Service Learning
Support Service Learning
Since its inception, UW-Extension has worked to help Wisconsin citizens access and benefit from scholarly knowledge and resources. In this spirit, UW-Extension faculty and staff serve as important supporters and advocates of service learning. Look below to see how you can support service learning in Wisconsin.
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- Help Community-Based Organizations Connect with Service Learning
- Support K-12 Service Learning
- Support Tribal Service Learning
- Advocate for Service Learning
Help Community-Based Organizations (CBO) Connect with Service Learning
Just like UW-Extension faculty and staff benefit from having service learning students assist in their work, so do community-based organizations. UW-Extension can serve as an important connection between community-based organizations and service learning students and faculty, and as a resource to both.
- Understanding service learning
- Resources from the Points of Light Foundation
- Community Partner manuals and toolkits
- A Toolkit for Service Learning Partners, Missouri State Service Learning Advisory Council
- Partner Power and Service Learning: Manual for Community-Based Organizations to Work with Schools, ServeMinnesota
- Finding service learning opportunities
- Planning and managing service learning partnerships
Support K-12 Service Learning
Service learning is a proven effective pedagogy for K-12 classrooms. Support K-12 educators in your community by helping them learn more about service learning and to develop ways to integrate these activities into their teaching.
- Finding service learning resources and ideas
- IDEAS website
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Service Learning
- K-12 Starter Kit, National Service Learning Clearinghouse
- Helping schools connect with community-based organizations
- Partnership Tips: Working with Agencies, Points of Light Foundation
- Sample projects
Support Tribal Service Learning
Tribal groups can gain much from service learning. See these examples from the National Service Learning Clearinghouse for ways that UW-Extension can support service learning in tribal settings.
- Tribal Service Learning Programs
- Working Effectively with Tribal Councils
- Traditional Values and Service Learning
Advocate for Service Learning
Developing and implementing good service learning requires strong support from educators, students, community members, and local and state officials. These resources below identify ways to advocate for service learning programs both in your community and statewide.
- Service Learning Policy Toolkit, Learning in Deed
- Findings to share from the National Service Learning Clearinghouse