Delta Sierra Region Six Service Learning Programs
What is Service Learning?
Service Learning is a teaching strategy that integrates meaningful service to the community into the school curriculum. This experiential method gets students out of the classroom and into the school community and the community at large, where they learn to use their academic knowledge to address real needs.
Region Six Events
Region Six Service Learning Programs offer:
Service Learning Workshops for:
* Teachers, school site teams & partnerships
* Community based organizaitons
* Leadership development for students
Mini-grant Program
Outreach & Promotion
Monthly e-Newsletter
Web Resources and Links
Service Learning Training & Technical Assistance Program
LEA, San Joaquin County Office of Education
School site and district wide partnership coaching
Service Learning Regional Leads
LEA, San Joaquin County Office of Education
Region 6 Service Learning Co-Leads Are:
Veray Wickham
Community Involvement Coordinator
San Joaquin County Office of Education
(209) 468-9021 (Phone)
(209) 468-9232 (Fax)
vwickham@sjcoe.net
AND
Danielle Jones
Prevention Programs Planning Coordinator
Stanislaus County Office of Education
(209) 238-1365(Phone)
(209) 238-4253(Fax)
djones@stancoe.org
Click vwickham@sjcoe.net or djones@stancoe.org to send a request for assistance or more information.
Funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service, Learn and Serve America through California Department of Education, CalServe Office
Web Links
ABCD Books
www.abcdbooks.org
A place for literature and service learning connections.
Books ... Free Curriculum ... Workshops ... Program Information
Adopt-A-Watershed
www.adopt-a-watershed.org
Adopt-A-Watershed is a K-12 school-community learning experience. Adopt-A-Watershed uses a local watershed as a living laboratory in which students engage in hands-on activities, making science applicable and relevant to their lives. It weaves education with the community developing collaborative partnerships and reinforcing learning through community service.
Alameda County Office of Education/Service Learning
www.alameda-coe.k12.ca.us/acoe/Service_Learning/SL_main.htm
Resource materials, curriculum and staff development opportunities.
CalServe
www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/sl/
California Department of Education's Service Learning office. Information on funding opportunities, find or submit a lesson plan, trainings and resource links.
Center for Civic Education
www.civiced.org
The Center for Civic Education is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to fostering the development of informed, responsible participation in civic life by citizens committed to values and principles fundamental to American constitutional democracy.
Citizenship and Service Education (CASE)
www.scils.rutgers.edu/case/case.html
CASE courses combine academic studies in a wide, variety of fields with community service. Our aim is to train students to be competent, participatory, democratic citizens possessing both the technical skills necessary to flourish in today's complex world, and a strong service ethic, the reflexive sense of connectedness to others that is the bedrock of community and the essence of citizenship.
Connecting Thinking and Action: Ideas for Service-Learning Reflection
www.servicelearning.org/resources/online_documents/reflection/connecting_thinking_and_action_ideas_for_service-learning_reflection_1190k_pdf/
Reflection is one of the most powerful components of service-learning. This 104 page book helps educators by giving them ideas for connecting thinking and action in service-learning.Thjis is a downloadable booklet of great reflection ideas k-12.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
www.crf-usa.org
Information and resources for service-learning and civic involvement.
Corporation for National Service
www.cns.gov
This site links web users to all the Corporation's programs such as AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, America Reads and Learn and Serve.
Do Something!
www.dosomething.org
Do Something! is an organization that helps youth get involved in their community. As part of Do Something at school, youth identify the issues they care about and create community projects to turn ideas into action.
Earth Force Resources
www.earthforce.org/resources.cmf
Earth Force is youth for a change! Through Earth Force, youth discover and implement lasting solutions to environmental issues in their community. In the process they develop life-long habits of active citizenship and environmental stewardship. Educators turn to Earth Force for innovative tools to engage young people in community problem solving.
Earth Team
www.earthteam.net
Bay area network of high school clubs, classes & youth groups. Their purpose is to educate students about environmental issues and inspire them to be environment change agents.
Education Commission of the States
www.ecs.org/escmain.asp?page=/html/projectsPartners/compactLearning.asp
The Compact for Learning and Citizenship (CLC) is a nationwide coalition of chief state school officers, district superintendents and others who are committed to infusing service-learning into the K-12 curriculum. CLC gathers and disseminates information, provides training and technical assistance, builds partnerships and networks, and serves as a national voice for creating high-quality service-learning opportunities for all students.
