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Effective Practices Collection

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Below is a list of featured effective service-learning program practices that includes ideas, project creation strategies, and other related education and civic engagement issues.
  Featured Service-Learning Effective Practices are organized by topic:
  • Creating a Service-Learning Project
  • Citizenship/Character Education
  • Evaluation
  • Reflection
  • Community-Based
  • Higher Education
  • K-12
  • Tribes / U.S. Territories
 
 
  Creating a Service-Learning Project
 
* Brokering collaborations to include seniors in service-learning
  * Designing a service-learning program in ten steps
  * Outlining steps for planning, implementing and assessing a service-learning project
  * Using the PARE model in service-learning
  * Defining service with a reflection activity
   
  Citizenship/Character Education
 
  * Creating effective citizenship education programs
  * Blending service-learning and character education to promote strong citizenship
  * Developing a comprehensive framework for achieving quality character education
   
  Evaluation
 
  * Collecting data for performance measurement: general guidelines
  * Using surveys with scaled response options to yield high-quality data
  * Outlining steps for planning, implementing and assessing a service-learning project
  * Understanding performance measurement terminology as it relates to Learn and Serve programs
  * Providing outcome indicators for reporting on educational support and enhancement programs
   
  Reflection
 
  * Defining service with a reflection activity
  * Creating structured opportunities for reflection
  * Incorporating creative reflection activities
  * Planning reflection activities
  * Structuring reflection in service-learning programs for work-study students
  * Creating reflection activities for high school students working with technology
  * Bringing closure to a service project with recognition, reflection, and evaluation
  * Celebrating service: a staff guide to recognition strategies
  * Deepening the connection between service activities and civic involvement
  * Moving from reflection to action with a volunteer plan
  * Uniting college campuses to share civic engagement experiences
   
  Community-Based
 
  * Developing service-learning and community partnerships
  * Implementing a community development-oriented service-learning strategy
   
  Higher Education
 
  * Achieving effective integration of service experiences and course learning
  * Creating a culture of civic responsibility on a college campus
  * Implementing service-learning in community colleges
* Increasing participation in service-learning fairs by choosing an appropriate name for an event
  * Instituting a day of service with new student orientation
  * Integrating civic responsibility into community college curricula
  * Integrating entrepreneurship education with service-learning programs
  * Involving a campus community in service with a faith-based Learn and Serve program
   
  K-12
 
* Connecting baby boomer volunteers with K-12 service-learning schools
  * Honoring ordinary heroes through a community service project
  * Implementing K-12 service-learning
  * Involving students in planning and implementing school-wide service-learning
  * Starting a high school service-learning program
   
  Tribes / U.S. Territories
 
  * Identifying factors that influence quality tribal programs
  * Making a presentation to a tribal council
  * Working with a tribal council
   
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