Student Service Learning Reflection

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Student Service Learning (SSL) is a program that let students interested in helping tutors and teaches other students in their FHS classrooms. The course has seven main objectives which include:
1. Demonstrate personal development by performance of service.
2. Demonstrate the ability to make a significant difference through service.
3. Develop self-reliance, commitment, and civic responsibility.
4. Strengthen academic and personal skills.
5. Become aware of the value of service to others.
6. Become a resource and advocate for the SLL program.
7. Explore and develop career interests.

Through this career field, I have learned that this course is offered for the advanced student interested in learning lifelong skills in the area of construction and manufacturing. Students have a variety of areas of study to …show more content…

I was able to assist the students in the class by teaching them the right thing to do by using the knowledge I acquired in the class. Having an understanding of the class was a great help because it made things easier to do having been in the class before. For the 2 terms I have been in woodworking, I have come to realize that helping the students taught me a lot more about the class. Helping them gave them less stress about their work and they were able to finish their project in a timely manner. This has boosted my confidence and self-esteem to learn more about the class and use what I have learned from there more often when needed. It made me get more involved in this career field. The experiences over the last term that have been meaningful to me are, being able help the students in the class which made me more independent and responsible because I know they are relying on my knowledge. Also building my own projects and helping the teacher with his project gave me the experience and ability to use what I learn in the class more

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