Critical Issues in K-12 Service Learning: Case Studies and Reflections

The publication serves as a manual for service-learning in the K-12 environment by addressing seven issues. Six essays on community describe how schools may form meaningful partnerships with community organizations in which they reside. Five essays on institutional support note how to integrate service-learning with needed change. Six essays on program management offer practical advice on the daily operations of service-learning offices in schools. Six essays on curriculum integration note how to effectively relate service with school curriculum. Five essays address how to successfully involve faculty in service-learning. Six essays note how to involve students in service-learning planning and leadership. Four essays address professional renewal through service learning. Contents:

• Opening the Dialogue Between Schools and Community by Jennie Niles with William Finger
• Defining Community by Barbara Wysocki
• Identifying Community Needs and Resources by Najwa Abdul-Tawwab
• Designing Meaningful Projects That Meet Community Needs by Johnny Irizarry
• Forming Effective Community Advisory Boards by Joyce McSpadden
• Training With Community Partners by Patricia M. Barnicle
• Sustaining Service-Learning through Political Change by Fritz Crabb
• Integrating Service-Learning into the School Culture by Joan Braun
• The Essential Concrete Elements of Success by Beverly Hiott
• Getting Your Own Budget by Nancy Russ
• Service-Learning as Educational Reform by Andrew Furco
• Matching Students with Service Sites by Kathy Heffron
• Solving Scheduling and Transportation Challenges by Jill Artus and Ivy Diton
• Risk Management by Cynthia Hubbard
• Marketing Your Service-Learning Program by Kathy Megyeri
• Fundraising and Collaboration by Janis Fries-Martinez
• Evaluation Helps Programs Function Better by L. Richard Bradley
• Integrating Service-Learning Across the Curriculum by Dennis Brunton
• Under Construction: Knowledgeable, Committed, and Active Citizens by Helen A. Finken
• Creating Interdisciplinary Connections by Terry Deal Reynolds
• Assessment An Integral Part of Experience and Learning by Marilynn Cunningham
• Reflection Leads to Real Learning by Wayne Harvey
• The Grand Reflection: How to Bring Closure to an Open-Ended Service-Learning Course by Audrey Wells
• A Grassroots Approach for Enlisting Faculty Support for Service-Learning by Linda Knicely
• Rewards for Faculty by Rosalind Chivis
• Training Faculty in the Principles and Practice of Service-Learning by Elizabeth Gibbs
• Involving Faculty in Reflection by Deborah Genzer with William Finger
• The Faculty Committee An Essential Ally by Paula Rowe with William Finger
• Coaching Students to Be Leaders by Lana Borders Hollinger
• Recruitment and Diversity by Lori Ebbighausen and Jennifer Batson
• Parents as Partners in Youth Programming by Brenda Cowan
• Student Preparation: The First Step to Effective Learning by Steve Zimmer
• How Do You Assess Service-Learning? by Anne Purdy
• Recognition and Rewards: Stepping Stones for Good Citizenship by Marianna McKeown
• Networking A Path for Teacher Renewal by Elizabeth Gibbs
• Consulting with Peers An Exchange for Mutual Renewal by Marilynn Cunningham
• Constructivist Professional Development by Louise Giugliano and Jean di Sabatino
• Professional Renewal Through Reflection and Celebration by Elizabeth Fugazzi
• Epilogue: Community Partnerships in Service-Based Experiential Learning by Robert L. Sigmon