Area Health Education Centers
Joint Community Outreach and Curriculum
Committee Minutes
Days Inn Flatwoods, WV
Chair: Kathleen Bors
In
attendance: Elizabeth
Richmond, Dennis McCutcheon, Kathleen Bors, Dave Brown, Patricia Crawford,
Robert Foster, DO, Susan Pinto, Richard Meckstroth, JoAnn Raines, Carla See
Staff:
Hilda R. Heady, Sandra
Y. Pope, Jacki Novacich
Guests:
Amanda Heaton, Kathryn
Greenlief, Carla Campbell, Glenna Michael.
Kathleen Bors brought the
meeting to order with a motion to approve the minutes from
Old
Business:
Service-Learning
Modules-format and review process
Kathleen Bors reported to the
School Committee at the
Service
Learning Modules
Those that volunteered to
review and revise Service-Learning modules were asked to give a progress
report.
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will update the committee at
"Uninsured and
Underinsured in WV" reviewed and revised by Kathleen Bors and Hilda R.
Heady: They
are still reviewing and revising the module, and will report to the group at
"Training Teachers on School
Health Emergencies" reviewed
and revised by Carla See. She is currently revising the module and will
report at the
Refining
the Process
In developing these modules,
we are aware that they may need to be discipline specific. We need to look at creating objectives for
the roles of each discipline. We also
know how valuable service-learning or community service is to the communities,
but we need to show the value to the students.
We need to show them how they made a difference, and need to develop a
way to communicate success of the modules.
We also need to make the modules user friendly to the coordinators and
students.
Discussion as to how we make
the modules user friendly?
1. We need to have more variety of projects
that the coordinator and/or students can utilize.
Coordinators attending the meeting stated
that they are working with Kim Colebank the Director
of the
2. Offer students that have made their
rotation selections a way to view projects sites offer as service learning
projects and the service-learning library.
Ideally, students would look at the
library and/or the projects offered prior to their rotation. This would help them with service-learning
ideas while on their rotation and to discuss possible service-learning ideas
with their coordinators.
3. A way for the schools to present during
orientations what Service-Learning is in the WVRHEP/AHEC program.
Next
Steps for
1.
Review
current online Service-Learning Module template; discuss above modifications,
suggestions:
a.
user-friendly
format for Site Coordinators, students, campus reps
b.
include
discipline-specific objectives (April Vestal, Kathleen Bors)
2.
Develop
methods to improve quality/quantity of modules
a.
Site
Coordinators; develop site-specific library; share successful modules, methods
b.
create
WVRHEP website library; grow variety and quantity
c.
set goals; ie, 2 projects/Consortium/year ?
(Elizabeth
Richmond; Kathryn Greenlief; Site Coordinators)
3.
Involve
students in module development; promote relevance and value of S-L projects
a.
include
Service Learning module introduction as part of Schools' Orientation programs
b.
encourage
students to view S-L options prior to rotation, communicate with SC's prior to
rotation as needed
c.
promote
student development of a S-L module as a CV/Portfolio opportunity; professional
development (Kathleen Bors; School Reps)
4.
Service
Learning Modules in development; updates:
a.
Tranining Teachers on School Health
Emergencies; CLIA/OSHA overview (Carla
See)
b.
c.
d.
Literacy
Project (Kathleen Bors)