In the summer of 2006, NYLC's WalkAbout program engaged youths from the hurricane-ravaged Gulf region in rebuilding their communities. This article looks at the program's history, details from WalkAbout service-learning projects, and civic and academic outcomes. (Growing to Greatness 2007)

Authors: Tom Berkas
Publication Year: 2007

Basic but important points about keeping students' academic, physical, social, emotional, and developmental capabilities in mind when designing and supervising service-learning projects.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Best Practices, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 2005

Taking as its starting point a recent report from the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, this article argues that student academic achievement is not determined solely by classroom experiences, but also requires that schools nurture student development across social, personal, civic, and career domains. It also shows how service-learning has great promise as a strategy for educating the whole child. (Growing to Greatness 2007)

Authors: Andrew Furco
Publication Year: 2007

Useful perspectives for engaging community-based organizations in partnerships with youths. Addresses agency attitudes toward youths and volunteers, and suggests ways to build understanding and positive reception of service-learning. (The Generator, Fall 1993)

Authors: Chuck Supple
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Best Practices, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 1993

Thoughtful curriculum web for multiple disciplines on the topic of AIDS education and awareness. Exemplary illustration of the way service-learning can integrate into academics. 

Authors: Cathryn Berger Kaye
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Diversity, Best Practices, Reflection, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators
Publication Year: 2004

Brief annotated bibliography of nonfiction, fiction, and picture books on AIDS education and awareness.

Authors: Cathryn Berger Kaye
Topics: Diversity, Reflection
Recommended for: Educators, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 2004

Rationale and support for integration of service-learning into American Indian education. Includes a historical perspective on service contributions by indigenous people and analysis of the boarding school movements' effect on American Indians' commitment to and concept of community. (The Generator, Spring 2004)

Authors: Lynn LaPointe
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Diversity, Best Practices, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2004

Service-learning project connecting high school students with migrant worker families and integrated into foreign language curriculum. Project report includes teacher's guide, summary reports, student reflections, foreign language correlations, and student work evaluation rubrics. (Youth F.E.L.L.O.W.S.)

Authors: Joy Des Marais, Jennifer Lynn Flood, Nicole Steege, NYLC
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Diversity, Best Practices, Reflection, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths
Publication Year: 2001

Justification for inclusion of the arts and using art as the motivator in service-learning projects. (The Generator, Summer 1996)

Authors: Lizanne Fehsenfeld
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Diversity, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Parents
Publication Year: 1996

The Cooperative Institutional Research Program at UCLA reports the percentage of college freshmen who were required to participate in service or service-learning to graduate high school. Some correlations are drawn between high school academic achievement, service-learning, and college success and lifelong service. (Growing to Greatness 2005)

Authors: Lori Vogelgesang
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Research & Policy
Recommended for: Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2005

Very brief justification for and description of the Diversity in Youth Service Tool Kit, which was developed by well-respected diversity trainers. (The Generator, Summer 2003)

Authors: Jen Gasang
Topics: Diversity, Best Practices, Research & Policy
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2003

Written by a state superintendent of education, this article outlines the ways that service-learning has been an initiative for positive change in South Carolina. There, service-learning has been integrated into teacher preparation programs and used in conjunction with state academic standards. (Phi Delta Kappan, May 2000)

Authors: Inez Tenenbaum
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Reflection, Research & Policy
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2000

Youth participants from Camp Heartland, a program for children who are affected by HIV/AIDS, collaborate for a national speaking tour called the Journey of Hope AIDS Awareness Program. Each program presented by the youths includes a set of five messages about HIV/AIDS in various script-free forms such as skits, song, and poetry. (The Generator, Summer 2004)

Authors: Julie Walker
Topics: Diversity, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths
Publication Year: 2004

Review of recent research and literature about the effectiveness of service-learning methodology. Main findings related to low-income students, service-learning quality, principal support in low-income schools, and closing the achievement gap between low-income and high-income students are illuminated with statistics and descriptive research results. (Growing to Greatness 2005)

Authors: Peter Scales, Eugene Roehlkepartain
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Standards & Curriculum Integration, Diversity, Best Practices, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 2005

Example of a popular service-learning project that has been replicated for many grade levels and academic disciplines. The Empty Bowl Project is an accessible way to share student artwork and research with the community while meeting a genuine need for raising funds and awareness about hunger in the community and the world. (The Generator, Summer 1996)

