RESOURCE LINKS
Put Civic Learning At The Heart Of School Reform - The Civic Mission of Schools website has posted a new series of school profiles on its database, Civic Learning Online. The profiles are a great way to see how principals, superintendents, and teachers can put civic learning at the heart of school reform. Public, charter, small-school, rural, urban... The profiles help make the case for civic learning in a range of settings, and they offer practical ideas for educators and advocates on how to make systemic, school- and district-wide change. To learn more, visit civicmissionofschools.org
Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development Bringing recent ideas for student involvement in service in communities across the US. www.theinnovationcenter.orgFree Service-Learning Professional Development Modules created by James Toole of the University of Minnesota. The CD offers three professional development modules of varying lengths, which provide off-the-shelf materials that are easy to use by teachers and teacher educators. Each of the three modules represents a complete professional development package. Go to the following liik for more information www.service-learningpartnership.org
INFORM AND INFLUENCE: Advocating for Service Learning - a step by step guide By the National Service Learning Parntership. A practical guide for influencing local, community, state and national decision makers. Filled with real life examples, the guide goes through each step of the process and is useful for the advocacy neophyte as well as the more experienced. Download the MS Word document here.
Free Service-Learning Videos Available
In partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Learning In Deed initiative, the following videos are available free from the National Service-Learning Partnership. These are excellent resources for use in teacher trainings, presentations at school board or faculty meetings, or as an introduction to service-learning for young people:
Learning In Deed: The Power of Service-Learning for American Schools - Introduces the service-learning teaching method using school and community examples from across the country.
Academics in Action: The Value of Service-Learning - Members of the National Commission on Service-Learning, joined by students and teachers, speak about the benefits of service to schools and communities.
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Creating Positive Youth Outcomes: A Resource For Camps And Other Youth Development Programs - The American Camp Association has available, “Creating Positive Youth Outcomes,” a research-based tool, to help practitioners evaluate and improve their program and increase positive outcomes for youth campers. To learn more, visit www.acacamps.org/research/youthoutcomes.php
Guide To Help Youth Get Involved With International Meetings Available “Navigating International Meetings: A Pocketbook Guide to Effective Youth Participation” gives concise information about the structure and process of international meetings, looks at the different ways youth can get involved, and offers advice on how to contribute and benefit from the meeting. To learn more, visit http://www.unac.org/en/pocketbook/index.asp
Read an online review of Advancing Knowledge in Service-Learning: Research to Transform the Field - The book was edited by Karen McKnight Casey, Georgia Davidson, Shelly H. Billig, & Nicole C. Springer, and published in 2006. To read the review, look for the first review under Recent Reviews on The Education Review’s homepage at: http://edrev.asu.edu
Using Technology To Bring The World To Students - iEarn is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world. iEarn has two resources available for educators to help them bring the world into their classrooms. The “Teachers' Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet” and “Connecting Cultures: A Teacher's Guide to a Global Classroom” are both available on the iEarn website. To learn more, visit: http://www.iearn.org/professional/index.html