| Additional Service-Learning Resources
Service-Learning Clearinghouse
The Learn and Serve America National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC) supports the service-learning community in higher education, kindergarten through grade twelve, community-based initiatives and tribal programs, as well as all others interested in strengthening schools and communities using service-learning techniques and methodologies.
Learn & Serve: The Corporation for National and Community Service
When faced with challenges such as illiteracy, poverty, crime, and environmental problems, our nation has always relied on the dedication and action of citizens. Today, the Corporation for National and Community Service carries on that tradition by working with governor-appointed state commissions, nonprofits, faith-based groups, schools, and other civic organizations to provide opportunities for Americans of all ages to serve their communities.
National Youth Leadership Council
NYLC's mission is to build vital, just communities with young people through service-learning. As one of America's most prominent advocates of service-learning and youth service, the NYLC is at the forefront of efforts to reform education and guide youth-oriented public policy. This organization houses a wide variety of resources available to anyone interested in youth leadership and service-learning.
Learning in Deed
In 1998, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation launched Learning In Deed, a national initiative to engage more young people in service to others as part of their academic life. The concept at the heart of the initiative is service-learning. The Foundation has supported service-learning for decades because they believe it engages youth in a powerful way that can help ensure a bright future for our nation. Learning In Deed is comprised of four components: Policy and Practice Demonstration Projects, the National Commission on Service-Learning, the Learning In Deed K-12 Service-Learning Leadership Network and the Learning In Deed Research Network.
Learn and Serve Colorado
The Colorado Department of Education administers school and community-based service-learning grants at the K-12 level. These are federal grants that are awarded to Colorado from the Corporation for National Service, the department of the federal government that administers AmeriCorps, VISTA, Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Learn and Serve, and other national service programs.
Several pre-existing curricula also exist, allowing teachers to utilize a pre-designed program that ties to standards.
We the People…Project Citizen is appropriate for K-12 and ties directly to social studies and language arts. It is a portfolio-based project in which students work cooperatively to identify a problem in their community, look at current public policy and alternative responses to the issue and develop their own policy & action plan.
PeaceJam is an international education program designed for high school and elementary school students, addressing issues of racism, violence and peace. Students study diverse forms of local and global community action and citizenship through an examination of the lives of Nobel Peace Laureates, leading them to design and implement their own service project. The curriculum ties to social studies, reading, writing, science and art & music standards.
Catamount Institute is a local organization whose mission it is to inspire ecological stewardship through leadership and education. They have created multiple curriculum to be used in the classroom ranging from topics of ecology & leadership (YES), water conservation (Keepers of the Water) and eco-friendly school environments (SAGE).
Care & Share has designed a curriculum called Hunger 101 which focuses on the economics of poverty and would be perfect to use in a class wishing to engage in service-learning while evaluating the topic of hunger and homelessness. |