Authors: Lisa Blackburn, John Hartom
Topics: Best Practices, Reflection, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 1996

Excerpted from Howard Gardner's keynote address at The 16th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, this resource focuses on the concept of "doing good." Gardner discusses some of the findings from his most recent research on the gap between educators who want to do good work and the market forces that can undo their efforts. (The Generator, Summer 2005)

Authors: Howard Gardner
Topics: Best Practices, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2005

Professionally developed evaluation tool "intended for use by evaluators and evaluation clients/stakeholders." Application of the Fifth Installment of the CIPP Model, used to assess long-term projects, programs, personnel, products, institutions, and systems commonly involved in service-learning programs and other service organizations. Endorsed by the Evaluation Checklists Project and the National Science Foundation.

Authors: Daniel Stufflebeam
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Research & Policy
Recommended for: Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2002

Makes the case for service-learning as the basis for citizenship education and civics curriculum. Highlights voter education programs that use service-learning to counteract civic apathy. (The Generator, Spring 2002)

Authors: Rob Shumer
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 2002

Example of a large, established, and successful youth-led philanthropy program. (The Generator, Spring 2004)

Authors: Daniel de Zeeuw
Topics: Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 2004

Provides educators a basic understanding of community agency perspectives on service-learning. Valuable planning strategies for positive experiences for both groups.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Best Practices
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 2005

Research-based sample units for service-learning projects. Created by an experienced service-learning practitioner, this source outlines units, projects, service components, strategies, and the assessments that are directly linked with service.

Authors: Julie Bartsch
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators
Publication Year: 2001

Highlights from the results of a national study of 1,799 public school principals about the level of student participation in service-learning and community service. Accompanied by graphs, statistics, and characteristics of the study, these findings indicate the value of high-quality service-learning experiences and the next steps for the service-learning field. (Growing to Greatness 2004)

Authors: Jim Kielsmeier, Peter Scales, Eugene Roehlkepartain, Marybeth Neal
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Standards & Curriculum Integration, Diversity, Best Practices, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2004

The full results of a national study of 1,799 public school principals about the level of student participation in service-learning and community service. These findings indicate the value of high-quality service-learning experiences and the next steps for the service-learning field. A summary of this survey is also available from the Resource Center.

Authors: Peter Scales, Eugene Roehlkepartain
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Standards & Curriculum Integration, Diversity, Best Practices, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2004

Outlines the need for continuous evaluations throughout all stages of a service-learning project. Thoughtful questions around which data collection and accountability measures could be formed. (The Action Research Book)

Authors: Rob Shumer
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Research & Policy, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators
Publication Year: 1998

Discussion of diversity as it relates to effective service-learning programs and organizations. Identifies factors that foster and inhibit progress. (The Generator, Summer 2003)

Authors: Melinda Fine
Topics: Diversity, Research & Policy
Recommended for: Administrators, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2003

Analysis of service-learning research strategies and findings from the early days of the movement. Written by an early leader in the field, it gives historical perspective to the current state of the service-learning program evaluation and qualitative/quantitative research strategies. Includes ideas for action research. (Growing Hope)

Authors: Diane Hedin
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices
Recommended for: Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 1995

A handout with examples and reproducible forms that suggest options for two approaches to integrating service-learning into the curriculum. (The Generator, December 2007)

Authors: Nate Schultz
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration
Recommended for: Educators
Publication Year: 2007

Recognizing that the book, The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur is an emotionally stirring resource helping us to better understand the crisis that it taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan, this curriculum guide is offered as a method prepare students to understand their relationship to the issue and potentially lead to actions where students can make a positive difference in the world through service-learning.

Authors: Stina Kielsmeier, Michael VanKeulen, and Marceline Dubose
Topics: Diversity, Best Practices, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Youths, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 2008

Collaboration, reciprocity, and diversity are concepts that are inherent in service-learning practice. Data collected from service-learning is viewed through these three conceptual lenses in order to "make meaning" from the service experience. (The Action Research Book)

Authors: Carol Weatherford
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Diversity, Research & Policy
Recommended for: Educators
Publication Year: 1998

Tough questions for researchers, administrators, policy-makers, and service-learning leaders about the state of service-learning in school reform efforts. A call to action for experienced service-learning practitioners and advocates to reflect and evaluate their practice in relationship to the status of the field. Addresses the future of service-learning as a movement and methodology.

