[YOUR NAME(S)]
[YOUR SCHOOL, ORGANIZATION, OR GROUP]
[THE DATE OF YOUR PRESENTATION]
• What is Service-Learning?
• Core Components of
Service-Learning
• Benefits of Service-Learning
• Statistics About Service-Learning
• Project Examples
• More Information
Service-learning is a teaching and learning
strategy that integrates meaningful
community service with instruction and
reflection to enrich the learning experience,
teach civic responsibility and strengthen
communities
Investigation
Planning
Action
Reflection
Demonstration/Celebration
Shelley Billig, RMC Research, 2009
Service-learning helps you:
• Develop job skills
• Meet other young people
• Strengthen your college and scholarship
applications
• Obtain an internship or job in an exciting
field
• Have more fun and get more meaning
from your classes
How it helps your community:
• Real needs are addressed by
feeding the homeless, tutoring
students who are struggling,
developing wetlands, and more
• Changes occur because of students’
ideas, energy and commitment
• Other people are inspired to get and
stay involved in their community
• The community gains a great
resource – you!
Learn and Serve America:
•
More than 1.1 MILLION young
people engage in service through the
Learn and Serve America program
Service in America’s schools:
• The percentage of K-12 public schools
offering service programs grew to 68% in
2008
• High schools are especially likely to
recognize community service
• 96% of schools with service programs
report that the percentage of students
participating has remained the same or
increased
Campus Compact Survey:
• 2,226,682 students participated in some
form of service
• An average of 37 faculty members per
campus taught service-learning courses
• Member campuses offered an average of
36 service-learning courses each
• 12% of campuses required servicelearning courses for graduation
• [Insert your service-learning program]
• K-12 schools – Carroll County, Md.
• Tribal – Fort McDermitt Paiute/Shoshone Tribe in
McDermitt, Nev.
• Higher education – Otterbein College’s Creative
Literacy Alliance
• Community-based – Children
for Children, a New York Citybased service-learning nonprofit
organization
Learn and Serve America
www.learnandserve.gov
Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
www.servicelearning.org
Service-Learning Youth Speaker’s Bureau
www.servicelearning.org/lsa/ysb
Learn & Serve Challenge
www.learnandservechallenge.org
Learn and Serve America: Higher Ed
www.nationalservice.gov/highered
Bring Learning To Life
www.servicelearning.org/lsa/bring_learning
Corporation for National and Community Service
www.nationalservice.gov
NationalService.gov
The Learn and Serve America program is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal
agency whose mission is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and
volunteering. The Corporation provides opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to serve their communities
through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America.