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Students come away from the courses with a better sense of themselves and an awareness of those in the community who need the time and energy of a dedicated person in order to learn to read, to write a simple sentence, or to trust a new friend.
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Fall '08 is the last semester Service Learning program internships will be offered!

UNI 402 After-School or Morning Tutoring Service Learning Internship (3 credits)

Interns tutor and mentor academically at-risk K-8th grade children in an after-school or morning program, engaging them in fun learning activities focused on reading, math, and other academic subjects. Brief reflective writing assignments help you process and learn from your experience. No exams. Please scroll down for further details on how the internship works. May be taken for honors credit via Footnote 18 contract. Satisfies General Studies - C

LAST CHANCE: Fall 2008 is the last semester this course will be offered!

  • No experience with children required -- training is provided
  • Appropriate for ASU students of any major and any level (freshman-senior & grad students)
  • Fulfills a semester's community service requirement for some scholarships
  • Hours listed include 30-minutes travel time at beginning and end of timeframe. No extra travel time needed. Transportation from the Tempe campus is available.
  • Some internship sites require a full background-check and fingerprinting (at no cost to student)
  • You have the option of enrolling in SOC 294 or SPA 294 instead of UNI 402, but SOC 294 & SPA 294 do NOT satisfy the General Studies C requirement.

After-School & Morning Tutoring Service Learning Internships involve 2 components:

  1. mentoring and academic tutoring, two children per intern
  2. academic coursework requiring critical reading and writing skills

As an After-School or Morning Tutoring intern, you will:

  • Work with two children on their reading, writing, spelling, and math skills and help them with their homework. (You may request to work with English-language-learners.)
  • Prepare daily fun, interactive activities geared to the individual needs of your children (guidance and resources are available to help you prepare these activities)
  • Work with the same children the entire semester
    • This allows you to form a close relationship with the children so that in addition to helping these children academically, you will serve as a mentor or role model.
    • This is particularly important since we work in communities where the high school drop out rate is extremely high. You will be a positive role model and will provide first hand college experience to your students.
  • Attend training seminars during the first two weeks of the semester (during regularly scheduled internship hours) to prepare you for working with your children
    • Training is ongoing throughout the semester through additional seminars and/or through weekly meetings with your supervisor
    • Assignments and computer-mediated Critical Reflections
    • These items plus group discussions will help you reflect upon and learn from your experiences in the internship
  • Brief readings, written reflective assignments, and group discussions help you process and learn from your experiences in the internshp.
  • There are no exams or research / term papers

Internship Weekly Time Requirements

  • Please see the course syllabus for details on course requirements and grading
  • Weekly hour requirements may vary between 7-9 hours per week:
    • 6-8 hours for working with the children, planning, and travel-time
    • 1 hour for planning/prep and assignments
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