Igniting the Flame: Establishing a Service Learning Task Force

The pamphlet offers suggestions on how to initiate and sustain a service-learning task force in order to enhance a school's service-learning program. Five steps for getting started are gaining administrative support; educating faculty about service-learning; establishing a task force for service-learning that includes faculty, administrators or counselors, students, community leaders, parents, and representatives from community agencies; selecting a service-learning task force coordinator; and setting up a regular meeting time. The authors also list characteristics of a service-learning task force member; specific roles for specific task force members; and responsibilities of the task force. (SH)