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Service-Learning Resources

Local Links • National Links • University Links • Articles • Facts, Benefits & Research

Local / State Links

Youth Service California: a nonprofit leader in youth service, is your link for new ideas and best practices in the area of youth service. Are you interested in learning more about youth service and service-learning in your area? Youth Service California can help.: California After-School Service-Learning Initiative: Learn more about how you can improve your after-school program by successfully implementing service-learning.; Regional Lead: Volunteer San Diego is the appointed Regional Service-Learning Lead for Region 9. As Regional Lead, we provide service-learning leadership and collaborate with others to build capacity for service-learning in K-12 schools throughout San Diego County. We offer regional events and engage you in planning and coordinating service-learning efforts.; Technical Assistance and Trainings: Youth Service California staff in partnership with Volunteer San Diego will answer questions, connect you with local resources, refer you to trainers, tell you about upcoming events and much more!

California Department of Education: Service-Learning Page: CalServe K-12 Service-Learning Initiative - Find fact sheets, funding opportunities, key dates, S-L content standards, tools, resources and so much more.; Service-Learning Links: A good starting point for all things service-learning.
San Diego Unified School District: Community Relations Department: Responsible for district-wide service-learning; Service-Learning Page: Overview, facts, resources and contact information.
California Service Corps: As a Certifying Organization for both of these awards, Volunteer San Diego can submit award applications for your students.; Governor and First Lady's Service Award: The Governor and First Lady's Service Award celebrates the volunteer contributions of California's youngest, ages 5-14.; President's Volunteer Service Award: The President’s Volunteer Service Award recognizes Americans of all ages and backgrounds who have made a sustained commitment to volunteer service.

National Links

Youth Service America is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally.

National Youth Leadership Council - Resource Center: Leads a movement linking youths, educators, and communities to redefine the roles of young people in society. That movement is service-learning, and it empowers youths to transform themselves from recipients of information and resources into valuable, contributing members of a democratic society.

National Service-Learning Exchange: Supports high-quality service-learning in K-12, higher education, and community-based organizations, by providing free technical support and mentoring, and consulting and training on a fee-for-service basis. Our five regional centers are staffed with knowledgeable professionals who can provide you with one-on-one support for your service-learning efforts.

National Service-Learning Partnership: The Partnership is a national network of members dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core part of every young person’s education and supports members sharing resources, organizing change, and sponsoring innovation.

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse: The Clearinghouse maintains a website with timely information and relevant resources to support service-learning programs, practitioners, and researchers. The Clearinghouse operates national listservs for K-12 service-learning and higher education service-learning to encourage discussion and exchange of ideas. The Clearinghouse also maintains an ever-growing library collection that is available to Learn and Serve America grantees and sub-grantees.

College / University Links

Below you will find links to university websites and their respective service-learning pages:: Virginia Tech - Service-Learning Center; Penn State - The College of Agricultural Sciences Service-Learning Site; San Diego State University - Center for Community Based Service-Learning; University of San Diego - Center for Community Service-Learning; University of California, San Diego - Partners at Learning; Southwestern College - Service-Learning; MiraCosta College - Service-Learning
Cal State University, Fresno - Service-Learning Point Loma Nazarene University - Service-Learning: California State University, San Marcos - Office of Community Service-Learning

Articles

Volunteer San Diego receives regular broadcasts with articles about service-learning. Those articles that are compelling, represent high-quality service, provide great project ideas or are simply fun to read will be posted here on an on-going basis.

Academics must be augmented by global awareness, technology skills
Laurel Leader Call - Laurel, MS

Colleges, universities, professional societies contribute to 'service-learning'
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington, DC
WASHINGTON (14 June 2006) -- At least 100 colleges and universities incorporate "service learning" into their engineering curricula in an effort to involve ...

Fresh approaches needed to activist-academic alliances
University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications - Madison, WI, USA
...At a time when campus-community partnerships and student service-learning programs are steadily on the rise, Stoecker says it is critical to assess whether the...

LAS dean candidate speaks at forum
Dawgnet - Indianapolis, IN, USA
...In addition to the education students receive in the classroom, he believes service-learning and internship experiences are also good...

Teach students how to use skills to serve their community - a MUST read!

Clinton teaches about "giving back"
Northeast Philadelphia News Gleaner - Philadelphia, PA, USA
...students worked on service projects and met former President Bill Clinton at the National Youth Leadership Council's 17th Service-Learning Conference held at...

High School Service-Learning Requirements for Graduation
Crown Point High School, Indiana

Service learning spreads to every undergrad college
UDaily - Newark, DE
... in his honors classes for years, Wilkins jokes that he didn't have a word to describe what he was doing until UD's Office of Service Learning opened last ...

These articles highlight key people/experiences in the field for the State of California.

NEW Youth volunteers called vital asset
Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside,CA,USA
... In California, service-learning projects, where students learn while volunteering, are part of class assignments or required for graduation in some districts. ...

Service-Learning Classes Rewarded at Mixer (good!)
The Poly Post - Pomona,CA,USA
On May 2, the Center for Community Service Learning and the Inland Empire United Way hosted the first campus mixer and Civic Engagement Awards for service ...

The Oarsman Venice High School
Oarsman - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... What they may not know is that, starting with the class of 2007, they will also be required to have a service learning experience. What is the difference between community service and service learning...

Rich Berrett appointed to post in Chancellor’s Office
Fresno State News - Fresno,CA,USA
... Berrett, professor of child and family sciences at California State University, Fresno, to the systemwide Office of Community Service Learning, effective in ...

State Farm good neighbor to schools
One Bakersfield - Bakersfield,CA,USA
... May 24 presenting a check for $20,000 to Kern County Superintendent of Schools Larry E. Reider to help county school districts fund "service learning projects ...

Facts, Benefits & Research

The following nationally acclaimed researchers have complied the positive results for students, educators and communities of engaging in service-learning. You can review the research to include in your case statements for implementing service-learning and even in grant writing to fund your service-learning initiatives.

National Service-Learning Partnership: Start here! The Partnership is a national network of members dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core part of every young person’s education and supports members sharing resources, organizing change, and sponsoring innovation.

Growing to Greatness 2006: According to a national survey conducted on behalf of the National Youth Leadership Council™ (NYLC) by Harris Interactive®, an international market research organization, service-learning has a strong impact on the youth-adult transition.
→ Many more resources from the NYLC

RMC Research Corporation Denver: Check here for research on civic engagement, character education & service-learning. You can also download quality review and sustainability index tools.

UC Berkeley Service-Learning Research and Development Center: UC Berkeley funds one of the Nation’s leading centers for service-learning research. Director Dr. Andy Furco is one of the most respected evaluators and researchers in the field.


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