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Funding and Resources for Service-Learning
Funding for K-12 Service-Learning Programs
Learn and Serve Ohio supports service-learning programs that provide youth with opportunities to learn and develop by bringing together classroom instruction and community service. Grants are awarded to local education agencies that engage students K-12 in opportunities to help communities address education, public safety, human and environmental needs. Funds are used to create new programs, replicate existing programs and provide training and development to staff, students, and volunteers.
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Contact: Charlotte Jones-Ward, Consultant, Ohio Department of Education, 614/466-8920; e-mail
Toledo Public Schools Partner with Community to Provide Service-Learning
The University of Toledo Office of Service-Learning and Community Engagement, United North, and Toledo Public Schools have collaborated in the creation of a Community-Based Learning Center at Woodward High School. The center will provide a sustainable space for UT faculty and students to work with Toledo area organizations, engage in service-learning courses in the community, and meet critical community needs. Through the University of Toledo’s Great Cities, Great Service grant, NorthRiver’s Weed and Seed network has connected 89 Woodward students to service- learning projects in the community. Among other projects, students from the high school and from the university have been working together to implement a North Toledo Neighborhood Survey, including businesses, residents, teachers, and students, in an effort to discover the assets of the community and how best to use them. Read more >
Resources for Service Learning
Access, Analyze, Act: A Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement, a curriculum guide developed by PBS in collaboration with the Media Education Lab at Temple University, helps students explore ways in which they can take action on political and social issues using social media.
Connecting kids and families to service-learning resources, project ideas from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse.
K-12 Service-Learning Project Planning Toolkit, new edition updated with the K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice (PDF)
Media, Youth, and Civic Engagement Fact Sheet (PDF) reviews how the media is used to get out the vote, ways television and movies depict politics and government, and how the Internet is used to engage youth (age 18-25) in civic and political activities.
National Center for Learning and Citizenship provides information, technical assistance, advocacy, and leadership about service-learning and citizenship education through publications and on the website.
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