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7 Tips for Successful Service-Learning Projects
Service-learning projects can be a great way to get youth involved in service. Here are seven tips for planning effective service-learning projects. Choose age appropriate projects. Younger students...
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18 Benefits of Service Learning
When done well, service learning has the potential to benefit everyone involved. While involving children and teenagers in service learning requires a significant commitment and may require...
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8 Tips for Making Service Learning Work
Several factors make a big difference in whether an agency’s efforts in service learning are effective. Agency-wide commitment An organization’s commitment to service learning often starts with on...
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The Importance of Mutual Respect to Youth Service and Leadership
When you’re trying to engage youth in volunteering and service learning programs, it’s important to respect the skills and viewpoints that they can bring to the table. Positive relationships depend on...
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Tips for Building School and Nonprofit Partnerships
Service learning is a great tool to get students more involved in their communities and great way to teach lessons in a way that is meaningful. It allows students to put their lessons into practice...
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3 Big Ideas for Building Service Learning Partnerships
Today’s post comes from Shane Williamson, Community Learning Specialist at HandsOn Battle Creek. HandsOn Battle Creek, located in Battle Creek, Michigan, has worked with their local community college...
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How Service Can Be Added to Your Classroom Lesson Plan
Service learning projects are an important addition to the enrichment of education. Service projects are important not only because they can be incorporated into the learning environment of the...
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Join the AmeriCorps Book Club
Today’s post originally appeared on the AmeriCorps Alums blog site January 23, 2012. The post was written by Ken Tran the External Relations Coordinator at AmeriCorps Alums. January is Book Blitz...
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Benefits of the Service Leader Certificate Program
Today’s post comes from Stephanie Manciagli, an AmeriCorps member of the HandsOn University team. Stephanie is the Resource Development Specialist for HandsOn University. In Stephanie’s post, she...
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Action Heroes Needed!
Today is a BIG day for youth service! “Why?” you ask. July 2nd is the beginning of generationOn’s summer youth service campaign, Community Action Heroes. In partnership with Hasbro, generationOn wants...
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