Giraffe Project
www.giraffe.org
Moving people to stick their necks out for the common good. The world needs heroes, people with vision and courage, people who are willing to stick their necks out and take responsibility for solving tough problems, on the planet and on the block. The Giraffe Project has been finding these heroes and commending them as "Giraffes" since 1982. We tell their stories in the media, from podiums and in schools, inspiring others to stick their necks out. We're training tomorrow's heroes.
Give Water a Hand
www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah
Information for youth groups or classes that want to take action to improve local water quality. With Give Water A Hand, young people team up with educators, natural resource experts and committed community members to study water issues and take ACTION!
Good Character.com
www.goodcharacter.com
If you work with kids, and you need to implement character education tomorrow, and you want some immediate help, this is where to start. But if your character education program is cruising, and you just want some additional ideas and materials, this is also where to start. This content-rich website is loaded with free resources to help you do the job! Service learning develops citizenship, responsibility, and many other positive character virtues, making it possibly the most powerful character education program you can implement. Here's how you can do it.
Institute for Global Education & Service Learning
www.igesl.org
The Institute for Global Education & Service Learning is a non-profit training organization based on the campus of Philadelphia University. The Institute is one of thirteen agencies named in the National and Community Service Act of 1993 as a central resource for service-learning programs. It is the Atlantic Regional Center for the National Service Learning Exchange and the hosting agency for national and international service-learning conferences.
Integrated Waste Management Board ? Classroom Curriculum & Activities
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Schools/Curriculum/default.htm
The Board provides curriculum that offers accurate and current waste management information that encourages "reduce, reuse and recycle" in the classroom and home while making it exciting and interesting for both teachers and students.
KIDS (Kids Involved Doing Service) Consortium
http://www.kidsconsortium.org/
Now in its second decade, the KIDS Consortium is a nationally recognized leader in the rapidly expanding service-learning movement, which promotes learning through community involvement as a way to strengthen students, schools and communities. KIDS works with local teachers, administrators and students to involve students in addressing real challenges faced by their communities. Together they identify, research, and work to address local community needs. With guidance from KIDS, teachers match those projects to school curricula, providing a powerful ?hands on? learning experience that improves the community and brings academics to life.
Learn & Serve America
www.learnandserve.org/index.html
Division of the Corporation for National Service that funds service learning programs K-12 and higher education. This site provides information and resources on service learning.
Learn, Serve, and Surf
www.edb.utexas.edu/servicelearning
Learn, Serve, and Surf is an Internet resource kit for service-learning practitioners. The Resource Kit contains information on model service-learning programs and projects, service-learning resource tools, and discussion groups.
Learning in Deed
www.learningindeed.org/
Learning In Deed is a national initiative to engage more young people in service to others as part of their academic life.? Learning In Deed also seeks to identify and promote large-scale, long-term changes in the educational system to support high-quality, service-learning practice and outcomes.?
National Commission on Service-Learning
www.servicelearningcommission.org/slcommission/index.html
The National Commission, chaired by John Glenn, was established to broaden the use of service-learning in school districts across America. Learning In Deed builds on the Kellogg Foundation's decade of support for service-learning as a way to engage youth in a powerful way in their learning and their communities.
National Dropout Prevention Center
http://www.dropoutprevention.org/
Resource catalogue for service learning contains a wide variety of publications, staff development tools, resources for youth and videos to support the development and implementation of service learning.
National Park Service
www.nps.gov/volunteer/contents.htm
The National Park Service's Volunteers in Parks (VIP) program was authorized by Public Law 91- 357 enacted in 1970. The primary purpose of the (VIP) program is to provide a vehicle through which the NPS can accept and utilize voluntary help. National Service Learning Clearinghouse www.servicelearning.org The Clearinghouse provides you with information services and technical assistance. Please ask us if you need help with academic research, program startup, assessment and evaluation regarding service-learning.
National Service Learning Conference
www.nylc.org/happening_event.cfm?oid=4630&null=1123273609184
We the People: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 22-25, 2006 Celebrating seventeen years of service-learning leadership, the National Service-Learning Conference highlights and promotes service-learning as a way of teaching and learning that builds academic and citizenship skills while renewing communities. It is the only major national education conference that provides service-learning professional development to a diverse audience of K-H educators, administrators, pre-service teacher education staff and faculty, researchers, policy makers, youth leaders, parents, program coordinators, national service members, community-based organization staffs, and corporate and foundation officers.
