Engaging Students in Communities
Student involvement in service and service-learning produces valuable benefits to local communities and enables young people to become proactive members of society, while also experiencing the mutual benefit gained from such involvement. … Schools — both K–12 and postsecondary — as well as community-based and other service-learning programs provide useful places for engaging students in volunteer opportunities and in helping them start off on a solid path toward a lifetime of service and civic participation.
—From the Corporation for National and Community Service Strategic Plan 2006–2010
View Focus Area Three: Engaging Students in Communities on the Corporation site.
Here is a sampling of the resources available to assist you in meeting the Corporation's goals in this focus area:
- K-12 Service-Learning Project Planning Toolkit
- Service as a Strategy in Out-of-School Time: A How-To Manual
Effective Practices
- Assisting underperforming students with after-school service-learning
- Designing a service-learning program in ten steps
- Integrating service-learning in individual educational plans for primary school students with disabilities
- Involving a campus community in service with a faith-based Learn and Serve program
Online Library Items
- Students in Service to America: A Guidebook for Engaging America's Students in a Lifelong Habit of Service
- Youth Helping America - Educating for Active Citizenship: Service-Learning, School-Based Service and Youth Civic Engagement
Links to Useful Websites
