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Resources for AmeriCorps Members

Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, June 2009.

This fact sheet includes resources for those who are interested in finding a way to increase civic engagement, academic, personal, and social outcomes of youth and students.

  • For AmeriCorps members working in educational settings…
  • For AmeriCorps members looking to enhance their experience of learning through service
  • For anyone interested in finding a way to increase civic engagement, academic, personal, and social outcomes of youth and students…

The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC) provides free and accessible tools and resources to help you provide a quality service-learning experience. We help you connect to the broader service-learning community and our staff and advisors are always ready to lend a helping hand. Here are just a few of the ways we make it easier for you to make a difference:

  • NSLC houses the nation’s largest library of service-learning resources and materials. Search our e-library for electronic resources to get you started right away!
    www.servicelearning.org/library/
     
  • We offer resources specific to AmeriCorps members:
    AmeriCorps and Service-Learning
    AmeriCorps members are working in schools, universities, and community-based organizations across the country implementing, facilitating, and coordinating service-learning. This page highlights examples of how AmeriCorps and service-learning interconnect and resources to help support AmeriCorps members involved with service-learning.
    http://www.servicelearning.org/americorps-and-service-learning
  • Service-Learning Ideas and Curricular Examples - SLICE We give you access to service-learning lesson plans & project ideas from our Service-Learning Ideas and Curricular
    Examples (SLICE)
    database. This resource provides hundreds of ready-to-download service-learning lesson plans, syllabi, and project ideas that you can easily replicate in your communities. These project ideas in the areas of literacy, mentoring, the environment, community development, and more can serve as excellent resources for those AmeriCorps members working in education settings.
    www.servicelearning.org/slice

  • NSLC features a variety of free resources and promotional materials for building your own service-learning library or for sharing with colleagues or workshop attendees. Among these are the everpopular Bring Learning to Life promotional video, brochure, and companion guides – available for free – to help you spread the word about the benefits of service-learning and grow the service-learning movement.
    www.servicelearning.org/lsa/bring_learning

    And you can use our tip-sheets for easy, fun ways to use Bring Learning to Life in
    your next event.
    www.servicelearning.org/lsa/bring_learning#blltips

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