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Students Taking Action Today: Professional Learning Resources

2023-24 Professional Learning Sessions

Next Steps

Share updated on your students' progress with ServiceinSchools@schools.nyc.gov.

View the session 3 presentation deck.

Share this video with your students. How to Make a PSA from the Girl Scouts.

Thanks for participating in the second Students Taking Action Today professional learning session! We appreciate your engagement during the session as well as the feedback you provided. We are excited to continue this work with you to as your students' investigation progresses. You will find all the resources from session 2, and more, below.

Next Steps

  • Stay on top of communications from Service in Schools regarding your students' investigation and scheduling a planning call and site visit, if you have not done so already.
  • As the investigation continues, begin exploring the type of service action your students will do. Consider if an advocacy campaign will help your students' service-learning goals.
  • Share updates on your students' progress with ServiceinSchools@schools.nyc.gov.

Continue using the resources on the Kick off and Investigation, Reflection, and Topic Resources pages.

Access SIS's session 2 presentation deck and the padlet used during the session.

Media Analysis and PSA Materials from The Paley Center for Media

Text Set and PSA Station Resources from Dr. Mary Ann Cappiello

Share this video with your students. How to Make a PSA from the Girl Scouts.

Thanks for participating in the first Students Taking Action Today professional learning session!
We appreciate your engagement during the session as well as the feedback you provided. We are excited to continue this work with you to develop and launch your Students Taking Action Today program this year. You will find all the resources from session 1, and more, below. Now it's time to kick off Students Taking Action Today! Take some time to review the action items and next steps below.

Action Items:
 

  1. Complete the planning call and site visit scheduling form by Monday, January 22 to let us know your preference of dates and times for a 15-30-minute planning call, as well as the day(s) and time(s) that work best for a site visit in late winter/early spring. 
    • By Friday 2/9, complete the scheduling form. We suggest scheduling a call before the end of February to discuss specific planning needs and resources for your program.

Next Steps:

Continue planning and hold your first session with students using planning materials and student resources from session 1 (below), and the Kick off + Investigation, Reflection, and Topic Resources pages. Key milestones:

  • Confirm session time and location with your administration and include that information on the planning call and site visit scheduling form. 
  • Create and distribute permission slips and recruitment materials, if applicable. 
  • By Friday February 9: Introduce students to your topic with virtual field trip slide decks, topic resources, and introductory activities like a community mapping activity, personal inventory, and Four Corners. See below for links to these resources and more!

Session 1 Resources

Service-Learning Resources

  • Five Stages of Service-Learning - investigation, Preparation, Action, Reflection, Demonstration
  • Definition of Service Learning - The materials below provide framework for the service-learning experience. Consider using these resources for your own review of concepts, as well as in your student sessions. 
    • Google slides with definition of service-learning and key differences between service-learning and community service (click to make a copy for yourself)
    • Video Conversation with Cathy Berger Kaye on the definition of service-learning, including an explanation of how it differs from volunteering and community service (starting at 3:45)
  • Weekly Session Planning Tool
  • MISO - Google Slides overview and breakdown of media, interview, survey, observation (click to make a copy for yourself)
  • Four Corners - This activity facilitates student collaboration in developing ideas, and analyzing social issues and their underlying causes, while distinguishing between different types of action (direct, indirect, advocacy).
  • Personal Inventory - Includes questions about students' interests, skills, and talents. In addition, have students pose the following questions to a partner.
    • Describe a time you helped someone. What was the problem? How did you help? How did it feel to help?
    • Who are the people who help in your community? What places and organizations exist to help people?
  • Identifying the symptoms and root causes of an issue
  • Reflection Activities
  • Explore the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, which can be used as a framework for your service-learning unit or have students make connections between topics for service and the goals.
  • Visit the Kick Off + Investigation page for more resources to launch your Kids Action Team!

Topic Resources

Partner Resources

Additional PSA Resources