Combining Service and Learning: A Resource Book for Community and Public Service (Volume 2)

This publication is part of a three volume resource book intended for anyone who wants to start, strengthen, or support a program or course that combines community service with learning. This volume, which is organized into four parts, discusses a variety of practical issues and ideas for programs and courses that combine service and learning. It includes project ideas for service learners of all ages, tips on establishing and cultivating school-agency relationships, youth program models, and practical advice for recruitment. Contents:

• Project Ideas for Service-Learning for All Age Groups.....from the National Center for Service-Learning, ACTION
• The Service-Learning Educator: A Guide to Program Management.....from the National Center for Service-Learning, ACTION
• Youth Program Models - Diane Hedin and Dan Conrad
• Journals: Diaries for Growth - Jane Zimmermann, Vicki Zawacki, Jan Bird, and Virgil Peterson with Charles Norman
• Tools for Journals and Debriefing.....from Barbara Hursh, the National Crime Prevention Council, and the National Center for Service-Learning
• Exercises for Cross-Cultural Learning.....from the Center for Global Education
• Practical Issues for Youth Programs: Recruitment, Liability, Transportation - Diane Hedin
• Establishing Agency Relationships - William Ramsay
• Cultivating Agency Allies - William Ramsay
• The Issue of Pay.....from the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference
• Service-Learning in the Liberal Arts: Designing an Interdisciplinary Program - Barbara Hofer
• Increasing Faculty Involvement - Jane Kendall, John Duley, Thomas Little, Jane Permaul, and Sharon Rubin
• Learning by Doing Through Public Service: For Students and Faculty Alike.....an interview of Robert Coles by Arthur Levine
• Service-Centered Learning: A Faculty View - Robert Sigmon
• Carrots for the Faculty.....from the National Center for Service-Learning, ACTION
• Continuum of Pedagogical Styles in Experiential Learning - John Duley
• Infusing Service-Learning into the Curriculum - Barry Fenstermacher
• The Learning Cycle - Glen Gish
• Assessing Learning - Urban Whitaker
• Finding Time for Classroom-Based Community Service - Kate McPherson
• A Survey of Campus Compact Institutions: Major Findings and Recommendations on the Faculty's Role in Integrating the Issues and Practice of Civic Participation with the Mission and Values of Postsecondary Education.....from Campus Compact, Education Commission of the States
• Using Students Effectively in Your Organization - Jane Kendall
• Orienting, Training and Supervising Students: From the Agency's Perspective.....edited by Marilyn Mecham
• The Role of the Agency Supervisor - William Ramsay
• Assessing a Community Setting as a Context for Learning - Richard Couto
• Community Impact Checklist.....from the National Center for Service-Learning, ACTION
• Evaluating Student Volunteer and Service-Learning Programs - Michele Whitahm
• Evaluation of Youth Programs and Individual Performance - Diane Hedin and Dan Conrad
• Part II: Profiles of Programs and Courses That Combine Service and Learning: Colleges and Universities / College and University Profiles (case studies of 20 programs) / The Service-Learning Dimensions of Field Study: Cornell's Human Ecology Field Study Program - Dwight Giles and Jamille Freed / Motivated to Serve: A Student Perspective and a Student-Led Seminar - John G. Farr / International Profile of Post-Secondary Study-Services - Irene Pinkau / Graduate Students Serve as Resource Persons to Elderly Volunteer Advisors.....from the National center for Service-Learning, ACTION
• Part III: Profiles of Programs and Courses That Combine Service and Learning: K-12 Schools / K-12 School-Based Programs (case studies of 29 programs)
• Community Service at a Middle School ... from the National Crime Prevention Council
• Early Adolescent Helper Program ... edited by Diane Harrington from the journal of the Association for Experiential Education
• Eighth Graders Write to Elderly Before First Visit ... from the National Center for Service-Learning, ACTION
• Consumer Action Service Teaches High School Students Rights and Responsibilities ... from the National Center for Service-Learning, ACTION
• Starting Young ... from the National Center for Service-Learning, ACTION
• Part IV: Profiles of Programs That Combine Service and Learning: Community-Based Organizations, Government, and Youth-Serving Agencies / Profiles (case studies of 14 programs)
• Fact Sheet: The California Human Corps ... from the California Assembly
• The Cherokee Nation's Approach to Leadership ... by McClellan Hall and James Kielsmeier
• An Agency Initiative: The BOCES Geneseo Migrant Center ... by Sue Roark-Calnek and Jane Hogan
• Feasible and Adaptable: Intergenerational Service-Learning ... by James Firman and Catherine Ventura
• Valued Youth Partnership Program ... from the National Crime Prevention Council
• Senior Citizens as Service-Learners ... from the National Center for Service-Learning, ACTION
• Recycling with an Educational Purpose: A Fifth Grade Project ... by Tom Gerth and David Wilson, from the Journal of the Association for Experiential Education