Authors: Don HIll
Topics: Research & Policy
Recommended for: Educators, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 1994

Classroom-friendly strategies for engaging students in a genuine community needs assessment. (The Generator, Fall 2003)

Authors: Carole Klopp, Joan Liptrot
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Research & Policy, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 2003

Brief explanation of the importance of understanding diversity as part of effective service-learning practice. Illustrates eight ways that service-learning promotes diversity.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Diversity, Best Practices, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Parents
Publication Year: 2005

The DiversityYES! Learning Circle was convened to promote the examination of cultural traditions in service and develop cross-cultural leaders among youths. Includes guiding questions and excerpts from youth participants. (The Generator, Summer 2003)

Authors: NYLC, Youa Yang Smith, Farid Farzanehkia
Topics: Diversity, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2003

Brief description of the importance of on-going reflection, especially for young learners ages four to eight. Suggests painting and acting to illicit deeper reflection in young children. Methods and strategies listed. (Teaching Young Children)

Authors: Ann Shoemaker
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Reflection
Recommended for: Educators, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 1999

A report on Youth Service California's California After-school Service-Learning program. Program sites serving at-risk youths participated in ongoing research to measure the effects of after-school service-learning on student developmental assets and connectedness to school. Researchers found that after-school service-learning participants' scores on measures of developmental assets and school connectedness were higher than California norms. (Growing to Greatness 2007)

Authors: Elizabeth McCarthy
Publication Year: 2007

Analysis of service-learning research and its shortcomings compared to high-quality research standards. Examines the personal, social, civic, and intellectual outcomes for students engaged in service-learning. (The Generator, Winter 1997)

Authors: Peter Scales, Dale Blyth
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Standards & Curriculum Integration, Diversity, Best Practices, Reflection, Research & Policy
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 1997

Brief explanation of connections between brain research and service-learning. Interprets David Sousa's research to show the importance of emotions in the learning process and how service-learning can connect with emotions. Also lists names of famous people who have exercised the eight multiple intelligences in service roles.

Authors: Carole Klopp, Jim Toole, Pam Toole
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Reflection, Research & Policy
Recommended for: Educators, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2001

Brief article describes how Milwaukee middle school students integrated service-learning into their "get out the vote" campaign. Links between civics education and the larger concept of active citizenship became clear for students when they encountered some adult voter apathy.

Authors: David Weingrod
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Reflection, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 2002

Summary of a presentation on refugees, immigrants, migrants and service-learning in urban communities. Despite the challenges of using service-learning with these new students, benefits can still be plentiful. Includes easy-to-read bulleted info and a case study. (The Generator, Winter 2004/2005)

Authors: Ka Vang, Wokie Weah, Bryan Thao Worra
Topics: Diversity, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators
Publication Year: 2004

Rationale for engaging youth voice and leadership throughout project selection, planning, and execution. Included are five "how to" lists. (The Generator, Fall 1992)

Authors: Rich Cairn
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 1992

Learning in U.S. Public Schools, a 2004 Growing to Greatness survey of principals. The authors assess the differences in scope, quality, and institutionalization of service-learning in high- and low-poverty urban and suburban schools. Statistical charts included. This article was commissioned by NYLC through the Growing to Greatness 2005 Research Prize. (Growing to Greatness 2006)

Authors: Suzanne Pritzker, Amanda Moore McBride
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Research & Policy
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2006

Report from the Diversity/Equity Project, a national mechanism for bringing various organizations, practitioners, and stakeholders together in dialog, resource-sharing, and capacity-building. Includes research, information on diversity initiatives, and recommendations.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Diversity, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 2003

Analysis of the state of service-learning within faith communities, identification of upcoming studies on the topic, a call for further research, and discussion of challenges to integrating service-learning into faith communities. (The Generator, April 2003)

Authors: Eugene Roehlkepartain
Topics: Diversity, Reflection, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2003

Ideas for integrating service into packed school schedules. Includes vignettes of programs that have creatively addressed the time issue. (Growing Hope)

Authors: Kate McPherson
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators
Publication Year: 1995

It is a challenge to measure the financial, emotional, and educational impact of service-learning on those that have been served. This article proposes measurement strategies and areas for future research in this under-analyzed area of the service-learning field. Includes highlights from a national YMCA study. (Growing to Greatness 2006)

Authors: Lawrence N. Bailis, Tony Ganger
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2006

