2009 Institute for Staff DevelopmentStudents Today, Leaders Tomorrow

Social Enterprise for Learning (SEfL) as Preparation for High Quality Internships

Presentation by:

Deborah McKoy, PhD UC Berkeley

Patricia Theel, San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD)

SFUSD teachers

SEfL Initiative:

A work-based learning and internship preparation strategy integrating literacy and 21st Century Skills

Today’s Workshop Goals

• Share SEfL vision and theory

• Provide materials and tools

• Lessons from the Field: SFUSD adoption of SEfL as internship preparation

Social Enterprises for Learning (SEfL)

• STC/WBL/CTE strategy, developed in 1998

• Three main outcomes:1. Social: provide benefits to a larger community or

general public2. Enterprise: produce goods or services for clients or

customers 3. Learning: enable participants to develop specified

kinds of knowledge and skills

• Applicable to a range of career themes and contexts

Why SEfL?

• SEfL Projects are authentic, inquiry-based learning opportunities

• Initiatives provide important professional/career context and give a professional trajectory to high school students

• Academy students are too often not prepared to take full advantage of internships as they are not prepared

SFUSD: SEfL as Internship Preparation

• Get inspired – develop relationships, share resources!

• Visioning, developing and improving enterprise

project ideas

• Working with clients

• Knowledge into Action!

Lessons from the Field

Greatest assets to SEfL learning experiences

Greatest challenges and lessons to learn from

SEfL in Action

Demonstration of several SEfL projects

• Center for Cities & Schools •

Institute of Urban and Regional DevelopmentUniversity of California, Berkeley

324 Wurster HallBerkeley, CA 94720-1870

510.642.1628

arielb@berkeley.edudebmckoy@berkeley.edu

http://citiesandschools.berkeley.edu