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 EDUCATORS COMMENTon Community Works Summer Institute " The Summer Institute reminded me why I got interested in education! “I would recommend the Institute to others because it will allow you to network with each other, help each other with problems and issues and create relationships” Participant, Summer Institute 2004 “What I got from the Institute was for more than I hoped for. It was too valuable to have missed. Thank you. You will be recommended!” Mary Drexler, Hamilton Terrace High School Shreveport, Louisiana  "The Institute facilitators’ level of understanding of service-learning was superb!” Very comprehensive, enthusiastic and passionate. Community Works facilitators were very supportive and provided incredible insights. They made me believe that I could do service-learning!”” Participant, Summer Institute  "Possibly the most inspiring of the new beliefs I have, thanks to Community Works Institute, is the belief that service-learning is an easy, step-by-step process and a learning experience for everyone involved, and whether this is one’s first or tenth project doesn’t matter. What matters is that service learning is feasible."Roumyana Ivanova, Department Chair–ESL The American College of Sofia, Bulgaria  "The Institute has changed my thinking. I will incorporate this personalization of education into my regular curriculum by using service-learning....As adults we must teach our youth that the future is what they make of it. That it doesn’t just happen. ." John Kerrigan, Science Teacher Harwood Union High School, Vermont  “I would recommend the Institute to others because it builds deeper knowledge of service-learning while organically establishing a network of support and knowledge.” Sara Pearson–American Youth Policy Forum, Washington, DC "I honestly believe that I am coming back to my school with a much greater ability to lead a Service-Learning program—with the understanding of what we should be doing and how to accomplish SL objectives and school objectives, and with a great desire to communicate this knowledge to our teachers and administrators, and to get them on board for the REAL Service Learning experiences!!!" Peggy Adams, Service-Learning Educator South Side High School, Beaver County, PA “I came expecting knowledge and I am leaving with passion! Ray Dumais, Goffstown High School New Hampshire  “A wonderful collection of scholars and practitioners.”Dustin Anderson–Vermont-Harmony VISTA Project “I would recommend the Institute if you truly want to implement service-learning and want it to be effective. It is difficult to learn all this from a book, website or even second hand. It is a process” Participant, Summer Institute 
"What Community Works has accomplished is a stellar Institute indeed….Choosing the opportunity to attend Community Works Summer Institute was one of the best decisions I’ve made. I left with a wealth of resources and a network of friends to contact." Dr. Amelia Ross-Hammond, Professor/S-L Liaison Norfolk State University, Virginia "One more thing I really liked about the Institute was that the assignments were so useful. I liked that the work we were required to do was directly linked to our job site and our proposed project. For that reason it didn't feel like homework so much as taking several more steps towards our ultimate goal. Thanks for helping to make the Institute such a rewarding experience." Lissa Knauss, School Counselor Barre Town Elementary, Vermont |
