Service-Learning
What People are Saying
People Are Talking About Service-Learning …
“Service-learning is a teaching method that enriches learning by engaging students in meaningful service to their schools and communities. Young people apply academic skills to solving real world issues, linking established learning, objectives with genuine needs. They lead the process w/ adults as partners, applying critical thinking and problem solving skills to concerns such as hunger, pollution, and diversity.”
-Senator John Glenn
“As an agency partner, our agency benefits from the assistance of the students to make a real difference in our agency’s work, and we are more likely to then hire students who have had actual experience in the field working closely on significant community projects prior to coming to us for employment. There is nothing like the experience a student can gain through true service-learning to see true civic engagement in action, or to make a difference in the lives of others.”
-Joanne O. Kline, Executive Director
Montgomery County Aging and Adult Services
What the MCCC Community Says About Service-Learning …
“When a criminal justice student steps into a courtroom or spends time with emergency responders, a new understanding is achieved. College students begin to see the opportunities that are there and start to envision themselves in those important roles, and bring those experiences and attitudes back to the classroom, for the benefit of all.”
-Stephen Schmitz, Instructor of Criminal Justice
“The service-learning project I was assigned expanded my understanding of services for the aging in Montgomery County, and gave me an opportunity to apply my class lecture and reading into a real non-profit organization.”
-Jennifer Jervis, M.S., MCCC Alum Class of ‘03
“In the public safety sector Service-Learning makes it all real. It puts theory into practice, and lets the student feel already a part of his or her chosen profession.”
-Benn Prybutok, M.A., EJD,
Director of Criminal Justice Studies, Fire Science and Emergency Management
“Service-learning provides students with an opportunity to refine their skills and understanding in an academic discipline that they are studying while meeting a crucial community need through service. Student brings their knowledge of the coursework to a local non-profit, and in return receives a greater understanding of the academic discipline. is truly a combination of service and learning.”
-Stephanie Wobensmith, PA Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA Volunteer
