Learning For Life is a campus based
community service program that pairs Swarthmore
College students with members of the College
staff, primarily Environmental Service, Dining
Services and Facilities workers. The "learning
partnerships" work together on various
continuing education activities, from learning
basic computer skills, to taking and developing
pictures, to reading the Bible or to preparing
for the GED. Staff of the college are allowed up
to three hours of paid work time a week to work
with their student partners and all meetings
take place here on campus. Most learning
partnerships meet for about 2 hours per week, at
times that are tailored to the individuals'
schedules. Through the program, students and
staff have the opportunity to become not only
learning partners, but also friends! The
Learning for Life program is supported by a
Eugene M. Lang Opportunity Grant (through
Swarthmore College) and a Literacy Action
Network Grant (through Student Coalition for
Action in Literacy Education).
For more information about this program,
please contact Susie Ansell (student
coordinator, sansell1@swarthmore.edu)
or Diane Anderson (Professor of Education,
danders1@swarthmore.edu)
LIST OF SOME THINGS THAT PAST PARTNERSHIPS
HAVE WORKED ON:
e-mail, writing letters, resumes, computer
basics (turning the machine on, using the
mouse), using the internet, building webpages,
taking/developing photographs, English skills,
Spanish/Vietnamese/Latin language skills, dance,
piano, balancing checkbooks, math skills, GED
preparation, tax preparation, reading, learning
about the stock market, writing poetry, planning
events, and much much more!!
