Service Learning: Resource Page

Service-Learning Listservs

A Forum for Service-Learning Practitioners

The DPI has established an e-mail discussion list for Wisconsin educators and others interested in service-learning. We hope this listserv will serve as a forum for service-learning practitioners to share their successes and challenges, and provide support and advice to one another. We hope you will use this forum to ask questions, discuss strategies you have used, projects you are considering, obstacles you face, and ideas you have to improve teaching and build community through service-learning.

From time to time DPI will also use this list to share information on service-learning programs, resources, or notices of funding opportunities or award programs. The main purpose for the list, however, is to provide a forum for educators to learn about service-learning and help each other.

If you wish to subscribe to the:

DPI-Sl listserv

Send an e-mail message to join dpi-sl@lists.wi.gov.
In the body of your message (leave the subject line blank), enter: "subscribe DPI-Sl Your Full Name" (without the quotes); for example, subscribe DPI-Sl Jane Doe.

National K-12 Service-Learning listserv

Send an e-mail message to join-he-sl@lists.etr.org following these instructions
1. Leave the subject line blank.
2. Remove any appended signatures.

We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to learn and share. These lists will be as useful as you make them! If you have any questions, send an e-mail message to Teri Dary.

Graduate Certificate

College of Education and Professional Studies

More than one million students participated in service-learning last year through the national Learn and Serve America program. When students are engaged in meaningful service to their schools and their communities, both they and their communities benefit. Educators across the country are discovering the rewards of incorporating established curricula with hands-on service projects to increase student involvement and enhance academic achievement, citizenship, and character development.

The University of Wisconsin-River Falls, working in partnership with the National Youth Leadership Council, has developed a graduate-level certificate in service-learning. The program assists educators to understand, plan and apply service-learning methods in their classrooms and their communities.

This program is one of the few graduate-credit certificates in service-learning offered via the Internet.

Resources for Youth Advocacy and Leadership

A list of Websites of particular interest to kids and teens, and to adults who work with them.

The President's Volunteer Service Award

To encourage and recognize outstanding volunteer service and inspire others to volunteer, the President's Volunteer Service Awards are given to youth ages 14 and under who have completed 50 or more hours of volunteer service; to individuals 15 and older who have completed 100 or more hours; and to families or groups who have completed 200 or more hours. Lifetime achievement is recognized with a special President's Call to Service Award, which honors those who have provided more than 4,000 hours of service over the course of their lifetime.

For more information about the President's Volunteer Service Award, visit www.presidentialserviceawards.gov.

Peer Assistance in Service-Learning

The National Service-Learning Exchange: The Exchange, a project of the Corporation for National Service, provides you with easy access to service-learning veterans who can answer your questions and provide suggestions and guidance. You can reach The Exchange at (877) LSA-EXCHange or exchange@nylc.org.

Wisconsin Projects and Programs

Jessica Doyle, First Lady of Wisconsin, is spearheading a statewide initiative named Community Connections. The goal of Community Connections is to create a statewide network that links middle school students with communities and communities to middle schools to help meet the unique needs of middle school students. For more information visit her website.
Shabazz City High School, Madison is a National Demonstration Site for Service-Learning and a National Service-Learning Leader School.
The Wisconsin Citizenship Initiative is a program of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Wisconsin Partnerships in Service-Learning : The University of Wisconsin - River Falls is host to a partnership with five other University of Wisconsin campuses. The goal of this project is to make service-learning an integral part of each institution's curriculum.

Service-Learning and Related Resources

Service-Learning United is a growing alliance of state and national organizations working collectively to educate our nation's leaders, policymakers, and citizens about the positive and powerful impact service-learning has on our young people and the communities they serve.
National Service-Learning Partnership provides their 5,700 members (teachers, administrators, parents, school board members, young people, community leaders, teacher educators, researchers, and policymakers) with products and tools to make service-learning a core element of every K-12 student's education.
The Wisconsin Campus Compact is a statewide organization committed to encouraging civic responsibility among the students and faculty at Wisconsin's public and private colleges and universities and fostering relationships for civic engagement between member institutions of higher education and the communities they serve.
National Dropout Prevention Center
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Principles of Good Practice for Combining Service and Learning: A Wingspread Special Report
National Service Resource Center
Service-Learning Research and Development Center
Wisconsin 4-H
Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources
National Commission on Service-Learning The National Commission on Service-Learning will bring a new level of public commitment to service-learning by (1) developing recommendations and an action plan to make quality service-learning available to all K-12 students and (2) encouraging adoption of service-learning among target audiences. These audiences include teachers in K-12 public schools; education administrators in school districts and at the state level; and elected and appointed officials at the federal, state and local levels.
The Compact for Learning and Citizenship is an organization of chief state school officers and district superintendents committed to linking school-based service and service-learning to K-12 curriculum. Look under "Projects & Centers".
The Corporation for National and Community Service is the federal agency that funds national service programs, including Learn & Serve America, AmeriCorps, AmeriCorps*VISTA, and Senior Corps.
The National Youth Leadership Council is a national organization devoted to engaging young people in service to their communities.