CCLL Resources
From examples of syllabi to conference information, the following links information of interest to new and experienced community learning practitioners. (Note: In these documents, service learning and community learning are used interchangeably.)
Community Learning in Higher Education
Youth Service, National Service, and Community Learning Organizations
Person to Person Advice & Guidance
- CCLL at SJSU - An on campus resource center that can provide help with site placement and sponsors several SJSU service programs
- National Service-Learning Exchange- A network of over 450 volunteer Peer Mentors with experience in service learning
Community Partner Site/Volunteer Information
Conferences
- AAHE: Forum on Faculty Roles and Rewards
Forum for giving give status, direction, and practical guidance to the nationally emerging reexamination of faculty expectations, evaluation, and rewards - Campus Compact - Continuums of Service
Four state coalition of ninety-two higher education institutions that seek to increase campus-wide participation in community and public service and to integrate service learning into the curriculum - American Association of Community Colleges
Great conference calendar - Conferences by Academic Discipline - Conferences may offer faculty ideas and venues for presentation of service learning activities & scholarship
- Engaged Department Conference - Offered by CSU Chancellor's office to support university departments making a commitment to service learning - check with the SJSU Center for Service Learning for details.
- Educators for Community Engagement
- National Service-Learning Conference
The National Service-Learning Conference highlights and promotes service learning as a way of teaching and learning that builds academic and citizenship skills while renewing communities - National Society for Experiential Education
Membership association offering professional development in experiential education
Publications
Visit the Center for Community Learning & Leadership's Lending Library for great resources!
- Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
Peer-reviewed journal consisting of articles written by faculty and service learning educators on research, theory, pedagogy, and issues pertinent to the service learning community - Advances in Education Research, Natl. Library of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Dept. of Education
- Service-Learning Bookshelf
A reference book with descriptions of 171 nonfiction, picture books, and novels selected to enhance your service learning activities
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