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New Interactive Learning Module Available
Check out the latest module in our interactive tool for teachers, Lift: Raising the Bar for Service-Learning Practice. Designed to support professional development, this third in a series of eight modules focuses on the standard “link to curriculum” and illustrates high-quality practice through video vignettes profiling three sites across the country.
NYLC Announces Search for CEO
As NYLC’s CEO, founder, and president Jim Kielsmeier transitions out of the daily operations of NYLC and into more international and policy work, the nonprofit known for its leadership in advancing service-learning is seeking a new CEO.
Go To Bat for NYLC!
The National Youth Leadership Council is excited to announce that we are a part of the 2010 State Farm Go to Bat Program! This year, State Farm is giving away a trip for two to the 2010 MLB® World Series® to a new winner each week. Visit the State Farm Go to Bat website and Go to Bat for NYLC. Just select “Education” for the Category, and “National Youth Leadership Council” as the Charity to join our team.
NYLC Welcomes Summer Fellows
This summer a group of Youth Initiatives Fellows bring their talents and perspectives to NYLC’s programs. The high school and college-aged students assist NYLC on urban and youth initiatives as well as the Generator School Network, gaining real world experiences by working on an array of projects.
NYLC Offers Summer Graduate Credit Classes
This summer NYLC, in partnership with the liberal arts college Viterbo University, is offering a series of online professional development classes. The courses are one credit each and are offered through the Generator School Network (gsn.nylc.org). Membership in this community of service-learning practitioners is free.
**Update: See the new registration process below.
Project Ignition Teen Driver Safety Program Revamped
With car crashes as the number one killer of teens, NYLC and State Farm have revamped the teen driver safety program Project Ignition to better support youth-led efforts to change that statistic.
Planning Underway for the National Service-Learning Conference
Planning is already underway for the 22nd Annual National Service-Learning Conference with the theme “The Time is Now!” The world’s largest gathering of service-learning practitioners and advocates will be held Atlanta, Ga., April 6-9, 2011. Already the conference is attracting national and local organizations as supporters.
New Interactive Module Now Available
We have just launched the newest module in our interactive tool Lift: Raising the Bar for Service-Learning Practice. The second in a series of eight, the reflection module provides educators with resources to help them understand and implement one of the most important aspects of a quality service-learning project.
Connect On and Off-line with the GSN
NYLC’s Generator School Network and its growing community of practitioners is rapidly becoming a one-stop shop for all things related to high-quality service-learning.
NYLC Kicks Off Summer with Trainings
This summer NYLC will lead a series of service-learning trainings across the nation for youth and educators ranging from intensive professional development seminars for educators in the South to summer service-learning programs for youth in the Midwest.
