The ISA Service-Learning worldwide network is committed to facilitating your transformative experience abroad. ISA Service-Learning requires flexibility. Submit an online application when you have decided on a program location.
Once your application is approved, you will gain access to your ISA Student Portal to submit your remaining application items. You will also choose your top three placement preferences at this time. After acceptance, you will be contacted by our Placement Coordinator to schedule your Interview and Advising Session. Participants going to a Spanish-speaking location will also have a minute oral language assessment. During this phone call, you will share your program goals and expectations, discuss your placement preferences, and learn about service-learning concepts.
Our Placement Coordinator will then work with our on-site Service-Learning Coordinator to place participants at available host organizations. Placements are typically confirmed about 4 weeks prior to departure. Our Academic Coordinator will work with you and your home university to determine if you can seek academic credit for the service-learning program. Learn more about academics here. Service-Learners will have additional information about the social, political and economic environment in their host country.
A few weeks before departure, you will receive an invitation to an online Pre-Departure Orientation Webinar. During the webinar you will have the opportunity to meet other participants on your program and discuss both the service and academic components of the program.
About weeks before departure, you will gain access to the ISA Service-Learning Portfolio online course where you will complete your pre-departure assignments. Keep in mind that all Service-Learning participants are expected to complete the Service-Learning Portfolio regardless of whether they are seeking credit for the program.
Read first-hand service-learning experiences on the ISA Student Blog for a student perspective of what to expect. From the moment you arrive in your host country and throughout your entire program, the ISA on-site staff will encourage, help, and support you. For most programs, on-site staff will greet you at the airport and you will begin your experience through the Bridging Cultures Program.
This comprehensive on-site orientation will give you a more in-depth understanding of your new home as well as equip you with the tools you need to navigate the city safely. On the first day at your host organization, the On-Site Coordinator will guide you on your commute, introduce you to your host organization supervisor, and help you establish your schedule. Throughout your program, your On-Site Service-Learning Coordinator will facilitate group discussions and be available to give you support and feedback when you need it.
Your host organization has agreed to accept you into their workplace based on your past experiences and future goals. The ISA on-site Coordinator will check in with your host organization supervisor periodically to ensure that everything is going well.
The host organization supervisor will complete an evaluation of your work at the end of your program, which will be included in your ISA Service-Learning Portfolio. You play an integral role in your success as well as the long-standing success of the service-learning program. You have volunteered to dedicate your time and energy to your host organization, and your host organization will count on you to help meet its mission.
It is expected that as an ISA Service-Learning participant you are proactive, flexible, open-minded, punctual, respectful, responsible, patient and communicative. When you begin serving at your host organization, your ISA Service-Learning Academic Coordinator will follow-up with you to ensure that you are staying on track with your required Service-Learning Portfolio requirements and logs of hours. Once your program is complete and you return home, the ISA Service-Learning team in Austin, Texas will provide you with re-entry resources and keep you connected with the ISA Service-Learning community through social media, the ISA photo contest, opportunities to serve as an alumni contact, and the Global Ambassador Program.
Learning does not happen as the result of an experience itself, but through intentional reflection upon an experience. Therefore, a vital part of service-learning is critical reflection through a guided curriculum. This is what distinguishes service-learning from community service and volunteering. Throughout the program, you will complete guided reflection assignments and activities, including Logs of Hours, Reflective Journals, Essays, and Group Discussions.
See the section on Academic Credit to see how you may be able to earn credit for participation in a service-learning experience and successful completion of the ISA Service-Learning Portfolio. Every week, you will submit a Log of Hours to keep track of the number of hours you have spent serving at your host organization.
The number of hours you indicate in all your Logs of Hours over the course of the program will appear on your Certificate of Completion at the end of the program.
If you are receiving credit, you need to pay extra attention to the timeliness and accuracy of your submissions so that you and your Academic Coordinator are aware of whether or not you are on track for completing the number of hours that are required of you to receive academic credit.
Journal entries provide an opportunity for guided self-reflection. Journal prompts will explore your personal experience with your host community, cultural differences you encounter, the challenges and benefits of international service, and concepts of poverty. These reflections will assist you in applying academic concepts to your service-learning experience. Essay questions will encourage you to think critically about your time abroad.
By using cultural and organizational theories, as well as independent research, essays help you to understand your experience within a richer context. ISA Service-Learning has participants all around the world who are navigating a new culture, understanding what global service-learning is, facing challenges, and developing skills to find solutions. Using guided prompts, you will respond to and comment on fellow service learners' reflections on our online platform, Schoology.
The shared reflection posts are a way to discuss your experience with fellow service learners around the world and consider different perspectives of a similar experience abroad. You will have the opportunity to meet with your fellow service-learning participants every other week for a Group Discussion facilitated by your ISA Service-Learning Coordinator.
During Group Discussions, you will participate in activities and exercises that have a learning objective. These meetings allow for you and your peers to have a forum to talk about your experiences with one another. Common activities that ISA staff has organized for Group Discussions also include presentations by local community members or visits to community-based organizations or historical sites.
After the completion of your service-learning program, you will receive an evaluation from the supervisor at your host organization providing you with professional feedback regarding your contribution to the organization. Upon successful completion of your program, you will receive a certificate demonstrating your service-learning participation.
The certificate indicates the total number of hours you served at your host organization. Foundation for Global Scholars The Foundation for Global Scholars offers 4 different scholarship opportunities with different eligibility requirements and award amounts. Please refer to the website for further information about the following scholarship opportunities:. Foundation for Global Scholars General Scholarship.
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