These are some of the many service-learning publications available to educators.

Multiple Intelligence Reflection Cards 
Help your students enhance their reflective element of their service-learning experience. These Reflection cards are designed to be used by students to enrich reflection while incorporating youth voice and reinforcing the wealth of learning that takes place during service-learning. The cards are color coded to easily identify each multiple intelligence. Each card also identifies the best time to use the activity - before, during, or after the service experience as well as the level of difficulty - easy, average, and challenging. We believe using these cards will help students develop and reinforce intellectual competencies, while promoting creativity, and increasing their motivation to learn in ways that are more challenging, interesting, and fun!

Student Reflection Field Guide 
The field guide for student reflection was created in an effort to help students engaged in service learning to reflect on the personal, social, and academic learning they experienced. Reflection prompts presented in the field guide represent a variety of learning styles, are designed to be used before/during/ and after service, and to meet a variety of learner needs to assist youth in addressing the varied benefits of reflection. The field guide allows middle and high school students to explore qualities of leadership and character while providing opportunities for sharing through presentations, lessons, and other activities included in this guide.

Design, Leadership, and Models: The Change Agents of Service-Learning.

This book describes the various management theories being discussed by the business leaders of the country and how these can be used to begin service-learning programs. The issues of design and leadership, as well as models and examples of service-learning programs, paint a picture of where the service-learning movement is today. Ideas for successful programs are presented.

Motivational Elements in Service-Learning: Meaningful Service, Reflection, Recognition, and Celebration.

This book explores the literature in the fields of education and business and establishes a relationship to motivation in service-learning. Motivation in service-learning is connected to meaningful service, feedback, reflection, recognition and celebration.

A How to Guide to Reflection: Adding Cognitive Learning to Community Service Learning Programs.

This book explores the service-learning movement--service to the community is blended with academic learning in schools--that, in turn, promotes more meaningful forms of learning.

KIND: Kid Initiating Neighborhood Development Facilitator's Manual.

This “how to” guide for developing service learning projects with elementary age children is full of activities, ideas, and tips. It directs the facilitator through the process of building a sense of community with participants, examining qualities of good citizens, researching communities for authentic needs, as well as, selecting, designing, and implementing a project. Strategies for assessment and incorporating a variety of reflection activities are included.

Discovering Citizenship Through Community Development Facilitator's Manual.

The process for empowering youth ages 12 – 20 to become active citizens through participation in service learning projects is laid out in this easy to use facilitator’s guide. Activities, reflection strategies and evaluation tools are provided to take you from the first session with a group of young people at your school or organization to the final celebration in the community.

Intergenerational Service Learning Projects Facilitator's Manual.

This facilitator’s guide, originally designed to help teachers develop Intergenerational Oral History Programs is full of activities that promote greater understanding and acceptance between youth and older adults. Creating a caring environment and breaking down “age stereotypes” are a few of the sensitivity activities described in this manual.

Making Change: Promoting Character Education through Philanthropic Service-Learning Projects: Facilitator's Manual

This manual describes the implementation of Making Change, a program promoting philanthropy, academic learning, and civic responsibility. The manual includes activities on how to teach about service-learning, implement fundraising activities, establish community partnerships, create requests for proposals, and award funds with the goal to support and sustain service-learning projects in their schools.

Read and Lead: Facilitator's Guide.

Cross-age tutoring can provide greater benefits than simply increasing the reading level of a young child. By implementing the National Literacy Corps Lead & Read model older youth develop leadership skills and character while promoting literacy in the community. This manual includes much more than the basics for cross-age tutoring. Strategies for training leaders, reflection activities for all learning styles, experiences that increase awareness of illiteracy, rubrics and resources are just a few of the things you’ll find. This manual is a must for anyone who facilitates cross age tutoring programs.

Getting Acquainted Through Literacy.

Once a literacy tutoring program is established, where do the tutor and learner begin? This resource is full of language activities that evaluate the abilities of the learner and serve as an icebreaker for the tutor and learner.

Student Project Folders.

The connection of classroom learning to community service is easy to document with this project folder. The student checklist includes: evidence of reflection, cross curricular connections, authentic community need, research, community partnerships, planning, evaluation, and celebration. Available in class sets of 30.

West Side Stories: Memories of West Philadelphia

Struttin' Through Time South Philly Style.

These publications highlight the rich history and culture of Philadelphia through interviews and essays created during intergenerational Service-learning projects. Historical photos add to the first hand accounts of the change in communities.

Service Learning: Influence on Education Worldwide

This book is a compilation of programs, emerging ideas, and projects from around the world, including policy issues and practical approaches from Europe, South America and Australia.

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