Responses: Why Do You Do Service-Learning, Why Will You Continue To Do Service-Learning?

Recently, the Learn and Serve – Michigan Team developed a survey calling for responses on “Why Do You Do Service-Learning” and “Why Will You Continue To Do Service-Learning.” We will post the responses to these questions leading up to the 2011-2012 school year.

This post features Maria Kimmel, a special education teacher at Belding Area Schools.

Why Do You Do Service-Learning?
Service-learning provides opportunities to help my students be involved in helping their community and achieving learning goals in a unique way. It gives them a chance to get out of the classroom and apply skills in real and meaningful ways. It gives my students, who have learning difficulties a way to shine and achieve while helping others in need.

Why Will You Continue To Do Service-Learning?
Service-learning Projects provide my students opportunities to work as a team to help others while meeting their own learning goals. It helps them be successful and gives them purpose, instead of seeing themselves as disabled, they view themselves as people who can help others in meaningful ways.


If you are interested in seeing your response appear on our blog, follow this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6SX3BPR and take our short survey to tell us why you do service-learning and why you will continue to do service-learning.

Maria Kimmel can be reached at kimmelm@bas-k12.org.