some system for talking on bus
 * Some plastic cups

//Clayton will bring//
 * Snacks for bus trip

//Cheshire will bring//
 * All GPS equipment
 * Appropriate handouts

//Connors will bring//
 * All coverboard equipment
 * Appropriate handouts