The Community Through Service Oriented Activities

a. Identify community service activities in which you have participated in during the last five years.

The first way that I have shown this commitment is in my community and the values that they hold true. I have spent my years at the Bellefonte Area High School volunteering at various school related, and community based events. Many of these community based events were with WPSU, whose main focus was furthering the education of younger children. By being involved in these events I have learned to teach and understand children, and to inspire them, so that one day they can achieve their own dreams. As for school related activities, I have donated blood at many of the blood drives that we have at the high school, and have participated in Raider Nation since entering the high school. But more importantly I see myself as a leader in my school and community. I strive for others to be the best that they can be in all situations that are presented to them. I push people to their limits to show

Members are enrolled in the AmeriCorps National Service Program, serving the community through environmental restoration in the Midwest. Please describe what serving your community means to you and provide an example.

I will educate younger African American children, becoming a mouth piece and passing on what I learned from the conference. This will in turn influence and inspire my peers to strive for greatness. In conclusion, my mission is to provide a message of fortitude to young African American children. I will to create an environment that exposes African American youth to the problems that we face today. I have the hopes of inspiring and motivating youth you reach their greatest potential and take part in things that may seem unfathomable and beyond their greatest imagination if they work hard for

My proposed solution to this is that school counselors and city mayors can be a major source of inspiration to children who are affected by a challenge like this. They can advise them on how to build themselves with determination to make a difference.

In today’s presentation, Deputy Superintendent shared examples of changes at Waipahu High School to prepare the students for college, career, and citizenship. First, there was an Elephant problem. To improve student learning, there was a sense of urgency to change the systemic stereotypical image of Waipahu students and school. As a principal, he created common experiences for the faculty to affect their values and beliefs to change their perception of the students. Together, the faculty answered the questions “What do we believe and value and what do we believe about our students, our community, and ourselves?” The discussion engaged and motivated the teachers’ emotions of their moral purpose as educators. The discussion, reflection, and collaboration also built a positive, trusting relationship with each other and set high expectation for all the students. Also, throughout the transformation, the school

We will house kids who are products of all facets of society. For example, children of immigrants, children who have affluence, children who are loved and cared for greatly and children who may be in a situation of neglect. Teaching is about reaching out to each student, helping them to overcome challenges and be the best that they can be. It seems that an increasing number of these challenges may not be academic in nature. I believe that conquering these challenges actually beings with the little community forming within our classrooms. As teachers we have the obligation to teach our students how to have respect and compassion for one another. How to be on the same team and work together, no matter each person’s background.

For the purpose of this assignment, the leader I have chosen Ms. J, the principal of a charter school in New Orleans charter school named Harriet Tubman Charter School. Ms. J was also a founder of a school network that oversees 3 elementary to 8th grade schools. Founded in 2011 the schools now serve over 1700 students in the New Orleans area. Tubman Charter school has a staff of eighty. Ms. Lauses role is to oversee eight staff members that ensure that the school produces leading results for the state as well as promising scholars that will path their way to college. As the principal of this school specifically, Ms. J has large obstacles that go beyond the walls of the school. Harriet Tubman Charter school is within a neighborhood that struggles both economically and educationally. Almost 100% of the scholars qualify for a free lunch and are black or Latino and the kindergartens scholars that arrive on the first day know only one or two letters of the alphabet. Historically before Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans on 38% of public school students graduated high school (quote). While most people see this as a place where most people see extreme challenges, Ms. J see’s it as an opportunity for change and promise.

1. Please list public service activities in which you have been involved. Include the approximate number of hours and describe the degree to which you participated in these activities.

Busch Middle School of Character had a wonderful sense of community, each student, instructor, and family, made sure they were doing their part. I believe it’s important for educators to understand the needs of the families and community of their students because the more resources the better. When schools actively involve parents

“Students articulate the complex characteristics of children’s families and communities and use this understanding to create respectful, reciprocal relationships that support and empower families, and to engage all families in their children’s development and learning.”

Getting involved with the community may be easier than you think. It can be as easy as going outside and cleaning around the community or going to a local sports game and help with concession stands. It may take some thinking outside the box, but being a member of the community is easier than you may think.

It’s our job also to be the resources that our students need. Opening up to our students will help them with the unjust education system, social, and inequality there is in this world, it’s a life skills every student's need. As a teacher I want to be able to help students who are struggling at home, communities, and in school of course. I want my students to beat the achievement gap that is towards them and pulling them down to succeed. Most parents don’t have a choice but to work two more jobs just to pay bills and put food on the table, it’s not their fault they aren’t part of their kids education road. Communities that these kids live in have low or lack the resources these kids need to succeed in their life or do well in school. That’s why I’m pursuing this road of not to just be any kind of teacher but to also be a parent to these kids that needs just love and support in their life. I’m looking forward to my journey to make a differences in my students

Community life and civic engagement are a huge responsibility of citizens, although it is not required by citizens, it is an important aspect of a proper citizen. Residents of a community have the constant responsibility of making the society around them reflect an advance in the eminence of lives in the community. The simple duty of any citizen is to give to the common good. Civic responsibilities are achieved by volunteering and choice. Volunteering, involving in positive organizations and aids, or tutoring people in certain subjects, are all ways that people can subsidize to the good of the community. Small deeds that seem to prosper someone in some way or the other is still a way of helping. To learn something from the assistance that one does to another, the deed does not have to be big, as long as the person providing the assistance is doing it with a good heart they can always acknowledge a lesson. Compassion and love is necessary in helping others. When people have the opportunity to help others they may not always get a gift in return, sometimes they may not even get a reply back. This is when the person has to realize that the purpose of helping someone is not for the thank you or the gift, but is for the satisfaction of their soul, betterment of the other, and the ability to learn a lesson. Assisting people needs to be done in a thoughtful and effective way for it to create a lasting impact on his/her self and on society itself.

Throughout my life, I have been privileged to know a strong sense of community. My understanding of community has been carved out and shaped by each community that I have been a part of and the subsequent life experiences that I have had by being a part of these communities. To me, community means a sense of belonging with people who have some capacity of like-mindedness. When you belong to a community, you feel like a piece of a larger puzzle that comes together to create a whole. Each community you belong to both influences you, and is influenced by you. Moreover, your belonging to a community generates a sense of unity and shares a common goal, value, or outlook.