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CWI's Summer EAST and WEST
Institutes on Service-Learning, 2011
Join with colleagues from across North America and beyond, working to embrace service-learning and sustainability. A week of support, inspiration, and collaboration. more
Summer WEST • August 1-5, 2011
Los Angeles, Cailfornia
at Loyola Marymount University
General Information: 909-480-3966
Faculty—WEST
Workshops—WEST
Registration—WEST
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Our Neighborhood—Summer WEST
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Summer EAST • July 18-22, 2011
Shelburne Farms, Vermont
General Information: 909-480-3966
Register by phone: 802-985-8686
Faculty—EAST
Workshops—EAST
Registration—EAST
Accommodations—EAST
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Community Works Institute
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Loyola Marymount University
Orion Magazine
The Sustainable Schools Project
Facing the Future
Antioch University NE
Johnson State College
CalServe K-12 Service-Learning Initiative
California Department of Education
University of Vermont
Community Garden Network
ExcelYouthZone
Custom Hotel–LA
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SITE LEVEL Best Practices for Service-Learning
BEST PRACTICE 1:
Mission, Beliefs and Goals
Service-learning is promoted and systematically practiced as central to the school’s mission, beliefs and goals.
EXAMPLE: Put mission statement on letterhead, newslettes, handbook cover. Dialogue takes place regularly among staff around mssion, and the role of service learning.
BEST PRACTICE 2:
Policy
School policies support the use of quality service-learning on a systemwide basis.
EXAMPLE: Develop a belief statement about service learning to include in your current “Statement of Beliefs.”
BEST PRACTICE 3:
Funding
Service learning activities and goals are funded through the school and/or district budget.
EXAMPLE: Create visible line items for service learning in your school budget.
BEST PRACTICE 4:
Transportation
The district provides transportation for service-learning related activities.
EXAMPLE: Create line items for service learning field trips. Give such trips priority over other field trips.
BEST PRACTICE 5:
Scheduling
The school schedule supports service learning.
EXAMPLE: Make schedule flexibility more visible.
BEST PRACTICE 6:
Administrative Support
The administration is visibly active in supporting an integrated approach to service-learning.
EXAMPLE: Keep service-learning on agendas for sharing at monthly meetings/year-end summaries; keep an ongoing list of service-learning activities done at the school.
BEST PRACTICE 7:
Risk Management
The school has a risk management plan which covers service-learning.
BEST PRACTICE 8:
Coordination of Practice and Resources
Service-learning practice and resource needs are coordinated and supported by school system. Structural elements and resources exist to sustain quality service-learning practice.
EXAMPLE: Coordinate K-8 service-learning curriculum.
BEST PRACTICE 9:
Training
Service-learning training is made available to staff members.
EXAMPLE: Provide training to help staff access service-learning opportunities, regardless of their entry point level (e.g., provide tools such as this one during in-service meetings, along with time to use them and time for questions).
BEST PRACTICE 10:
Professional Development
There are ongoing professional development opportunities to support service-learning practitioners.
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