Write a research paper on promoting developmental assets through community service. A
Charalambous et al. (2018) described a system that improves equity and quality in schools that serve disadvantaged students. However, the focus was on educational outcomes, rather than the whole child. The goal of this activity is to design co-curricular activities (i.e., community service) that promotes developmental assets and complements efforts to improve schools.
In this activity, you will be designing a community service project for early adolescents (i.e., 12 to 15) that provides them with opportunities to:
Further extend their understanding of, and experience with concepts related to citizenship and civic education
Increase their access and experience of developmental assets.
To complete this activity
Describe a community service activity that applies concepts of citizenship/civic education that would be feasible for younger adolescents
You can get ideas for community service projects here (and adapt them to address global issues): https://www.signupgenius.com/nonprofit/community-service-ideas-teen-volunteers.cfm
Describe (i.e., list and explain how they are promoted) at least two internal developmental assets and at least two external developmental assets that could be promoted by participating in the community service project
You can access the age relevant development assets here
Developmental Assets ages 8-12 (PDF)
Developmental Assets ages 12-18 (PDF)
Use AdobeSpark webpage maker for your presentation (be sure to select the sharable link) and post it in Canvas.
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