PROGRAMS & EVENTS

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**UPCOMING EVENTS**

Peace Education Forum:  “Is Peace Possible in Our Schools?”

September 21, 12:00-2:30 pm
Hawaii Convention Center

Join your collegues for a special discussion in honor of Peace Day Hawaii 2008.  Special guest speaker is Tricia S. Jones, Ph.D., Professor of Psychological Studies in Education at Temple University, International Network for Conflict Resolution/ Peace Education and Project Director at CRETE: Conflict Resolution Education in Teacher Education.

There will be a panel discussion that includes topics such as: “Conflict Management Nationwide Educational Initiatives,” “Creating Peace Consciousness ‘in’ Action through Schools,” and “IB-Global Education Road to Peace.”  Join the discussion!  Contact:  Jeannie Lum jlum@hawaii.edu

Six Billion Pathways to Peace – What is Yours?
A Community Discussion

Atherton YMCA
Saturday, Sept 27th from 1:00 to 3:30

You can make peace a practical reality through service to others.  Join a conversation about how peace can be advanced and build cooperation among existing organizations in the Hawai`i community. Discussions will focus on how to create peace – as individuals, as family members, as community members, as citizens of a country, as citizens of the world. Find your pathway to peace through service and commit to an action.

Events Calendar

YOUTH SERVICE HAWAII PROGRAMS

TRAINING WORKSHOPS

Each year, Youth Service Hawaii focuses on training related to a key aspect of service learning, such as Literacy and Civic Engagement.  YSH has worked in collaboration with the Department of Education to offer workshops given by Cathryn Berger Kaye, a nationally recognized expert on service learning, in the following areas.   

Literacy Through Civic Engagement

This workshop gives teachers the tools needed to implement a literacy curriculum in the classroom including: 

• a literacy curriculum that engages students in civic responsibility
• how to develop student mentoring programs to improve literacy in the school community
• the basics of service learning linked to books that inspire students to learn
• Literature Circles (which will also be practiced in small groups)
• A copy of The Complete Guide to Service Learning, a resource to help develop specific learning curriculum

Strategies for Success with Literacy

Learn about an innovative curriculum designed to engage students for academic excellence.  Acquire tools that will motivate your students to:

• become more academically and civically engaged
• acquire traits associated with positive character
• develop civic knowledge and skills
• increase their literacy skills, particularly in the areas of vocabulary, higher order thinking skills, and literal and inferential comprehension

Educating the Head, Hand & Heart through Service-Learning: Introduction to Service Learning for k-12 Teachers
Workshops to learn about service learning and how to engage students in civic responsibility and social action through their academic curriculum. Each teacher leave with concrete plans to implement service learning in their classroom and receives a copy of The Complete Guide to Service Learning by Cathy Berger Kaye.

STATEWIDE LEARNING CONFERENCE

This annual conference brings together teachers and students involved in Service Learning to share their experiences and to learn more about Service Learning.  Keynote speakers and presenters from across the state give examples for others to learn from.  Students play a key role both in presenting and attending each conference.  The conference is held in the Spring each year. 

SERVICE LEARNING SUMMER INSTITUTE

A two-day Service-Learning Summer Institute, giving teachers the information and inspiration to take action for their school and community in advancing service learning. The purpose of the Summer Institute is to support teachers and students in developing a service-learning curriculum that addresses specific topics of focus.

TEACHERS MENTORING TEACHERS

This teacher support group meets bi-monthly during the year to share ideas on service learning.  The purpose of the group is for teachers to mentor one another, becoming resources to each other in planning and problem solving.  By supporting each other, the group hopes to increase the number of teachers and students that know about and become involved in service learning.  The group also helps develops service learning leadership among teachers.  We welcome both service learning experts and novices to join. 

To join the teacher's group or for more information on any of the programs or events listed, contact us at admin@youthservicehawaii.org.

 

YOUTH PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP & MINI GRANT PROGRAM

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - Mahatma Ghandi

Students learn about some of our communities' most critical needs and then take action with others by developing projects/grant proposals that will help solve these problems. Students attend a two-day workshop during which they hear from a variety of non profit organizations, community activists and others working with social issues facing our community. They then devise a plan/project to that addresses at least one of the issues. Students present their ideas to community partners at the workshop. The Youth Philanthrophy Board makes grants of up to $500 per proposal for 10 projects.

Students in grades 8-12 are eligible to apply (school groups of five students and one teacher will be given preference in their application). For more information, download the flyer [PDF] from the 2008 workshop or contact us.