In addition, the project allows students to improve, deliver, and assess their teaching skills as they prepare for careers in teaching. Students work with Elder Care, a residential facility in Canoga Park, to teach the elderly Internet and computer skills. CSUN students teach two classes every Saturday and facilitate an open lab on Thursday evenings. The service-learning students are looking to expand the program to other facilities serving senior citizens in the San Fernando Valley. Professor Sheena Malhotra teaches two introductory Women s Studies courses.
Students work at one of four sites in the community.
They develop a workshop for the third annual Women s Symposium, held at CSUN in Spring 2001. Students also have the option of working at Bienestar, an organization providing activities and support programs for gay and lesbian youth. The goal of his program is to teach at-risk adolescent boys and girls, residing in therapeutic group foster homes, the basic skills they need to function independently in society. His students design and use instructional materials that deliver independent living skills, such as budgeting, career choice, interview techniques, money management and apartment rental, to help them transition into autonomous adulthood. Professors Gloria Melara and Miguel Mecias coordinate students in their Computer 100 class to run computer classes at a San Fernando middle school.