Description of urban teens who improved their writing skills with service-learning and a teacher who "played to their strengths." Ideas for student engagement in language arts and the power of student letter-writing. (The Generator, Winter 2004/2005)

Authors: Maddy Wegner
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Reflection, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Youths
Publication Year: 2004

Defines the basic similarities and differences between service-learning, service, volunteerism, community service, and community-based learning.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Best Practices, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 2005

A multi -age, -ability, and -ethnicity project case study, with specific teaching strategies and replicable project components. (Profiles in Service-Learning)

Authors: Brenda Urke, Maddy Wegner
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Diversity, Best Practices, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Parents
Publication Year: 1993

Basic information for funding service-learning projects including: fund-raising with youths, applying for grants, receiving corporate gifts, and securing support from the government. (Growing Hope)

Authors: Kate McPherson
Topics: Best Practices, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 1995

One-page guide to assist those who are new to fund-raising and proposal-writing. Includes tips on engaging youth voice, understanding the focus of the prospective funder, and making the case. Lists related web resources and federal agencies that have funded service-learning.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 2005

Description of the history, tenets, and early work of the National Indian Youth Leadership Project. Highlights the benefits of service-learning for Native American students as it relates to traditional beliefs and the growing leadership among indigenous youths to guide the next generations. (Phi Delta Kappan, June 1991)

Authors: McClellan Hall
Topics: Diversity, Best Practices, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 1991

Common wisdom from elders from diverse cultural backgrounds centers about child development within the community. Explores the concept of "elders" and their wisdom, especially in the area of service to the community. (The Generator, Summer 2003)

Authors: Stella Raudenbush, McClellan Hall
Publication Year: 2003

Critical questions and thoughtful suggestions for those determining authentic service needs through community surveys. Written by an NYLC lead trainer and curriculum writer, this short article promotes deeper understanding about the importance of students addressing real needs in their communities. (The Generator, Fall 2003)

Authors: Verna Cornelia Simmons
Topics: Diversity, Best Practices, Research & Policy, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 2003

This issue of The Generator inaugurates a new format that helps teachers and other service-learning practitioners make better use of current service-learning research. Articles include an update on translating the Principles of Effective Practice for K-12 Service-Learning into national standards, a research summary on how reflection facilitates high-quality learning for students, and a description of a method young children can use to select service-learning projects. Also included are questions practitioners can ask to promote high-quality reflection, challenging students to think deeply about their experiences, and a list of ideas for reflection activities.

Authors: Caryn Pernu, Wokie Weah, Maddy Wegner, Nate Schultz, Marybeth Neal, Siddarth Damania, Nate Schultz
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Standards & Curriculum Integration, Reflection
Recommended for: Educators
Publication Year: 2007

The Generator helps teachers and other service-learning practitioners make use of current service-learning research and keep up with policy innovations. This issue focuses on curriculum integration. Articles include an announcement on Maine incorporating service-learning into its social studies standards, a research summary on how integrating service with curriculum can be highly effective in helping students make academic progress, and a spotlight on a PlayPumps service-learning project Madison, Wisc., students undertook to improve water access in Africa. The issue also includes teacher tools with examples and reproducible forms to help intentionally integrate the service projects with academic standards and learning objectives.

Authors: Caryn Pernu, Jim Kielsmeier, Maddy Wegner, Nate Schultz
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Reflection
Recommended for: Educators
Publication Year: 2007

Description of two classroom-oriented activities appropriate for preparing students for service-learning activities in HIV/AIDS education. Brief but teacher-friendly resource.

Authors: Cathryn Berger Kaye
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Diversity, Best Practices, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators
Publication Year: 2004

Description of two classroom-oriented activities appropriate for preparing classes to partner with special needs or special education students for a service-learning project. Brief but teacher-friendly resource.

