RESOURCES > FOR CSD/SLDs & PROGRAM MANAGERS

Including resources for Academic and Co-curricular Service-Learning, Character Education, Funding, Liability, Mentoring & Tutoring, Research, Community Federal Work Study, Workforce Development and more.

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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)

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)

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

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

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)

Workforce Development & Career Preparation

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