Ideas to strengthen service-learning and youth engagement at the state level: (These asks would be made to state legislators, state department & commission heads, and members of the executive branch - Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, etc.) - Support or require school districts to have a district–wide service-learning coordinator position.
- Establish a service-learning board or committee.
- Create a long-term plan for service-learning.
- States should leverage private funding by matching their current budget of service-learning to other private organizations aimed at contributing to service-learning projects.
- Creating a Youth Innovation Fund- where some of the money states raise for service-learning could be dedicated to a Youth Innovation Fund that would provide start-up capital for service projects proposed by students themselves in order to empower, and motive students to take action on issues they care about.
- States can encourage teachers to use service-learning by offering professional development classes for teachers in how to use service-learning effectively in their classrooms.
- States should collect data on service-learning programs and use it to evaluate the effectiveness that service-learning has on education.
- States should build and sustain partnerships with organizations or groups that are committed to service-learning.
Arkansas Arkansas Department of Education: Rules and Regulations Governing Service-Learning California California Department of Education: Service-Learning in California Schools Colorado Colorado Department of Education: Learn and Serve in Colorado Schools Colorado Legislation allows certificate of community service on high school diplomas: Certificate of Community Service Bill Iowa Iowa Department of Education: Service-learning information: Service-Learning in Iowa Schools Service-Learning Categories for Iowa Schools: Service-Learning Categories Maine Maine Department of Education: School Based Service-Learning Programs: School Based Service-Learning Programs Massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Education: Funding for Service-Leering Programs: Funding for Service-Learning Programs Service-Learning in Massachusetts Schools: Service-Learning in Mass Schools Maryland Maryland Public Schools Requirement for Service-Learning: Service-Learning Graduation Requirement Missouri Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: Service-Learning in the Elementary and Secondary Schools New York New York State Commission on National and Community Service: Mission Statement on Service-Learning New York State Office of National and Community Service contact information: Contact Information North Carolina North Carolina New Civic Education Bill: Civic Education Bill Oregon Oregon Department of Education: Program Brief on Service-Learning: Program Brief on Service-Learning
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