FAWN TRACKS
Leaving Footprints on Our Community
Finding Purpose through Service
 The Fawn Tracks program will strive to
integrate meaningful community service
with instruction and reflection in an
effort to enrich the learning experience,
teach civic responsibility, and to
strengthen our school community.
6th Grade Social Studies
 Each class will choose and implement a service
learning project before the end of the year.
 The length of the project will be one six week
grading period.
 Chapter. 113. TEKS
Social Studies Subchapter B. Middle School
113.18, Grade 6 Citizenship
Fawns Tracks implementation through 6th grade Social
Studies will be an extension of former President
George H.W. Bush’s Points of Light program that was
established in 1990 and continues today.
Fawn Tracks Program will utilize the
student version of Points of Light called
Generation On.org
http://www.pointsoflight.org/who-weare/our-history
http://www.generationon.org/
Benefits for students
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Meaningful, real world experiences
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Cooperative learning and teambuilding
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Problem solving and critical thinking skills
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Opportunity to strengthen peer/teacher relationships and increase
school connectedness
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Contributes to a positive school climate in which students feel safesocially, emotionally, intellectually and physically
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Feeling safe in schools powerfully promotes student learning and
healthy development
School Connectedness Correlation
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One study revealed that the association between school climate and
levels of aggression is dependent upon each student’s feelings of
connectedness to the school. (Wilson, 2004)
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Research has revealed a positive correlation between school
connectedness and self esteem. (Higher self esteem= less likely to
become a victim of aggression)
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There is a growing body of research that suggests that school
connectedness alone is a powerful predictor of adolescent health and
academic outcomes.
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A series of studies revealed that school connectedness and a positive
school climate is directly correlated with decreased student
absenteeism in middle school.
Data Collection
 Each student will take a pre- and post
survey so it can determined if the
service learning was a meaningful
experience.
Survey information
 The survey questions will include items that will call for a
self assessment of each student’s:
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Relationship skills
Communication skills
Feelings of school connectedness
Self-esteem
Leadership skills
Feelings toward student relationships
Feelings toward adult relationships
Goal setting ability
Time management skills
Feelings of community connectedness
Attributes of Effective Service Learning Projects
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They provide a genuinely needed community service. The
service effectively addresses a problem rather than merely
allowing students to feel good.
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They offer students some choice. Students help decide on a
project and have a role in planning the details.
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They include opportunities for ongoing reflection. Students are
encouraged to think and talk about their experiences
throughout the project.
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They end with some sort of celebration and sharing. Students
celebrate their work and accomplishments.
Collaboration with Colleagues
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Making connections across curriculum: resources for various
service learning themes available for multiple subjects
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Project Wisdom Lessons: Power of Service to Others, I’ll
Volunteer, May I Help, and Not from Without
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Social Studies teachers will report at the team meetings to
keep staff informed of the ongoing service projects.
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Bulletin board near staff sign in sheet with information and
project needs
Staff Information Sheet
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At this time please take a few minutes to complete your
personal information sheet noting your own service learning
experiences, skills, resources and community connections.
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The Social Studies teacher will share your personal information
sheet with their students (your current and future students) so
that the class can think of ways of utilizing your contributions.
Famous Quotes about Service
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Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
John D. Rockefeller
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There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.
George H.W. Bush
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The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service
of others. Gandhi
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Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from
within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do
for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel
and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.
Helen Keller
The Fawn Tracks Program:
Rigor, Relevance and… Russell
All children are born with an innate desire
to want to be helpful, but not all of them
are exposed to modeling or opportunities
to engage in acts of service.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwPM
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FAWN TRACKS
Leaving Footprints on Our Community