Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve

Program Overview

Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve (LTLS) is a new project developed by SCALE to establish a replicable statewide model for integrating service-learning and teacher education. Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve is working with North Carolina institutions of higher education to infuse teacher education programs with service-learning instruction. Service learning offers an opportunity for students to get involved with their communities by integrating service with academic learning. As part of LTLS, pre-service educators will tutor K-12 students during their training and will learn how to use service-learning techniques in their own classrooms and schools to introduce students to a lifetime of service and civic responsibility.

Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve provides subgrants to 12 public and private institutions of higher education in North Carolina to support the design and implementation of service-learning courses for pre-service educators. The institutions funded make up the LTLS Network and participate in network trainings, resource sharing, service-learning research and sustainability efforts.

The Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve Network includes:

The goal of Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve is to develop a replicable model that can be used across the state of North Carolina, as well as in other states to enhance teacher education through service-learning and to change the face of teaching. Kathy Sikes, SCALE’s executive director, explains, “We are committed to helping improve education in North Carolina. We hope that Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve will contribute to producing a new generation of socially conscience and civically engaged teachers who have a renewed vigor and commitment to the teaching profession.”

LTLS is funded in-part by a generous grant from Learn and Serve America, a division of the Corporation for National and Community Service.

LTLS Network Meeting

The next Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve Network meeting will be:

Thursday, May 15, 2008, 9am-4:30pm
Friday, May 16, 2008, 9am-3:00pm
Carolina Center for Educational Excellence, Chapel Hill, NC
Click here for driving and parking directions.

Dr. Jeffrey Anderson, Professor of Education at Seattle University, will present. Dr. Anderson will discuss the steps involved in teaching the pedagogy of service-learning to pre-service teachers, as well as provide an overview of service-learning research in pre-service teacher education.

Rooms are available for a special rate at the Hampton Inn and Suites, Chapel Hill, NC

LTLS Program Administrator & Faculty Resources

Please click here to access Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve resources and materials for administrators and faculty.

LTLS Student Resources

Please click here to access Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve resources and materials for students.

Contact LTLS

For more information about Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve, please contact:

Kathy Sikes
SCALE
UNC-CH CB#3505
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3505

PHONE 919.962.1542
FAX 919.962.6020
EMAIL ksikes@email.unc.edu