CWI Alumni comment Institute Reflections [alumni] Overview of CWI Summer Institutes
CWI Institutes are supported by a variety of resources and strategies—for developing and articulating a classroom, program, or institution's approach to service-learning.
Participants attending a CWI Institute will enhance their practice and thinking around sustainability, service-learning, and place-based education. CWI's Institutes are staffed by a team of veteran practitioners with wide diversity of experience.
Limited Space Available for Both Events • Register Today EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT for both events! Save $200-800 “I feel empowered! Thank you! It was wonderful to see and feel the sincerity of the faculty
for service-learning.” Kathleen Harte, Teacher
The Gillispie School, La Jolla, California Community Works Institute presents CWI's Summer WEST Institute on Service-Learning
July 30th–August 3rd, 2012
Los Angeles, California at Loyola Marymount University Summer WEST information
CWI's Summer EAST Institute on Service-Learning
July 16-20, 2012 at Shelburne Farms, Vermont in partnership with Shelburne Farms and the Sustainable Schools Project Summer EAST information
“I felt reaffirmed...Thank you for a stimulating, thoughtful, and useful week. I learned a lot, met wonderful people, and had time to think and plan. I was inspired!” Chris Tananone
Global Issues and Service Coordinator
International School of Bangkok
“CWI gave me the opportunity to go deep in my understanding of service-learning and the way it can transform education. This Institute has given me a framework with which to return to my community with concrete ideas on how to implement service-learning.” Elizabeth Ferguson
The Lawrenceville School
New Jersey
Go East or West this Summer CWI's Summer WEST and Summer EAST Institutes are both facilitated by CWI's veteran faculty members. Both events focus on using field tested service-learning best practices to engage students and contribute to sustainable communities.
CWI's Summer WEST takes place in Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). Workshops will include exemplary curriculum and programs drawn from one of the world's most vibrant and diverse urban settings. LMU is situated on a breathtaking hilltop campus that overlooks both the city of Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean—from Malibu to Santa Monica more on Summer WEST
CWI's Summer EAST features exemplary program models, urban and rural, and takes place at Shelburne Farms in Vermont. Shelburne Farms is a national model for sustainability and an award winning education center. The Farm is a 1,400-acre working farm, national historic site and nonprofit environmental education center located on the shores of Lake Champlain, amid the breathtakinglandscape of northern Vermont. more on Summer EAST
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS* [Regular Individual Tuition: $1289 per person] • Individual Early Bird Registration:$1,089 • Save $200*register now • Two Person Team Early BirdRegistration: $1,778 • Save $800*register now
“CWI gave me the opportunity to go deep in my understanding of service-learning and the way it can transform education....an important balance of speakers, workshops, and opportunities to learn from the wisdom of my colleagues. This Institute has given me a framework with which to return to my community with concrete ideas on how to implement service-learning.” Elizabeth Ferguson
The Lawrenceville School
New Jersey
Institute Reflections • CWI alumni comment
Featured Institute Alumni
INSTITUTE REFLECTION Vesting Learners, Facilitating Voice By IYAUNNA TOWERY-AJIDUAH, M.Ed. I remember the night before the first day of the Institute I could not sleep. I had gotten this anxious feeling, the feeling that one might get when they knew “something” was about to happen. I really did not know exactly what to expect. Honestly, what could really happen in just a week’s time? Well, I can now say that a lot can happen: inspiration; intensity; purpose; and transformation. read more
INSTITUTE REFLECTION
Moving Beyond the Walls in Los Angeles By PAULA COHEN "At CWI's Summer WEST, I met like minded educators who could see beyond the limitations, who thought outside the box, who were willing to ask big questions and delve deep into the answers. It felt like coming home. When we talk about resiliency in young people, feeling like a part of something important and valuable is a crucial piece. Our school has been going through many of the tumultuous transitions that all public schools are going through." read more
A Week of Accomplishment
CWI Summer Institutes are intensive five day events designed to maximize participant learning and accomplishments. We emphasize the use of service-learning best practices including interactive trainings and opportunities for dialogue with experienced practitioners and fellow participants. Structured planning and reflection time is provided for individual and group work. Study Groups provide participants with an important smaller group opportunity to share their projects and enjoy feedback, suggestions and support from their fellow participants. Alumni have noted this aspect as one of the most exciting of the opportunities available at the Institute. Experienced practitioners share curriculum exemplars, resources and teaching tools. Exemplars drawn from the field are used to illustrate the ways in which service-learning can become a deeply integrated feature of curriculum with clearly articulated connections to standards. Participants develop an Integrated service-learning instructional or site plan to meet their own educational goals. Post Institute implementation support is available.
