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Effective Practices Collection

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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