National Service Learning Partnership
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/
The National Service-Learning Partnership is a national network of members dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core part of every young person's education. Service-learning is a teaching method that engages young people in solving problems within their schools and communities as part of their academic studies or other type of intentional learning activity. The Partnership concentrates on strengthening the impact of service-learning on young people's learning and development, especially their academic and civic preparation. The Partnership supports members sharing resources, organizing change, and sponsoring innovation.
National Society for Experiential Education
http://www.nsee.org/
Provides information to internship and volunteer services as well as resources to aid in career placement. National Youth Leadership Council www.nylc.org Engaging young people in their communities and schools through innovation in learning, service, leadership and public policy.
Nonprofit Prophets
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/prophets/index.html
Nonprofit Prophets is an interactive project that challenges groups of students to investigate problems they see in the world and create a World Wide Web Resource page on the Internet that teaches the world about the problem. Typically, students collaborate with local non-profit agencies that need a web site.
Peace Corps World Wise School
www.peacecorps.gov/wws/service/index.html
The lesson plans found on the following pages come from the World Wise Schools' "Destination" series of study guides. To help teachers integrate global education into daily activities they have been sorted by grade level and curricular area. Points of Light Foundation www.pointsoflight.org Engaging people more effectively in volunteer service to help solve serious social problems. Volunteer resources, Volunteer Center Network, National Days of Service, National Community Service Conference and more.
Project Learning Tree/Greenworks
http://www.plt.org/
GreenWorks! is the community action, service-learning component of PLT, built around action projects that partner educators, students, and communities. GreenWorks! blends service activities with the academic curriculum and addresses real community needs as students learn through active engagement.
RMC Research
www.rmcdenver.com/Service_Learning.htm
Research & evaluation materials for service learning
SEANet ? State Education Agency K-12 Service Learning Network
http://www.seanetonline.org/
The State Education Agency K-12 Service-Learning Network (SEANet) is a national network of staff from state education agencies and other organizations designated by a state education agency that provide leadership for statewide K-12 school-based service-learning initiatives.
Servenet
www.servenet.org
Through SERVEnet, users can enter their zip code, city, state, skills, interests, and availability and be matched with organizations needing help. SERVEnet is also a place to search for calendar events, job openings, service news, recommended books, and best practices.
Service Learning Research & Development Center
www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/slc/servicelearning.html
The mission of the Service-Learning Center is to advance the Service-Learning field by furthering the understanding of Service-Learning through the development, implementation, facilitation, and evaluation of community service programs that are an integral part of the academic curriculum. The Center is also part of a collaborative network, working in concert with the East Bay Partnership for Service which includes the Berkeley Unified School District, the City of Berkeley, the East Bay Corridor Project and UC Berkeley.
Service-Learning Internet Community (SLIC)
www/slic.calstate.edu
This new community is a collaborative database of service-learning information and pedagogy designed by service-learning professionals from five CSU campuses and the CSU Center for Distributed Learning.
State Education Agency Network
www.seanetonline.org
The State Education Agency K-12 Service-Learning Network (SEANet) is a national network of staff from state education agencies and other organizations designated by a state education agency that provide leadership for statewide K-12 school-based service-learning initiatives.
UCLA Higher Education Clearinghouse/K-H Partnership
www.gseis.ucla.edu/slc/kh.html
Listed is a variety of resources for K-H Partnerships in service learning. While some of these listings directly related to the service-learning field, some are more general in nature.
University of Michigan Office of Community Service Learning
www.umich.edu/~mserve/
Project Community, a service-learning course that is produced in partnerships with the Sociology Department and the School of Education. Project Serve encourages and enables student involvement in community service and social action including programs such as Alternative Spring Break, Campus Programs, and SERVE Week. OCSL Press, the publication arm that generates service-learning resources by and for faculty, service-learning educators, students, and community agencies.
US Dept of Ed.
www.ed.gov
Search for Service Learning. Provides wide variety of resource papers, etc.
Youth Service America
www.ysa.org
YSA is a resource center and alliance of 300+ organizations committed to increasing quality and quantity of opportunities for young Americans to serve locally, nationally or globally.
Youth Service California
www.yscal.org/
Supporting, covening and informing youth service programs and practitioners.? This is also the home of Service Learning 2000 Center, a source of staff developemnt and the western US coordinator for the National Service Learning Exchange
Region Six Service Learning Programs announced
Three types of mini-grants are available: