Active Citizenship Through Service Learning In The Community

 

Service Learning Standards

Meaningful Service

Service-learning actively engages participants in meaningful and personally relevant service activities. 

Link to Curriculum

Service-learning is intentionally used as an instructional strategy to meet learning goals and or content standards. 

Reflection

Service-learning incorporates multiple challenging reflection activities that are ongoing and that prompt deep thinking and analysis about oneself and one’s relationship to society.

Diversity

Service-learning promotes understanding of diversity and mutual respect among all participants. 

Youth Voice

Service-learning provides youth with a strong voice in planning, implementing, and evaluating service-learning experiences with guidance from adults. 

Partnerships

Service-learning partnerships are collaborative, mutually beneficial, and address community needs.

Progress Monitoring

Service-learning engages participants in an ongoing process to assess the quality of implementation and progress toward meeting specified goals, and uses results for improvement and sustainability.

Duration and Intensity

Service-learning has sufficient duration and intensity to address community needs and meet specified outcomes.*

* Source:  National Youth Leadership Council.www.nylc.org/ 1667 Snelling Ave. N./ Suite D300/ Saint Paul, MN 55108