{"id":347,"date":"2023-05-18T19:37:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T19:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/joint-educational-project\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2025-06-16T23:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T23:21:15","slug":"programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/joint-educational-project\/programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n                  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Overview:\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Service-Learning Assignments &#8220;JEP&#8221;<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-OI55yvzkNW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-OI55yvzkNW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Service-learning is an educational approach that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities. JEP uses a peer educator approach to support more than 150 service-learning courses each semester. JEP students earn course credit while providing service at a wide range of sites, including local schools, non-profits, health and legal clinics, and other community-based organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">ReadersPlus<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-OI55yvzkNW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-OI55yvzkNW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>USC ReadersPLUS is an America Reads\/America Counts literacy and math tutoring program operated by JEP at seven local schools. Since the program began in 1997, ReadersPLUS has trained and placed approximately 100 work-study students every semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">STEM Education Programs<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-OI55yvzkNW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-OI55yvzkNW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>JEP\u2019s STEM Education Programs include the Young Scientists Program, WonderKids, and the Medical STEM program. All of the programs bring hands-on and inquiry-based STEM experiences to students in each of our seven partner schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Social and Emotional Learning Programs<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-OI55yvzkNW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-OI55yvzkNW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Programs like Little Yoginis, which integrates children\u2019s literature with yoga postures, meditation and mindfulness, and the Peace Project, which combines lessons about peacemaking with meditation, movement, dance,<br \/>\nmusic and art activities, help USC and community<br \/>\nstudents develop tools to be more present,<br \/>\nfocused and calm throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Pre-Law Project<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-OI55yvzkNW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-OI55yvzkNW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>JEP\u2019s Pre-Law Project is an internship program that provides real-world legal experience to undergraduate students who are interested in exploring the field of public interest law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-6-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-6-OI55yvzkNW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Trojan Health Volunteers<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-6-OI55yvzkNW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-6-OI55yvzkNW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            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USC students will guide local high school seniors as they draft their college application essays and will orient the high school seniors to college life, drawing from their own experiences as new college students and from the wide range of resources that exist on campus. *Please note &#8211; this course is only available for freshmen and taught during the Fall semester.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please call or email the course instructor, Dr. Susan Harris, Executive Director of the USC Joint Educational Project (scharris@usc.edu, 213-740-1830).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-main\" title=\"Main content full\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Content Main Full\">\n<div class=\"lc--layout-container lc--full\">\n<div class=\"l--layout l--full\">\n<div class=\"lr--layout-region lr--main\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<article id=\"post-535\" class=\"post-type-page\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-body\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-bottom\" title=\"Bottom content full\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Content Bottom full\">\n<div class=\"lc--layout-container lc--full\">\n<div class=\"l--layout l--full\">\n<div class=\"lr--layout-region lr--main\">\n<div class=\"cc--component-container cc--contact-details \">\n<div class=\"c--component c--contact-details\">\n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"header-container\">\n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-347","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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