Who Should Attend
K-16 teachers, community based educators, administrators, and program trainers and leaders. CWI Institutes are appropriate for beginner to veteran practitioner. Alumni include: individuals and groups of K-12 classroom teachers and specialists; VISTA and AmeriCorps members; pre-service teachers; community based educators and leaders; board members; and educators and leaders from the higher education community. Institute Reflections • CWI alumni comment
Institute Costs and Fees
Tuition for both Summer Institutes EAST and WEST is $1,289 and includes all books and training materials, light breakfast, breaks and lunches. (see Early Bird Discount below) Meals are catered by the Inn at Shelburne Farms. The tuition fee does NOT include lodging. Discounted lodging is available, please ask for CWI discount. Graduate credit is optional for addtional cost.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS for Both Events* Individual Registration:Save $200* 2 Person Team Registration: Save $800
Registration and Cancellation Policies
No registrations can be accepted without payment. Sorry, no exceptions. Cancellation Policy: No refunds after April 15, 2012. Written cancellation notice must be received by that date for a refund—minus a $75 administrative fee. Submission of your registration authorizes Community Works Institute and its event partners to publish photos of you taken at Institute 2012. Graduate Credit and Relicensure Professional certificates for 45 hours will be issued upon successful completion of Institute work. An optional 3 graduate credits are available for an additional fee.details
Local Professional Development: CWI will also work with you on a local professional development sessions, or a site based version of our national Institutes. Local institutes must be scheduled at least three months in advance and can be customized to suit individual site needs. email CWI
CWI Institute Sponsors and Partners Community Works Institute, Shelburne Farms, Orion Magazine, The Sustainable Schools Project, Facing the Future, Whittier College, Antioch University NE, Johnson State College, CalServe K-12 Service-Learning Initiative, California Department of Education, The University of Vermont, Community Garden Network, ExcelYouthZone
Community Works Journal
Online Magazine www.communityworksjournal.org “Key reasons for The Journal's survival are the consistently high quality of the articles and their immediate usefulness to teachers. This is a resource that truly speaks to teachers with excellent, provocative ideas.” Steve Seidel, Ed.D, Bauman and Bryant Chair in Arts in Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Vesting Learners, Facilitating Voice
"At CWI's Summer WEST, I met like minded educators who could see beyond the limitations, who thought outside the box, who were willing to ask big questions and delve deep into the answers. It felt like coming home. When we talk about resiliency in young people, feeling like a part of something important and valuable is a crucial piece. 
trainings and opportunities for dialogue with experienced practitioners and fellow participants. Structured planning and reflection time is provided for individual and group work. Study Groups provide participants with an important smaller group opportunity to share their projects and enjoy feedback, suggestions and support from their fellow participants. Alumni have noted this aspect as one of the most exciting of the opportunities available at the Institute. Experienced practitioners share curriculum exemplars, resources and teaching tools. Exemplars drawn from the field are used to illustrate the ways in which service-learning can become a deeply integrated feature of curriculum with clearly articulated connections to standards. Participants develop an Integrated service-learning instructional or site plan to meet their own educational goals. Post Institute implementation support is available.
beginner to veteran practitioner. Alumni include: individuals and groups of K-12 classroom teachers and specialists; VISTA and AmeriCorps members; pre-service teachers; community based educators and leaders; board members; and educators and leaders from the higher education community.
Graduate Credit and Relicensure
