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Learn and Serve Environmental Anthropology Field (LEAF) School
The Learn and Serve Environmental Anthropology Field (LEAF) School engages students in the application of traditional ecological knowledge and modern science to help solve contemporary problems. The LEAF School partners with tribes, governments, non-profits and businesses to make our community more sustainable through wildlife tracking, habitat restoration, sustainable food production, archaeology and environmental stewardship. At the core of the program are a series of courses in human ecology, ANTH 201-203, and archaeology, ANTH 270-275.
The LEAF School employs service-learning through hands-on archaeological projects and as a form of participant observation, the primary method of investigation in cultural anthropology. Students have the opportunity to participate in everyday activities of farmers, fishermen (and women), restoration ecologists, gardeners, entrepreneurs, citizen scientists, rangers, wildlife trackers, archaeologists and others while learning about the social and ecosystems of Western Washington.
Academic Year and Summer Options
The LEAF School is a year-round program offered in partnership through Edmonds and Everett Community Colleges. The human ecology courses, ANTH 201 -203, meet 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Fridays each quarter of the year.
During the summer of 2012, the archaeology field methods course, ANTH 270, will meet 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Thursday, July 5-23. The archaeology lab methods course, ANTH 271, will meet 8:30 a.m. to noon, Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 24-Aug. 23, in MLT 220. Students in the archaeology courses will be participating in an excavation at Japanese Gulch in Mukilteo.
Students from other campuses are welcome to enroll in LEAF School courses. Most of our activities occur off campus and we take vans together from campus to field sites. To join, beginning students should enroll in ANTH 201, 270 and/or 271. Visit www.edcc.edu/enroll to sign up.
Peer Advocacy
The LEAF School operates with a peer advocacy model through which students in the more advanced classes (ANTH 202-203 & 272-275) serve as mentors for introductory students who all meet and provide service together. Support for the development and replication of peer advocacy comes from Connect 2 Complete, a Campus Compact Program with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Retention Project
The LEAF School, TRiO and the Center for Service-Learning are seeking applicants for three full-time AmeriCorps position. One Student Engagement Specialist will assist Dr. Thomas Murphy in the development of service-learning projects for students in the human ecology courses and facilitate our peer-to-peer mentoring program. Another Student Engagement Specialist will assist Amy Johnson in our Center for Service-Learning and conduct outreach and mentoring with local K-12 schools. A third position works with Heather McKnight in TRiO Student Support Services in support of mentoring and peer advocacy with low-income students and those with disabilities. Applicants must have a minimum of an Associates degree. A bachelor's degree is preferred. The selected members will serve Aug. 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 and will receive a $12,000 living stipend and a $5,350 education award.
To apply for this position submit a resume with two references and detailed cover letter to Heather McKnight, heather.mcknight@edcc.edu, by no later than May 15, 2012.
Financial Support
Support for the LEAF School comes from Edmonds CC Foundation, REI of Alderwood, Corporation for National and Community Service, Campus Compact with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, College Access Challenge Grant, Retention Project and Washington Campus Compact.
