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Service-Learning In Agricultural Instruction: A Guide For Implementing Real-World, Hands-On, Community Based Teaching And Learning, Carol E. O'Neil

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Service-learning (SL) is defined as "a credit-bearing, educational experience in which students participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs and reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility" (Bringle and Hatcher, 1995). The service-learning movement has gained tremendous popularity during the past decade in response to visionaries like Boyer (1990), who called for radical change in higher education toward the "scholarship of engagement," in which universities engage with communities as equal partners for the …

Roadmap To Civic Engagement (Adapted For Washington Service Corps), Larry Fletch

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Service-Learning Northwest partnered with Washington Service Corps (WSC), a statewide AmeriCorps program, to implement the Roadmap to Civic Engagement program in its 2002-2003 pilot year.

Service-Learning Northwest (SLNW), a program of Educational Service District 112, was established to meet the training, technical assistance and resource needs of educators, students, youth and community-based organizations throughout the service-learning and service communities. SLNW promotes service-learning excellence through the development of high quality service-learning practices and tools for success. Please visit our web site for information about products and services offered by Service-Learning Northwest at www.servicelearningnw.esd112.org.

Inclusive Service Learning: A Training Guide For K-12 Teachers, Hampshire Educational Collaborative

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Designed to be used in conjunction with the video FROM "YOU CAN'T" TO "YOU CAN" SERVICE LEARNING FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Senior Capstone Faculty Handbook: A Resource Guide For Psu University Studies Capstone Faculty, Portland State University

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This resource guide contains:

• What is the Senior Capstone?
• Teaching the Capstone Course: Most Commonly Asked Questions
• Combining Service and Learning: Essential Elements
• The Community Partner's Role in Capstone
• Clarifying Service and Learning Goals: The Use of Learning Agreements
• Sample Leaming Agreement
• Legal Issues in Community-Based Courses
• Student Safety in CBL
• Student Responsibility in Community-Based Leaming
• Combining Service and Leaming: Some Notes from Capstone Faculty
• Strategies for Student Support
• References and Resources
• Appendix

Starting A Volunteer Program In An Organization, Points Of Light Foundation

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Instituting a new volunteer program or reenergizing an existing one involves a process that covers a range of management functions-from needs assessment, volunteer position development, and recruitment, to supervision, evaluation, and recognition. These processes are interdependent and together create a synergy that will enliven your volunteer program. Once instituted, an effective approach to volunteer management will perpetuate itself.