Authors: Cathryn Berger Kaye
Topics: Diversity, Best Practices, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators
Publication Year: 2004

Effective service-learning maximizes youth voice. This basic sheet discusses factors that influence the attention a student gives to learning, and provides a continuum of youth ownership.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Best Practices, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 2005

Basic suggestions for cultivating support for a service-learning program so that a teacher/leader doesn't have to carry the work alone. Includes ideas for building a clear vision, gaining administrative support, establishing effective policy, linking to other initiatives, and involving colleagues, families, and community volunteers. (Learning By Giving)

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Best Practices
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators
Publication Year: 1993

Vignette of an exemplary kindergarten project that incorporated many aspects of service-learning best practice: partnerships, student voice, curricular integration, reflective practice, and on-going service. (The Generator, vol. 21 no. 2)

Authors: Elizabeth Ciak
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Reflection, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 2002

Growing to Greatness: The State of Service-Learning Project is the first ongoing national study of service-learning in kindergarten through 12th grade. This is the first report in that study.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 2004

Growing to Greatness: The State of Service-Learning Project is the first ongoing national study of service-learning in kindergarten through 12th grade. This is the second report in that study.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 2005

Growing to Greatness: The State of Service-Learning Project is the first ongoing national study of service-learning in kindergarten through 12th grade. This is the third report.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 2006

Growing to Greatness: The State of Service-Learning Project is the first ongoing national study of K-12 service-learning. This is the fourth report.

Authors: NYLC
Publication Year: 2007

Growing to Greatness: The State of Service-Learning Project is the first ongoing national study of K-12 service-learning. This is the fifth report. 

Authors: NYLC
Publication Year: 2008

The 42-page introduction to Growing to Greatness: The State of Service-Learning Project, the first ongoing national study of the state of service-learning in kindergarten through 12th grade. Includes research and calls to action. (The Generator, April 2003)

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 2003

Provides brief overview of "Growing to Greatness 2004," including preliminary findings of the national principals survey, a review of kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade research, Search Institute findings about service-learning as a "gateway asset", reflections about federal Learn and Serve America programs, and state profiles.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Best Practices, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 2004

Addresses landmark legislation, important events, and key players in the history of service-learning, and the future goals and changes service-learning faces. (The Generator, Winter 1997)

Authors: Jim Kielsmeier
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Standards & Curriculum Integration, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Administrators, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 1997

Thorough review and summary of national service-learning research studies and programs from the field. Organized with a "heads, hearts, and hands" theme: heads=academic achievement and related issues, hearts=personal development, and hands=civics and citizen action. Key resource for assessing the broad field of service-learning practice in 2004. (Growing to Greatness 2004)

Authors: Shelley Billig
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2004

Community/Campus Partnerships for Health advocates partnerships between institutions of higher education and their surrounding communities. The goals are to facilitate resource sharing; incorporation of service-learning into health-professional training; and recognize and reward community-based teaching, research, and service. Sidebar lists principles of good community/campus partnerships. (The Generator, Summer 2004)

Authors: Sarena Seifer
Topics: Diversity, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2004

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Diversity, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Youths, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 2005

Fact sheet on Y-RISE, NYLC's multifaceted program for mobilizing young people in the fight against AIDS.

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Best Practices, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 2005

Introductory overview of a study of 10 young social entrepreneurs. Covers four implications for the future of service-learning as more and more youths engage in social entrepreneurship. Includes definitions, examples, and characteristics common among social entrepreneurs. (The Generator, Spring 2004)

Authors: Jim Toole, Pam Toole
Topics: Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2004

Eight-week guide outlined in four stages: planning, preparation and design, the service/gathering activity, and reflection and celebration. Includes brief descriptions of social mores from several cultures. (Wisdom Teachings)

Authors: Stella Raudenbush, McClellan Hall
Topics: Diversity, Best Practices, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 2005

Addresses the benefits of high-quality service-learning for individual learners, schools, and the broader community. (Learning By Giving)

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 1993

Highlights findings from the NYLC-Harris Interactive National Survey on Service-Learning and Transitioning to Adulthood. Focus is on the relationship between the factors that support a healthy transition to adulthood and the positive attributes gained by high school students engaged in service-learning. Useful statistics, graphs, and evidence from this nationally representative study are included. (Growing to Greatness 2006)

Authors: Suzanne Martin, Marybeth Neal, Jim Kielsmeier, Alison Crossley
Topics: Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 2006

Guide for teachers who are just starting their service-learning practice. Steps include preparing students, conducting community needs assessment, identifying project and learning objectives, action planning, assessment/evaluation, and reflection. (Getting Started in Service-Learning)

Authors: Carole Klopp, Joan Liptrot, Kristine Klopp
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Best Practices, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 2005

NYLC's call for the service-learning field to address HIV/AIDS. Includes facts and information about current prevention efforts in Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, and the United States. (The Generator, Summer 2003)

Authors: Mitchell Ogden
Topics: Diversity, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2003

