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This toolkit is designed as a resource for K-12 teachers and others to provide a foundation for institutionalizing service-learning and enhancing the role of civic engagement on college campuses.

Fundamentals

• Service-Learning Basic Information from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
• Principles of Good Practice in Combining Service and Learning from The Johnson Foundation
• Why Districts, Schools, and Classrooms Should Practice Service-Learning from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
• Appreciating Difference through Service-Learning from the Pennsylvania Service-Learning Alliance
• Building Effective Partnerships in Service-Learning from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse

Curriculum

• Pennsylvania Service-Learning Alliance Project Ideas
• Service Learning Standards Based Models from bostonteachnet.org
• Signature Projects Learn and Serve By and For Teachers from bostonteachnet.org
• Middle/High School Hunger Service Learning Program from the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation
• United States Environmental Protection Agency Service-Learning Guide
• Using Service-Learning Projects as an Integral Part of Alternative K-12 Education

Reflection

• Reflection: Its easier than you think! Article from the Pennsylvania Service-Learning Alliance
• Facilitating Reflection: A Manual for Leaders and Educators from the John Dewey Project on Progressive Education
• Types of reflective activities that can be used in service-learning projects from Campus Compact
• Connecting Thinking and Action: Ideas for Service-Learning Reflection from the RMC Research Corporation

Resources

Journals and Newsletters

• Bringing Service-Learning into the Classroom: A Resource Guide for Rhode Island Teachers (chapter one)
• Campus Compact Reader
  A resource for service-learning faculty in all disciplines, published in the Fall, Winter, and Spring. Articles address democratic citizenship, education reform, civic renewal and the transformation of higher education.
• Civic Mission of Schools
  Executive Summary Report
• Educating for Democracy: The Vital Role of the Language Arts Teacher
  by Corinne Mantle-Bromley and Ann M. Foster.
• The Generator
  National Youth leadership Council (NYLC)
• Impacts of Service-Learning on Participating K-12 Students
  RMC Research Corporation. Scotts Valley, CA: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, 2006.
• In The Service of What: The Politics of Service Learning
  by Kahne and Westheimer (this article first appeared in Phi Delta Kappan, 1996)
• Metropolitan Universities Journal
  Barbara Holland, Executive Editor. Indianapolis: IUPUI. Each issue reports in-depth on both the theoretical and applied aspects of a current theme affecting colleges and universities. Volume 14. number 3 is a special service-learning issue.
• Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
  Jeffrey Howard, Editor. Ann Arbor: OSCL Press.
  Each issue has a variety of peer-reviewed articles related to research, pedagogy, and theory relevant to service-learning.
• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
  Journals and Periodicals List. NSLC Resources and Tools.
• National Society for Experiential Education Quarterly
  Articles from the field of experiential education, including research related to the effectiveness of experiential education techniques, are featured in this quarterly journal. Service-learning is one of the many experiential education methods featured in this journal.
• Pennsylvania Service-Learning Alliance Newsletter
  Provides tips on how to connect service-learning with the curriculum, academic standards (federal, state and school district standards), and ideas for identifying and addressing local community needs via service-learning.
• Public Education Network (PEN) Weekly News Blast
  Every week, this email newsletter offers annotated links to articles about education, free updates on education news, and grant alerts.
• Partnership Matters Newsletter
  Published twice a month by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH), provides an excellent resource for learning about new publications related to service-learning in the health professions.
• Why Districts, Schools and Classrooms Should Practice Service-Learning
  RMC Research Corporation, 2003.

Discussion and E-Mail Lists

• Listservs for Service-Learning. NSLC Resources and Tools.
  Provides a list of service-learning related listservs, along with detailed instructions on how to subscribe.
• Community-Based Organizations Engaged in Service-Learning (CBO-SL)
  Tailored to individuals at community-based organizations engaged in service-learning activities. To join, send a message to: listserv@listserv.pointsoflight.org with the following text in the body: SUBSCRIBE CBO-SL City State First name Last name
• Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Listserv (CCPH)
  A listserv for communities and campuses interested in service-learning and other community-campus partnerships that involve health professional schools and programs. To subscribe send an email with your request to ccphuw@u.washington.edu.
• Higher Education Service-Learning Listserv (HE-SL)
  Provides a forum for the discussion of issues concerning the higher education service-learning community. HE-SL Listserv discussions have evolved around curriculum requests, class assignments and the institutionalization of service-learning. Join the list online.
• K-12 Service-Learning Listserv (K12-SL)
  Provides a forum for the discussion of issues concerning the K-12 service-learning community. Some of the past discussions have involved project ideas, information requests and current service-learning news. Join the list online.
• On-Line Conference on Community Organizing and Development (COMM-ORG)
  Postings cover organizing stories, discussion of issues in community organizing and related areas such as community development, community-based planning, and community-based research.
• Service-Learning Listserv Hosted by Communications for Sustainable Future at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CSF)
  An active and informative listserv for the entire service-learning community. Although hosted by an institution for higher education, the discussions cover a wide range of service-learning topics.
  To subscribe, send an email to majordomo@csf.colorado.edu following these instructions:
  1. Leave the subject line blank
  2. The message text should read: subscribe service-learning
  3. Remove any appended signature