RESOURCES > A to Z RESOURCES

A complete listing of all FL|CC resources organized by category on one convenient page.

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Assessment

• Survey of Learning Outcomes and Assessment Practices in Higher Education Service-Learning (S-L) Programs (PDF, 104KB)

Campus/Community Partnerships

• Forging Community Alliances (PDF, 2,175KB)

Character Education

• Character Clearinghouse
• Survey of College Students is Encouraging (PDF, 95KB)

Course Construction

• 101 Ideas for Combining Service & Learning (PDF, 46KB)
• Faculty Guide to Service-Learning: Course Construction (PDF, 634KB)
• Integrating Civic Responsibility into Curriculum (PDF, 1,344KB)
• Interdisciplinary Models of Service-Learning in Higher Education (PDF, 181KB)
• Tools for Teaching the First Amendment

Funding

• About.com's Nonprofit Page
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA), The
• Foundation Center, The
• GrantsAlert.com
• Grantsmanship Center, The
• GrantStation.com
• Guidestar Lists
• Sources of Funding for Service Learning (PDF, 32KB)

Journals

• Academic Exchange Quarterly (AEQ)
• American Philosophical Association
• Campus Compact Reader, Fall 2004 Includes the Following:
  • Engagement: The Open Space of Democracy
  • Educating for Citizenship
  • Education for Democracy: A Conversation in Two Keys
  • Transitional Steps Necessary to Short Circuit the Poverty Cycle of Community Partnership Engagement Activities within Higher Education
• Community Service in the Federal Work-Study Program
• e-Volunteerism: The Electronic Journal of the Volunteer Community
• Florida Journal of Service-Learning in Education: The Florida Association for Service-Learning in Teacher Education announces an inaugural peer-reviewed journal dedicated to exploring the many aspects of service-learning programs and pedagogy in use in pre-K, elementary, secondary, alternative education, vocational education, and teacher education programs throughout Florida as well as across the country.
• Journal of Classroom Interaction, The *Publishing Opportunities Available!
• Journal of College and Character
• Journal of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement
• Maximizing Civic Learning and Social Responsibility (PDF, 106KB)
• MI Community Service Commission: Service-Learning Toolkit
• Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning *Publishing Opportunities Available!
• National Communication Assocation
• National Education Association
• Service-Learning and Character Education: One Plus One Is More Than Two (PDF, 73KB)
• "Talk It Up" Why Teachers use Service-Learning: Volume: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (PDF files)
• VISIONS: The Journal of Applied Research for the Florida Association of Community Colleges *Publishing Opportunities Available!

Legal Issues

• Best Practices for Managing Risk in Service-Learning (PDF, 11,609KB)
• Fact Sheet on Risk Management & Liability in Higher Education Service-Learning Includes examples of liability statements from several institutions (PDF, 165KB)
• Jessica Lunsford Act/Technical Assistance Paper This resource is "Florida law specific."
• Negligence Liability Issues for Florida's Service-Learning Programs
  Written by Lorraine D. Yeomans, J.D., This article is "Florida law specific." (PDF, KB)
• Serving Safely: A Risk Management Resource for College Service Programs By Sharon A. Joyce and Elaine K. Ikeda
• Volunteer Legal Handbook

Listservs & Important Links

• Florida Campus Compact Listservs:
  • faculty@floridacompact.org
  • CSD@floridacompact.org
  • students@floridacompact.org
• The following listservs provide comprehensive information on Service-Learning and Community Service:
  • International Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education
  • National Service Related Listserves
• Important Links:
  • AACC Horizons Service Learning Project
  • Corporation for National and Community Service
  • National Service Learning Clearinghouse: Higher Education

Mentoring & Tutoring

• Best Practices in Campus-Based Mentoring
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
• Communities in Schools, Inc.
• JUMP (Juvenile Mentoring Program)
• Linking Education & America Reads through National Service (LEARNS)
• National Mentoring Center
• National Mentoring Partnership, The
• National Youth Development Information Center

Peer Review of Teaching Portfolio

• The Scholarship of Engagement

Presentations & Materials

• Technology Options for Service-Learning Projects (PDF, 141KB)
• Technology Options for Service-Learning Projects (PowerPoint file, 184KB, requires a PowerPoint Viewer)
• Use of Technology in Higher Education Service-Learning, The (PDF, 164KB)

Promotion & Tenure

• Community Service Learning Center: Retention, Tenure & Promotion By: California State University, Long Beach (PDF, 131KB)
• Engagement & Scholarship: Resources on Postsecondary Tenure & Promotion By: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PDF, 73KB)
• Evaluation Criteria for Tenure, Reappointment & Promotion By: University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College (PDF, 195KB)
• Evaluating Service-Learning as a Component of Teaching in the Tenure Process (PDF, 117KB) By: University of Utah
• Faculty Scholarship Incentive Program. University-Faculty Union agreement. Comprehensive Weighting System Program By: Montclair State University (PDF, 482KB)
• Policies and Procedures for Evaluation of Faculty for Tenure. Definitions, Documentation, Criteria for Excellence, Evaluators, Faculty Development By: Portland State University (PDF, 1,368KB)

Publications

• Academic Exchange Quarterly (AEQ)
• "Public Work and the Academy: An Academic Administrator's Guide to Civic Engagement and Service-Learning," Mark Langseth (editor), William M. Plater (editor). Published by Anker Publishing. To order visit www.ankerpub.com

Reflection

• CivicReflection.org
• Facilitating Reflection
• Ideas for Reflection (PDF, 204KB)
• Service-Learning Reflection Activities (PDF, 215KB)
• Service Reflection Toolkit (PDF, 490KB)
• Using Structured Reflection to Enhance Learning From Service

Research

• At A Glance: What We Know About the Effects of Service-Learning on College Students, Faculty, Institutions, and Communities, 1993-2000 (PDF, 266KB)
• Dissertations on Service and Service-Learning, 1990-1999 (PDF, 264KB)
• Dissertations on Service and Service-Learning, 2001-2003 (PDF, 504KB)
• How Service Learning Affects Students (PDF, 13KB)
• Impacts of Service-Learning on Youth, Schools and Communities, The (PDF, 37KB)
• Learn & Serve: Higher Education
• National Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Research Directory, The

Service-Learning Basics

• Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach to Experiental Education" By Andrew Furco (PDF, 255KB)
• Service-Learning Glossary of Terms
• Service-Learning Is...

Student Resources

• The Benefits of Community Service Work-Study (PDF, 54KB)

Syllabi

• National Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline

Workforce Development & Career Preparation

• Florida Trend Archives: Florida's Workforce Advantage (PDF, 45KB)