Notes about using this wiki: 

1.  Do not edit this wiki frontpage.

2.  When you log on, never "steal the key" from anyone else; the wiki will get tied up and both people's work will be lost.

3.  Make your decisions, edit, and quickly log off.  If you stay logged on, others cannot schedule themselves.

 

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Welcome to SPAN 232 Spanish in the Community and SPAN 332 Spanish & Entrepreneurship

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In both SPAN 232 & 332 use a methodology called community service learning (CSL).  That means that you will spend half of your time in the classroom and half of your time working in the community. 

 

IS SPAN 232 OR 332 RIGHT FOR YOU? The majority of students feel that they learn a lot in these courses and enjoy their work in the community. However, this course is not for everyone.  You may be too busy to spend 28 hours in the community. Think of your schedule this semester; is it realistic to work in the community and travel to your work place?  You may like your learning to be very structured.  Or perhaps you don't like to use technology (such as this wiki).  If so, you should seriously consider whether this course is for you or not.  There are many students who want to pick up this course, but it is full.  Please do them a favor and drop the course now while they can still pick it up.

 

YOUR WORK: In all, you need to work 28 hours in the community during the semester. Generally, that means you should work two hours a week, each week, and that is what you will sign up for here in this wiki. However, sometimes it isn't possible to work two hours every single week (for example: the office/school is closed for a holiday on "your" day; school is cancelled because of bad weather and/or a Teachers' Institute Day; you sign up for the course late; your criminal background check takes more than expected to process; etc.)  In all those cases you will need to work with your community partner to find ways to work a total of 28 hours by the last week of classes. (You may work during finals week and Spring Break, but it isn't required.) It is your responsibility to work around unexpected problems and find ways to complete those 28 hours to get credit for the CSL part of the course (which is 15% of your grade).  

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Sign up now for your work in the community!

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If you do not want to receive an e-mail every time the wiki is updated (and who does?), then follow these instructions:

How to stop receiving pbwiki updates

Login to the wiki:

1. Click on "account" (top right corner, under your email)

2. In that page (MyPbwiki), click on the HOME tab

3. In "My wikis", next to the wiki name, there is a "enable notifications". If that option is checked, you are receiving updates of every single change in the wiki, to stop receiving them, simply uncheck it.

 

INSTRUCTIONS: In order to get off to a good start in this course, please follow these instructions to sign up for your community partner now:

 

1.  Read about the community partners. 

2.  Scroll down this page and do the following:

• Click on your chosen partner's wiki site.
• At the top of the partner's page click on "Edit", and wait for the complete page to load (be patient; not waiting might result in a complete deletion of that wiki section).
• Type your information (name and NetID) in the specific spots for a total of 2 weekly hours (i.e. 4 spots of half an hour each, 2 spots of one hour, etc.).
• Click "Save" at the bottom of the page. 
• Immediately log out so others can enter their schedule.
• Check the page to make sure you did not accidently delete information.  If you did, log back on, go to that page again and click "Page history."  There you can restore the previous version.

3. Check the instructions for the community partner you chose to see what your next step is.  For example, if you work at a school you might need to submit a form for your background check, etc.  You need to complete those steps AS SOON AS you sign in the wiki. 

4.  Click here to see information about the orientations sessions.

5. Once the semester begins and you start your community-service learning work, you must log the hours you work at the community partner (they might have special sheets for you to do so) as well as here on this wiki. There is a folder named "Work Logs" with one site for every section (look for the folder on the right side of this wiki, or click on your individial section work log at the bottom of this site). Enter your section's work log and add your hours EVERY WEEK (same process: at the top of that page click on "Edit", wait for the page to load, type your information, then click "Save" at the bottom of your section's work log wiki).

 

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Other relevant information

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Prof. Ann Abbott coordinates this course and the community-based learning scheduling, and a graduate student may help me administer the course.  If you have questions about your class, talk to your instructor.  If you have questions about your work in the community, please contact Prof. Abbott at spanish-illinois@uiuc.edu, not at my personal e-mail address.  Thank you! 

 

If you want, you can use the "comments" on this wiki to correspond with your fellow classmates (e.g., to carpool, to ask questions, etc.). Scroll down to the very bottom to see the comments.

 

You can also join our Facebook group: Students of Spanish Community-based Learning Courses SPAN 232/332.  Use it to exchange information about the course and transportation.

 

A note about course "shopping":

We are aware that Spanish courses are notoriously difficult to get into and that some students enroll in whatever Spanish course they can because of that.  Students also sometimes shop for courses, enrolling in as many as possible and then dropping whatever does not match their needs.  However, this is not an appropriate course to “shop” for several reasons: 

• There is a heavy administrative load for us to set up each and every student with their community partner.
• The community partners invest significant time and energy to accept our students, give them orientations and integrate them into their organizations.  If we waste their time, our partnerships with them suffer.
• This is more than just a class.  You will be working with people in the organizations and the Latina/o clients they serve.  If you drop the course weeks into the semester, you are “dropping” people, not just a course.  This is entirely inappropriate and reduces our credibility in the community, something that is not easily regained.
• We receive many, many e-mails from students who want to register for this course because it matches their career goals as well as their personal commitment to community service and activism.  If you are not serious about this course, please drop now so that these other students may pick it up.

 

Good luck, and have a great semester in this course and all your other classes!

 

Ann Abbott

 

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Community Based Learning

Community Partners

 

 

Available ECIRMAC (East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center)

http://www.ecirmac.org

 

Available Booker T. Washington Elementary School /

http://www.prairienet.org/btw-school/homepage.html

 

Available After School Program (S.O.A.R.)

http://ilabs.inquiry.uiuc.edu/ilab/btwalp

 

Available Champaign Central High School

http://www.gomaroons.com

 

Available Child Care Resource Service

www.ag.uiuc.edu/CCRSCare

 

Available Leal School

www.usd116.org/leal

 

Available Clases de Catequesis, St. John's Catholic Chapel

 

Wait  A Woman's Place

 

 

Wait  Girl Scouts of Central Illinois

http://www.girlscouts-gsci.org/

 

 

Available Boy Scouts

 

 

Available *New this semester Abriendo caminos

 

 

Available *New this semester Nuestra voz

 

Available *New this semester Community Outreach with the Center for Latin American and Carribbean Studies 

 

Available ** Special Requests **  

Make a special request for your community work at other places not listed here

 

Frances Nelson Health Center 

Students who want to work at this clinic must make their own plans.  Only students whose Spanish is very strong should apply.

 

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[Check this Gmap for their locations]

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SPAN 232 ADMNISTRATION

Professor Ann Abbott        spanish-illinois@uiuc.edu

 

SPAN 232 SECTION INFORMATION, FALL 2009

 

Section	Hours	Room	T.A.	WORK LOGS
G	3:00	1120 FLB	Dennison	Section G Work Log
H	4:00	1120 FLB	Dennison	Section H Work Log
R	1:00	1118 FLB	Martoccio	Section R Work Log
S	2:00	1120 FLB	Martoccio	Section S Work Log
James Scholars				James Scholar Work Log

 

SPAN 332 SECTION INFORMATION, SPRING 2009

 

Section	Hours	Room	Professor	email	WORK LOGS
E	1-1.50-pm	130 Wohlers Hall	Prof. Ann Abbott	arabbott@illinois.edu