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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 l, 1969 The first in a series of meetings planned for 1969 by sponsors of the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference, including: The City of Atlanta The Atlanta Urban Corps Economic Opportunity Atlanta The Colleges and Universities of Atlanta Department of Health, Education and Welfare The Se>uthern Regional Education Board Volunteers in Service to America 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 explo re ways to meet urba n needs, to offer students a more relevant education, and to bring ca mpus and co mmunity closer together, Atlanta students, city officials, high er education faculty and staff, regional and federal agency officials are j ointly launching the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference. R esearch : How are students' educational and career choices affected through participation in service-learning programs? Methods and Programs: How should a service-learning program be d esigned for implementation on a large scale? Laboratory Among t h e work group participants w ill b e m emb ers of the Atlanta Urban Corps and o ther service-learning programs which will fo rm a practical lab oratory fo r the Co nference. Meeting Series Information Exchange and Results T h e m eeting on June 30 and July 1 marks the o pening event of t h e Co nference. T h e Conference will continue for six m o nths a nd will sponsor periodic meetings t o consider maj or dimensio ns of the service-learning concept. The Conference w ill foster the exchange of info rmatio n am o ng participants and with interested perso ns in o ther m etrop olitan areas. It is a lready sponsoring surveys of student manp ower resources in the urba n area, of t he n eeds of t h e public and voluntary agency secto rs for student ma npower, and of present college and university p rograms helping to fill these needs. A wrap-up meeting a nd publication is planned for the coming w inter, w hen p la ns for co ntinuing t he examina tio n of servicelea rn ing and extending service-learn ing progra ms will b e co nsidered. Work Groups In exploring the service-learning co ncept, work groups will b e formed t o co ncentrate on particular aspects of t h e idea. These work groups , and a typical questio n t o b e p osed to each of them, are listed b elow: Service: How can the student make a maximum contribution in his sho rt t erm assignment ? Learning: What learning can take place during t he assignment ? Curriculum : What are the implications of the service-learning idea for curricular d evelopment? Financing: What is a n equi tab le dist ribution of cost a m o ng the h ost agen cy? the college? the government? Participation Participatio n in the Co n feren ce is op en t o a ll perso ns a nd groups interested in sharing informatio n o n service-lea rning program s. Inquiries may be addressed t o : Atla nta Service-Learning Con feren ce Peace Corps , So uthern Regio n Su ite B-70 275 Peachtree St reet , N.E . Atla nta, Georgia 30 30 3 �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 Service by Youth luncheon address 2:00 Workshops resume 4:00 Workshop reports and discussion 5:00 What Next? 5:30 Conclusion �