Service Learning
Additional resources
Here you will find a wide range of service learning resources collected especially for UW-Extension faculty and staff. These resources will provide you with the useful tools, inspiration, and professional reading you need to guide you to successful service learning.
Wisconsin Campus Compact Civic Engagement Resource Guide
This resource guide, developed by Wisconsin Campus Compact with support from UW-Extension, provides practical information on community-campus civic engagement efforts in Wisconsin. Includes models of civic engagement projects/partnerships, sample resources and contact information.
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement
This award recognizes outstanding performance of an individual, program or unit that that has advanced UW-Extension's commitment to civic engagement and/or service learning.
Professional Development Opportunities
Here are ways to continue to develop your understanding and expertise in service learning.
- UW-Extension Service Learning Committee
All members of UW-Extension and the UW Colleges are invited to join this committee and help advance service learning in our institutions. - UW-River Falls Graduate Certificate
UW-River Falls, working in partnership with the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC), has developed a graduate-level certificate in service learning. This program benefits anyone who uses or wants to use service learning methods as a unique, hands-on and experiential teaching and learning strategy. Participants may complete the full sequence and receive the certificate or they may take individual courses. All courses are delivered online. - Wisconsin Campus Compact ListServ
Selected Service Learning Articles and Books
- An Unusual, but Natural, Match, - Campus Compact and UW-Extension
- Extension Is Not Just Service, But Service Learning Is Important to Extension, Journal of Extension
- Service Learning: Going Beyond Traditional Extension Activities, Journal of Extension
Selected Professional Journals
Other Related Web Sites
- National Service Learning Clearinghouse
- Learn and Serve America
- National Campus Compact
- Wisconsin Campus Compact
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Service Learning
- UW-Milwaukee Institute for Service Learning
- Marquette University Service Learning Program
- Ripon College Community Action Network
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