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  • Service Learning Links

    101 Ideas of Combining Service and Learning, FIU
    www.fiu.edu/~time4chg/Library/ideas.html
    This site offers discipline-specific examples of service-learning activity.

    America Reads Challenge
    www.ed.gov/inits/americareads

    Calls on all Americans to support teachers and help ensure that every American child can read well and independently by the end of the third grade.

    American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
    www.aacc.nche.edu

    Service Learning Clearinghouse AACC provides information on its Service Learning Project, a Best Practices Brief, and many other resources for Community Colleges.

    American Association for Higher Education (AAHE)
    www.aahe.org
    AAHE is an individual membership organization that promotes the changes higher education must make to ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world. AAHE offers a series on service-learning in the disciplines.

    American Humanics
    www.humanics.org
    Is an alliance of colleges, universities, and nonprofits preparing undergraduates for careers with youth and human service organizations.

    Americorps
    www.cns.gov/americorps

    Is the national service program that allows people of all ages and backgrounds to earn help paying for education in exchange for a year of service.

    Association for Experiential Education
    www.aee.org
    AEE is a non-profit, international professional organization with roots in adventure education, committed to the development, practice, and evaluation of experiential learning in all settings.

    Break Away
    www.vanderbilt.edu/breakaway
    It's mission is to promote service on the local, regional, national and international levels through break-oriented programs which immerse students in often vastly different cultures, heighten social awareness and advocate life-long social action.

    Campus Compact
    www.compact.org
    This site from Campus Compact provides information about conferences, awards, service-learning syllabi and national initiatives.

    Corporation for National Service
    www.cns.gov
    This site provides information on Americorps, Learn and Serve, Senior Corps, America Reads, National Service Scholarships and much more.

    City Year
    www.city-year.org
    It's , an Americorps program, is a national service program which unites young adults, ages 17 to 23, from diverse racial, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds for a demanding year of full-time community service, leadership development and civic engagement.

    Florida Campus Compact
    www.floridacompact.org
    It's a part of the national organization described above, actively serving a growing number of 35 higher education institutions in Florida . Our membership currently includes nine of the state universities, nine private institutions and 12 community colleges. FCC works with these campuses to integrate service with academic study and provide a collegial experience for inter-campus and community collaborations.

    Habitat for Humanity
    www.habitat.org
    Brings families and communities in need together with volunteers and resources to build decent, efficient housing.

    Hunger Web
    www.hunger.brown.edu/hungerweb
    This site helps to prevent and eradicate hunger by facilitating the free exchange of ideas and information regarding the causes of, and solutions to, hunger.

    International Partnership for Service-Learning
    www.studyabroad.com/psl
    Has originated, designed and implemented international /intercultural service-learning since 1982.

    Learn & Serve America
    www.cns.gov/learn/index.html
    Is a grants program that supports teachers and community members who involve Learn and young people in service that relates to studies in school. More Specifically, Learn and Serve America Funds service-learning programs.

    National Coalition for the Homeless
    www2.ari.net/home/nch
    Is a national advocacy network of homeless people, activist, service providers and other committed to ending homelessness through public education, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing and technical assistance.

    National Institute for Literacy
    www.nifl.gov
    This site provides important information about literacy.


    The National Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Research Directory
    is an aggregation of search pages of primary online resources on service learning and civic engagement research in K-12 education, teacher education and higher education.

    National Service Learning Clearinghouse
    www.nicsl.coled.umn.edu
    This clearinghouse collects and disseminates information for Learn and Serve America and the service-learning field. Includes Databases, Resources, and Links.


    National Society for Experimental Education (NSEE)

    www.nsee.org
    Is a membership association and national resource center that promotes experience-based approaches to teaching and learning.

    Peace Corps
    www.peacecorps.gov
    Volunteers have been fighting hunger, disease, illiteracy, poverty and lack of opportunity around the world since 1961. This site offers valuable information about the programs and impacts.


    Points of Light Foundation

    www.pointsoflight.org
    The Foundation's mission is to engage more people more effectively in volunteer community service to help solve serious social problems. This site offers valuable resources.


    Scholarship of Engagement

    www.scholarshipofengagement.org
    Is a website designed to provide external peer review and evaluation of faculty's scholarship of engagement; as well as to provide consultation, training, and technical assistance to campuses who are seeking to develop or strengthen systems in support of the scholarship of engagement.

    ServeNet
    www.servenet.org
    Provides a forum for individuals interested in volunteering and community organizations to come together online.

    Service-Learning: The Home of Service-Learning on the World Wide Web
    csf.colorado.edu/sl
    Hosted by Communications for a Sustainable Future. This is a comprehensive service-learning site, offering articles, bibliographies, syllabi by disciplines, listings of campus-based programs and much more.

    Stand for Children
    www.stand.org

    Is a national organization that encourages individuals to improve children's lives. Stand for Children identifies, trains and connects local children's activist engaging in advocacy, awareness-raising and service initiatives on an ongoing basis as part of Stand for Children Chapters.

    Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education SCALE
    www.unc.edu/depts/scale
    Is a national organization that mobilizes college students to address the literacy needs of this country through partnership with community agencies, service organizations, new readers, students, faculty and administrators.

    Thoughts on Service and Learning from Aesop to Maya Angelou
    k2.kirtland.cc.mi.us/~service/quotes/quotes.html
    These service and learning quotes will inspire your work.

    United Way
    www.unitedway.org
    Is a national system of volunteers, contributors and local charities built on the proven effectiveness of local organizations helping people in their own communities.

    Who Cares
    www.whocares.org
    Publishes information to help people create, grow and manage organizations for the benefit of the common good, and to foster a sense of community among social entrepreneurs nationwide.

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