Burlington County Community College

Reflection Paper on Service Learning

Evaluating and reflecting upon your service-learning experience is an important task and where the real learning takes place. You will need to prepare a 2-3 page typewritten paper, reflecting upon your service learning experience. Be sure to include the following:

I. Title/Cover Page

II. Description of Service-Learning

-Describe the service-learning agency/business.
-Describe your duties and responsibilities; schedule.
-Describe some of the people you worked with.
-Describe one or two memorable service-learning experiences.

III. Linkage of Service-Learning

-How successful were you at juggling your service-learning schedule with other personal/professional obligations?
-How did your service-learning experience tie in with your academic coursework?
-Did you (1) learn any new skills (2) improve any skills?
-How will the skills that you learned help you in other areas of your life?

IV. Evaluation of Service-Learning

-Did you feel more connected to your instructor, your classmates, your community as a result of your service learning experience?
-How did this experience affect you on a personal level?
-What new things did you learn about yourself?
-What new things did you learn about others?
-Were you satisfied with your performance ratings on your evaluation?
-How would you rate the overall quality of your work?
-How could your service-leaming experience have been improved to make it a more valuable learning experience?

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