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SERVE Program
Journal, Independent Rotation

Starting Summer 2009, journals should be submitted via email attachment to serve@csulb.edu.
For the email Subject use the following: SERVE Journal (Semester/Year) - (student id)


The prompt completion of a journal is required for all SERVE Independent Rotations, and must consist of:

1. One journal entry for each classroom visit (minimum 8 entries) that reflects on your learning during that visit, and

2. A final summary (approximately 2 pages) at the end of your experience, to include

  a. brief description of the physical environment of the classroom,
  b. teaching styles, activities, methods and materials used,
  c. learning observed
    i. were all students participating fully in their learning?
    ii. did students contribute their ideas?
    iii. were learning differences accommodated?
  d. interactions of students and teachers, and
  e. your reflections — what you learned about yourself and your choice of teaching as a career