Juveniles and the Justice System
Service learning is REQUIRED for this course.
TIME COMMITMENT: 20 hours
Transportation Time Credit
Taking more than one service learning class?
KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME:
To record Service Learning time you must use the digital timesheet to log and document your service learning activity. This includes time you spend at or online with the service site, researching, gathering information, meeting with fellow students or agency representatives, and executing aspects of your service learning. Time should be recorded daily to log the start and end of each service assignment. Completed time logs are due twice per semester at midterm, October 8, and by the final day of class, December 5 for review and verification. Any time submitted after these dates will not be considered for service learning credit. If you have any problems or questions, please reach out right away to ttjasper@loyno.edu.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
Students will learn how youth justice issues and research on youth justice responses apply to real-world settings by working with youth or individuals previously incarcerated as youth across a variety of settings. Students will also reflect on the causes and consequences of youth justice issues and responses by comparing what they learned in the community with the concepts examined in class.
PRE-APPROVED Service Learning placements:
Anna's Place NOLA
Communities in Schools Gulf South
Hope Ignites
Nurturing Roots
Operation Restoration
STEM NOLA
The First 72+
The 18th Ward
The Net Charter High School: Central City
HOW TO GET STARTED?
- Watch the OCELTS "Getting Started with Service Learning" video to understand the SL process.
- Choose at least two agencies to meet with at the SERVE fair.
- Use the How to Excel in Service Learning worksheet to determine your availability for service.
- Secure your placement on time. Submit your acceptance form before the deadline.
- Document all hours (start and end of each service task) using the service learning timesheet. OCELTS regularly monitors time logs and verifies hours with your site twice per semester.
- Know that your agency supervisor will submit a performance evaluation on your work at the end of the semester. This evaluation will go to your professor and be incorporated into your class grade.