Register now to attend the 16th Annual Florida Service-Learning Institute.
Join 375 teachers, students, school administrators, and community partners
who will take advantage of in-depth trainings, 23 workshops, networking
opportunities, awards, and the mandatory grantee meeting for Florida Learn
& Serve.
The Institute is offered at no cost; Florida Learn & Serve grantees
have funds in their awards to cover costs to attend and bring colleagues
and students. The Institute is the best opportunity in Florida this school
year to learn more about how to use service learning to improve education
and communities.
The Institute Program is now available!
Click on the picture above to download the file (1.2 MB - PDF). The program
contains all of the selected trainings and workshops, and gives the time,
name, presenter, duration, and date for each session.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS: To make your reservations with the
Peabody Hotel
Orlando please call 407-352-4000 or 1-800-P-E-A-B-O-D-Y (1-800-732-2639).
Either number will reach the reservations line.
Be sure to mention that you are registering for the "Florida Service-Learning
Institute." The institute room rate is $120. Please be sure to register
under this room rate! It is important for contractual purposes that you
register under this room block.
Hotel address: 9801 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, ORLANDO, FL 32819
AGENDA
Wednesday, November 18—8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Half
and all-day trainings, including a service-learning 101, a new projects
orientation, an all-day youth track and training, and excellent sessions
on sustainability, reflection, evaluation, partnership, and advanced
service learning. Please pre-register for 11/18 trainings.
Thursday, November 19—8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Opening
plenary session at 8:30 a.m., and then one set of morning workshops
and two sets of afternoon workshops. Presentations of President’s
Volunteer Service Awards will be at 5:30 p.m.
Friday, November 20—8:30-11:45 am. Mandatory
grantee meeting, plus workshops.
The deadline for Institute registration is November
11, 2009. We need information for everyone who will attend to
provide name badges for participants. Teachers who are bringing chaperones
and students can provide a list of who will attend, or the number of chaperones
and students who will attend if individuals have not been identified.
Students at the Institute
Bring students (middle or high school). There will be student-focused
and -presented sessions throughout the Institute. If the students you
bring have amassed the required service hours, let us know and they can
receive the President’s Volunteer Service Award on November 19 (see
www.presidentialserviceawards.gov/ and contact Mary Matthews at mmatthews@admin.fsu.edu
for details).
Displays
Bring student displays! Tables will be provided at the Institute for
student displays—sign up to bring a display in your on-line registration.
Meeting and Lodging
The Institute will be held at The
Peabody Orlando, located across the street from the Orlando Convention
Center at 9801 International Drive, Orlando, 32819. A conference rate
of $125 a night (for 1-4 people in a room) has been arranged, which will
also include continental breakfast for participants. Make your reservations
by calling the Peabody at 800-732-2639 or 407-345-4488. Be sure to say
you are registering for the Florida Service-Learning Institute to secure
the rate. The deadline for hotel registration is October 28. You must
guarantee the reservation with a credit card.
Food
Continental breakfast will be provided. Other meals are on your own—Learn
& Serve awardees can use award funds to cover meals.
Dress
For adults—business casual. For students—meeting school
dress code.
Mandatory Attendance
Every Learn & Serve project must send a representative to the grantee
meeting on November 20. While it is not mandatory that you attend all
three days, it is strongly recommended that you attend at least two days
to take advantage of the trainings, workshops, and networking opportunities
that will be available. It is also recommended that new projects send
at least one representative to the November 18 Service Learning 101 and
New Projects Orientation trainings.
If you are only able/allowed to attend the November 20 grantee meeting,
contact Joe Follman at 850-488-9661, or jfollman@admin.fsu.edu.
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