University of Cebu – Main Campus

National Service Training Program

Civic Welfare Training Service
Benjamen Pelayo Jr.
NSTP Facilitator

CONCEPTS OF
SERVICE-LEARNING
WHAT IS SERVICE-LEARNING
o It provides students the opportunity to work with others,
gain valuable insights, and acquire different skills.
o Service-learning is applied in a wide variety of settings,
including schools, universities, and community and faith-
based organization.
CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVICE-LEARNING
1. It brings good, substantial,
and practical results for the
participants.
2. It promotes cooperation
rather than competition
where the skills associated
with teamwork and active
community involvement
are developed.
3. It gives appropriate rather
than simplified solutions to
problems that seriously affect
the community.
CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVICE-LEARNING
4. It provides real-life experiences wherein
students gain knowledge from a particular
community engagement activity rather than
from a textbook.
5. It gives students a deeper understanding of
concepts and real-life situations in the
community through immediately observable
results.
6. Through an immediate understanding of a
situation in the community, service-learning
becomes a more significant experience for
students, leading to their emotional and social
development and cognitive learning.
SERVICE- LEARNING IS :
1. An episodic volunteer program
2. An add-on course to an existing
school or college curriculum
3. Logging a set number of community
service hours in order to graduate
4. Compensatory service assigned as a
form of punishment by the courts or
by school administrators
5. Only for high school or college
students
6. One-sided, that is, beneficial only to
the students or the community
WHAT IS SERVICE-LEARNING THEORY

Service-Learning
is a form of
experiential
education
wherein learning
occurs through
cycles of action
and reflection.
WHAT ARE THE LEGAL BASES
OF SERVICE-LEARNING
Service-Learning is based on
RA 8292, also known as the
Higher Education Modernization
Act of 1997. This law reiterates
Section 2 (1) of Article XIV of the
1987 Philippine Constitution by
declaring that the “policy of the
state is to establish ,maintain,
and support a complete, adequate,
and integrated systems of
education relevant to the needs
of the people and the society”.
WHAT IS HEIs ON SERVICE-LEARNING
According to Tariman (2007), its duty to the youth is to make
them literate and functional, so they can make good decisions
regarding the problems affecting their health, families, and
duties and responsibilities to the community.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS
OF SERVICE-LEARNING
Students in service-learning classes can benefit academically,
professionally, and personally. They will:
1. Increase their understanding of the class topic
2. Gain firsthand experience
(possibly leading to a future internship or job)
3. Questions or defend values and beliefs
4. Have the opportunity to act on values and beliefs
5. Develop critical thinking and problem- solving skills
6. Increase their knowledge of diverse cultures and
communities
7. Learn more about social issues and their causes
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS
OF SERVICE-LEARNING
8. Improve their ability to handle difficult situations
9. Be open to change an become more flexible
10. Develop or enhance their skills, especially in the areas
of communication, collaboration, and leadership
11. Test out the skills, interests. And values required in a
potential career path and learn more about their field
of interest
12. Connect with professional and community members
who will also learn from the service-learning program
13. Grow a professional network of people, whom they
can contact later for career growth
14. Be encouraged in joining public service or social
organizations
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS
OF SERVICE-LEARNING
Personal and professional benefits that faculty members can
derive from integrating service-learning into the course they
handle. Their decision to teach SLP classes can:
1. Promote interactive teaching as well as reciprocal learning
between them and their students
2. Provide new concepts and subjects that will enrich the class
3. Open up new areas of concern for research
4. Motivate their students to engage in active learning and be
exposed to varied teaching styles
5. Enable their students to learn more and farther develop
themselves
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS
OF SERVICE-LEARNING
6. Increase enrolment by giving proper motivation
to highly engaged and active students
7. Enhance the leadership potential of their students
8. Expose their students to networking activities with
active faculty members in other disciplines
9. Promote quality relationships between them and
the members of the community or the institution;
this will facilitate collaborative endeavors
10. Offer firsthand information or concepts and
opportunities for community involvement; this will
help them understand and resolve issues
WHAT ARE THE SIGNIFICANT AND
HELPFUL STEPS IN EFFECTIVELY
IMPLEMENTING SERVICE-LEARNING:
1. Assess the community resources
2. Establish partnership and linkages
3. Indicate the specific learning objectives in the syllabus
4. Initially plan on the chosen program
5. Plan the details of the program
WHAT ARE THE SIGNIFICANT AND
HELPFUL STEPS IN EFFECTIVELY
IMPLEMENTING SERVICE-LEARNING:
6. Look for funds
7. Implement or manage the program
8. Organize reflection activities
9. Assess and evaluate the program
10. Celebrate the achievement
Magnified
Giving and
Service
Learning
Process
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
A.Preparatory Stage
• The students and faculty members are both responsible
for the selection of the community or institution.
• The faculty members must submit a letter of intent to the
college dean through the chairman or the head of SLP.
• The faculty member will write a letter of intent and
request for permission to conduct a SLP to the selected
community or institution.
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
A.Preparatory Stage
• The students who will join the SLP must secure a waiver
from the office of the student affair.

• The faculty member must conduct a classroom briefing

about the program.
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
B. Implementation Stage
• The students and the supervising faculty members of the SLP
are required to wear the prescribed school identification card
(ID) and college T-shirt and observe proper decorum while in
the community or institution.
• The students and faculty members on the SLP shall cover
their respective transportation, communication, and meal
experiences during the period.
• The faculty members or the assigned group leaders shall take
responsibility for all communications and coordination with
the partner community or institution in relation to the SLP.
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
B. Implementation Stage
• The college dean or the head of the program will conduct
spot monitoring or follow-up of students involved in the
SLP to determine the actual and current status of the
program.
• In case the faculty member in- charge will be absent, he/ she
must inform and ask permission from the college dean to
find another faculty member as substitute to supervise the
students.
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
C. Post Activity Evaluation Stage
• The students must submit a narrative report with pictorial
documentation and reflection paper to the faculty member.
• The faculty member will evaluate the student’s narrative
report using the assessment tool that is designed for this
activity.
• The college/ university through the chairman or the head
of the program must conduct an exit conference with the
community or the institution beneficiaries/ leaders to
assess the service-learning program implemented.
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
C. Post Activity Evaluation Stage
• A certificate of SLP completion shall be issued by the
college/ university upon the written request of the
faculty member in charge
• The college/ university shall issue a certificate of
appreciation to the cooperating community or institution
upon the completion of the service-learning activities.
 THANK
YOU!!!
CONCEPTS OF
SERVICE-LEARNING
University of Cebu – Main Campus
National Service Training Program
Civic Welfare Training Service
Benjamen Pelayo Jr.
NSTP Facilitator