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Books on Service Learning
Professional Development
Service Learning Articles
Service Learning Websites
Service Learning-related Funding, Awards, and Grants
Federal Grants
Books and Guidebooks
Titles with links are available in the ASPCA Store.
A Kid’s Guide to Protecting & Caring for Animals: How to Take Action by Cathryn Berger Kaye. 2008. Free Spirit Publishing.
Building Bridges - Connecting Classroom and Community through Service Learning in Social Studies by Rahima C. Wade. 2000. National Council for the Social Studies.
The Complete Guide to Service Learning Projects by Cathryn Berger Kaye. 2004. Free Spirit Publishing.
The Kid's Guide to Service Projects by Barbara A. Lewis. 1995. Free Spirit Publishing.
The Kid's Guide to Social Action by Barbara A. Lewis. 1998. Free Spirit Publishing.
ASPCA Resource Guide for Teachers
Living Science: Humane, Student-Inquiry Science Projects for Middle and High School
Professional Development
Association of Professional Humane Educators
Pawsitive Experiences: Engaging the Community through Service Learning
A PetSmart Charities webinar presented by Sheryl Pipe, PhD
Access the Recording: Community and Service Learning
Download the Pawsitive Experiences Workbook (.pdf)
Download the Pawsitive Experiences Slides (.pdf)
Service Learning Articles
Building Effective Youth Councils: A Practical Guide to Engaging Youth in Policy Making (.pdf)
Community Standards for Service-Learning: Recommendations From Community Organizations (.pdf)
K-12 Service-Learning Project Planning Toolkit (.pdf)
K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice (.pdf)
Lessons Learned While Developing a Community-Based Learning Initiative (.pdf)
Measurement Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An Evaluation Resource (.pdf)
Partner Power and Service-Learning: Manual for Community-Based Organizations to Work with Schools (.pdf)
Service-Learning and Character Education: One plus One is More Than Two (.pdf)
Service-Learning in Community-Based Organizations: A Practical Guide to Starting and Sustaining High-Quality Programs (.pdf)
Service Learning Websites
Corporation for National and Community Service
Supports service and volunteering in the US. They run three major programs, Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America programs, which engage more than a million people in the U.S. in serving community needs.
Idealist Teacher: Actions Without Borders
Offers resources, lesson plans, activities, and volunteer opportunities in service learning.
International Partnership for Service Learning
IPSL designs and offers service learning opportunities internationally.
Learning to Give
Offers lesson plans, activities, and resources to educate youth about community service and volunteerism.
Learn and Serve America
Supports service learning programs in the United States.
National Center for Learning and Citizenship
A network of state school officers, district superintendents, and service learning professionals which provide information about service learning through publications and resources on their website.
National Service Learning Clearinghouse
A database of programs, organizations, events, listservs, and literature.
National Service Learning Exchange
Supports high-quality service-learning in K-12, college, and community-based organizations, by providing free technical support and mentoring, and consulting and training on a fee-for-service basis.
National Service Learning Partnership
A network of members dedicated to advancing service learning in youth education.
National Youth Leadership Council
Offers programs, resources, conferences, and professional development programs for teachers and youth.
SEANet: State Education Agency K-12 Service Learning Network
Provides service learning resources, information on policymaking that effects service learning and what state education agencies are doing to implement service learning.
Youth Service America
Supports organizations that work on youth service issues across the United States.
Service Learning-related Funding, Awards, and Grants
Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award
Honors exemplary leaders who have inspired the service learning field.
Best Buy Te@ch Program
Annual awards are given to K-12 public, private, and parochial schools using interactive technology in classrooms.
National Inclusion Project and Youth Service America Grants
Grants to support youth (ages 5-25), teachers, youth-leaders, youth-serving organizations, or organizations that serve people with disabilities in implementing service projects in the U.S.
Captain Planet Foundation
Supports hands-on environmental projects for youth in grades K-12.
Do Something Awards
Recognizes and supports social change-makers age 25 and under. The award is open to residents of Canada and U.S.
Do Something Growth Grants
Targeted towards projects that are already developed and sustainable, these grants go towards the next steps of projects and organization to help to expand the project and grow the impact.
Do Something Seed Grants
Targeted towards project ideas and programs that are just getting started, these are grants for all types of community action projects around causes that are important in your community.
Harris Wofford Awards
Administered by Youth Service America, the awards were established to honor former Senator Harris Wofford – a national public servant. The Awards recognize extraordinary achievements in three categories: Youth (ages 12-25), Organization (nonprofit, corporate, foundation), and Media (organization or individual).
ING Unsung Heroes Awards
Recognizes K-12 educators for service learning projects they have initiated.
Pay It Forward Foundation
Offers grants to fund service oriented projects designed by youth to support their school and community.
President’s Environmental Youth Awards
Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the President’s Environmental Youth Awards, recognizes youth in the U.S. for their projects demonstrating their commitment to the environment.
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Honors young people in grades 5-12 for outstanding volunteer service to their communities.
Spirit of Service Awards
Honors the most outstanding participants its Corporation for National and Community Service programs.
State Farm® Good Neighbor Service Learning Grant
Grants for youth across the United States involved in service learning projects.
State Farm® Service Learning Practitioner Leadership Award
Recognizes practitioners who have equipped young people to lead and serve, both through their direct work with youths, and by nurturing other practitioners to expand their service learning skills and knowledge.
State Farm® Youth Leadership for Service Learning Excellence Award
Honors K-12 service learning programs and projects that demonstrate outstanding youth leadership.
YouthActionNet
Awards grants to youth leaders for their projects that promote social change and connect youth with local communities.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S National Citizenship Education Teachers’ Award
Recognizes the nation's top elementary, junior high, and high school teachers who teach citizenship education topics regularly and promote America's history and traditions.
Federal Grants
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools: Character Education Programs
U.S. Department of Labor, Center for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives
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