Transcription of Juan Williams' keynote address from the The 14th Annual National Service-Learning Conference. Based on Williams' award-winning documentary, "Eyes On the Prize," the speech includes motivational anecdotes to encourage service-learning practitioners and students to "step off of the conveyor belt" and participate in changing the world for the better. (The Generator, Summer 2003)

Authors: Juan Williams
Topics: Diversity, Reflection, Benefits of Service-Learning, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Youths, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 2003

Description of state-level service-learning research project including three-page matrix and results. Information about promising research models and areas of need for future research studies. (Growing to Greatness 2005)

Authors: Richard Bradley, The John Glenn Institute
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Research & Policy, Benefits of Service-Learning
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Community-Based Organizations, Researchers & Policy-Makers, Parents
Publication Year: 2005

Developed in 1993, this is a simple, thorough guide to all core elements of effective service-learning practice. Includes a helpful checklist for program planning and evaluation. (Learning By Giving)

Authors: NYLC
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Diversity, Best Practices, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Youths, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 1993

Excerpts from noted historian Howard Zinn's keynote address at The 17th Annual Service-Learning Conference. Zinn focuses on the power of everyday people throughout history and the importance and responsibility that comes with living in a democracy. (The Generator, Summer 2006).

Authors: Howard Zinn
Topics: Reflection, Youth Voice & Leadership
Recommended for: Educators, Youths, Community-Based Organizations, Parents
Publication Year: 2006

These middle school lesson plans focus on developing a community fundraiser in the form of a "green" garage sale. The target for the fundraising is PlayPumps, a water pumping system that relies on kid power — children playing on a merry-go-round — to pump water up from the water table. Hundreds of these systems have been built in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the goal to erect hundreds more continues. The issue is of particular relevance to children, since African girls are often responsible for hauling a family's water supply, making it impossible for them to attend school. In this three- to five-week middle school curriculum, students learn/reinforce a broad range of math, science, and literacy skills. A series of interactive activities help students grasp the impact of water shortage through small group map-reading activities that also include challenge options. Assessment strategies range from documentation folders to student- and teacher-generated rubrics. (Curriculum developed by NYLC and PlayPumps International.)

Authors: Jamie Domini
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Reflection
Recommended for: Educators, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 2007

These high school lesson plans are rooted in civic engagement and start with lessons that activate prior knowledge about water issues and Africa. It then expands to interactive lessons, including assessing personal water usage and charting the impact of water access on communities. In addition to exploring aspects of water access internationally, students also learn leadership skills for taking action — whether raising awareness about local water issues or fundraising. These lessons are linked to PlayPumps, a water-pumping system that relies on kid power — children playing on a merry-go-round — to pump water up from the water table. While hundred of these systems are in place throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, students can become part of an international effort to meet still unmet demands. (Curriculum developed by NYLC and PlayPumps International.)

Authors: Michael VanKeulen
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Reflection
Recommended for: Educators, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 2007

These elementary lesson plans focus on writing, illustrating, and publishing a children's book as a class while learning about water access issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Students begin by developing a community survey to assess awareness of water issues locally. Assuming that the outcome is a fairly minimal understanding of water access, these lesson plans take teachers through a book-development process, culminating in a celebration and book-release party to raise community awareness. The book-development lessons use standard writing process approaches, and teach (or reinforce) story-boarding, drafting, editing, and rewriting skills using a student-friendly rubrics. The process for planning the culminating community celebration is also outlined in the lesson plans. The process can span 4-8 weeks. (Curriculum developed by NYLC and PlayPumps International.)

Authors: Sarah Miller, Julie Calleja
Topics: Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Reflection
Recommended for: Educators, Community-Based Organizations
Publication Year: 2007

Research from five states, done over a seven-years period, has revealed common practices that support and sustain service-learning at the district and school level: vision and leadership, curriculum integration, professional development, partnership and community, continuous improvement. This article provides clear examples and suggestions in each of these areas. (Growing to Greatness 2006)

Authors: Jennifer Piscatelli
Topics: Assessment & Evaluation, Standards & Curriculum Integration, Best Practices, Research & Policy
Recommended for: Educators, Administrators, Researchers & Policy-Makers
Publication Year: 2006

Links National Research Council findings about effective teaching and learning to service-learning methodology. Makes the case that high-quality service-learning methods must be implemented in order to achieve academic results. Helpful chart corre