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The Atlanta Service-Learning Conference invites you to its inaugural meeting Urban Needs = Educational Opportunities at the White House Motor Inn, Atlanta June 30 -- July 1, 1969 T he first in a series of meetings planned for 1969 by sp onsors of the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference, including: T he City of Atlanta The Atlanta Urban Corps Economic Opportunity Atlanta The Colleges an d Universit ies of A tlanta Department of Health, Education and Welfare The Southern Regional Education Board Volunteers in Service to A m erica The Peace Corps �THE ATLANTA SERVICE--LEARNING CONFERENCE ~ Atlanta shares with other major American cities its needs for increased services and its large population of college students -- some 40,000 in the metropolitan area. In an attempt to explore ways to meet urb an needs, to offer students a more relevant education, and to bring campus and co mmunity closer together, Atlanta students, city officials, higher education faculty and staff, regi onal and federal agency officials are jointly launchin g the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference. .. - R esearch: How are students' educational and career choices affected through participation in service-learning programs? Methods and Programs: H ow should a service-learning program be designed for implementatio n o n a large scale? Laboratory Among th e work group part icipants will b e m emb ers of the Atlanta Urban Corps and ot her service-learning programs which will fo rm a practical lab oratory for the Conference. Meeting Series Information Exchange and Results The meeting on June 30 and July 1 marks the opening event of the Co nference. The Conference will co ntinue for six months and will sponso r periodic meetings to consider major dimensions of the service-learnin g concept. Th e Co nfere nce will foster the exchange of information among p articipants and with interested perso ns in other metropolitan areas . It is a lread y sp onsoring surveys of student manp ower res o urces in the urban area, of the needs of the public and voluntary age ncy sectors for st udent manpower, and of prese nt college and university program s helping t o fi ll these needs. A wrap -up meeting and publicati o n is planne d for the co ming winter, when pla ns for continuing the examina tion of servicelearn ing a nd extending service-learning programs w ill be co nsidered. Work Groups In exploring the service-learning concept, w ork groups will b e formed t o concentrate o n particular aspects of the idea. These work groups, and a typical question to b e p osed to each of them, are listed b elow : Serv£ce: How can the student make a maximum co ntributio n in hi s short term assignment? Learning: What learn in g can take place during the assignm en t ? Curriculum: What are the implications of the service-learning idea for curricular d evelopment? Financing: What is an equitab le distributio n of cost among the h ost agency? the college? the government? Participation Part icipat ion in the Con fere nce is open to a ll perso ns and groups interested in sharing infor m ation o n service-learning programs. In quiries may be addressed to: Atlanta Service-Learning Conference Peace Corps, So uthern Region Suit e B- 70 27 5 Peachtree Street, N .E. At lanta, Georgia 30303 �Urban Needs = Educational Opportunities Monday, June 30 9:00 Welcome by Mayor Ivan Allen 9:30 A Case Study presented by the service-learning players 11:00 Service-Learning in Action in Atlanta -- up-to-the-minute report 12:15 Needs of Urban America luncheon address 2:00 Seminars on service-learning concept and programs 5:30 Social hour 7:00 Educational Needs of Young People -- dinner address Tuesday, July 1 9:00 Service-Learning and National Programs, an exchange with national officials of the Teacher Corps, VISTA and the Peace Corps 11:00 Workshops A . Service B. Learning C. Curriculum D. Finance E. Research F. Methods and Programs 12 : 15 Servic e by Youth luncheon address 2:00 Workshops resume 4:00 Workshop reports and discussion 5:00 What Next? 5:30 Conclusion �