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1. What Is Service Learning?
2. Ways to Enrich Classroom Teaching
3. Linking Service Activities to the Essential Learnings
4. Building Effective Curriculum
5. Resources for Faculty

Resources for Educators

Helpful Web Sites

This web page is not intended to serve as a comprehensive resource for teachers doing service learning. Instead check out the following web sites for comprehensive information on this effective teaching method.

National Service Learning Clearinghouse  
This clearinghouse  serves as a national center for information and publications related to service-learning. Under the search by topic section you can search by subject area for curriculum examples.

National Service-Learning Partnership:
This national membership organization advocated for district, state and national policies to support quality service-learning. Their web site provides access to research and practice.

National Service-Learning Exchange:
This organization promotes best practice and provides peer mentors for practitioners.

Maryland State Department of Education has developed some good resources for school districts. 

Publications

A list of publications is available from the National Center for Learning and Citizenship.

• Elements of Good Practice:
  Clear learning goals linking to state learning standards. http://nslp.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=TR_standards

• K-12 Lesson Plans, Syllabi and Curriculum from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse: http://www.servicelearning.org/resources/lesson_plans/index.php?link_setid=2&category_id=171

• Linking Service Learning with State Standards- Four approaches:
  http://www.fsu.edu/~flserve/sl/standards.html

• Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements,
  Project Service Leadership:
  Their website provides access to the PSL publications and resources. You will find examples of curriculum related project in the faculty section. Website: http://projectserviceleadership.org/faculty

• Reflection Resources: http://www.rmcdenver.com

• Partnership Development: http://nslp.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=tr_communitypartners

• Youth Voice: http://nslp.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=tr_studentvoice

Curriculum and Planning Guides

• Special Education Curriculum. This newly revised guide provides adapted service-learning project plans in the areas of aging, poverty, environment, literacy, substance abuse, bias, and the school. It also provides introductory skill activities and guidance on adapting projects and procedures for students with special needs and disabilities. Maryland Student Service Alliance, 200 West Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201. #410-767-0356. Payment to M.S.S.A. $12.50.
  
  
• Service-Learning and Standards Toolkit, a new publication from the Compact for Learning and Citizenship (CLC) and the Education Commission of the States (ECS). The Toolkit not only features numerous examples of service-learning curriculum and assessments tied to standards, but draws upon the experiences of service-learning advocates at the state, district and school level in exploring practical issues such as policy, professional development and administrative support. CLC Order form (pdf).
  
  

   Project-Based Learning

  The Small Schools Project: http://www.smallschoolsproject.org
  Filled with resources which help teachers and school implement rigorous project-based learning curriculum.

  The Buck Institute:  http://bie.org
  The web site has an outstanding Project Based Learning planning guide for middle and high school teachers and segments can be downloaded. It also has project-based curriculum for social studies and assessment instruments.

  Interdisciplinary projects:
  Some teachers develop connections to one content area  ( i.e. English, history, math, science etc.)while others build connections to a variety of subject areas. Teachers who want to connect the learning of various subject areas to one project will find the interdisciplinary web helpful.  Interdisciplinary webs are available from the Maryland State Department’s Service-Learnin website: http://www.mssa.sailorsite.net/curric.html

  ABCDPublishing:
  The Complete Guide to Service-Learning by Cathryn Berger Kaye is a comprehensive guide to planning service-learning that integrates language arts, literature, social studies, math and science around specific community issues  It includes ways to modify the project and academic content to be appropriate for students at different age levels. http://www.abcdbooks.org

  Essential Questions: http://www.smallschoolsproject.org/index.asp?siteloc=resource&section=co31003

  Assessing Student Learning:
  Assessing Learning through Service-Learning: A practical planning guide to help service-learning teachers develop rubrics and activities that assess student learning. This resource can be found at http://www.projectserviceleadership.org in the faculty resources section.
  http://psl.oditech.com: a web site that includes resources for students, parents, teachers and community agencies.

  Assessing Project Based Learning:
  You can download rubrics and planning forms from the Buck Institute.
  http://www.bie.org/pbl/pblhandbook/tools.php

  
  Videos

• "Hearts & Minds Engaged: Teaching Law Related Education Through Service-Learning".
  Illustrates how service-learning brings together citizenship education, action learning, and the use of youth as a resource. Law-related education teaches citizenship and uses action learning. Available through Project Service Leadership at http://www.projectserviceleadership.org/resourcespsl.html.

• "Route to Reform: Service-Learning and School Improvement". This national video takes a close look at three exemplary school programs (two are Generator schools), and answers: How can service experiences effectively integrate into my curriculum? What is required of teachers students and administrators? What are the challenges? What benefits can occur for students and communities when service and learning become one? NYLC, 1910 W. County Rd. B, Roseville, MN 55113. #612-631-3672, Fax: #612-631-2955. $15. http://www.nylc.org/publications.cfm
  

• Videos available from the Service-Learning Partnership--Learning In Deed: The Power of Service-Learning for American Schools, and Academics in Action: The Value of Service-Learning.

1. What Is Service Learning?
2. Ways to Enrich Classroom Teaching
3. Linking Service Activities to the Essential Learnings
4. Building Effective Curriculum
5. Resources for Faculty