Founded in January 1998, Project Service Leadership (PSL) is committed to improving the quality of our schools and communities by tapping the talents and energy of youth. It assists Pacific Northwest Schools in integrating service into their curriculum and assessment programs. PSL provides profession development and training for educators, students and community members.
Service-learning provides a compelling reason to learn, teaches the skills of civic participation and develops service-oriented leaders ready to contribute to their communities, country and world.
Service-learning increases motivation and retention of academic skills as specific learning goals are tied to community needs. By solving real problems and addressing real needs, students learn to apply classroom learning to a real world context. In today's drive for greater educational quality, service-learning emerges as a promising catalyst for performance assessment, active-learning, and school/community partnerships.
Project Service Leadership (PSL) assists Pacific Northwest school districts in integrating service-learning into their curriculum. It has helped thousands of Northwest teachers, schools and colleges of education to enrich their instructional effectiveness through service-learning initiatives by providing staff training, teacher institutes, phone consultation, program development assistance and resource materials.
School and communities will be enriched if they involve youth in the decision making process, garnering their ideas, their energy and their ownership.
Project Service Leadership helped to initiate The Washington Youth Voice Project (WYVP) and supports efforts to enable youth to participate more actively in decisions that effect their lives.
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