New Learn and Serve America Grantee Produced Materials - February 18, 2009

CBO

Evaluation Report of Student Attitude and Behavior Changes to the Tennessee Department of Education and Volunteer Tennessee on the Learn and Serve America School-Based Program: Student Data Sets from 2007-2008, Year 2 of the Learn and Serve Project
Volunteer Tennessee
Abstract: The 2007-08 School-based Learn and Serve grant was implemented by the Tennessee Department of Education in collaboration with Volunteer Tennessee. Twenty-one sub-grantees from public schools across the state were selected to provide high quality service-learning projects, incorporating student voice and student planning, requiring no less than 30 hours per semester, and integrating service-learning within the academic curriculum. The sub-grantees achieved the following goals: (1) during the 2007-2008 grant year 3,482 students engaged in service-learning programs, and 2) through service-learning participation, students were reconnected to their schools and communities and gave 102,045 of hours of service to their Tennessee communities while developing academic skills and knowledge. In the grant proposal for this project, the primary intermediate outcomes were projected for attitudinal changes related to student resiliency and problem-solving. Improvements in student attitudes were expected to build over the three-year grant, as teachers trained in the Lions-Quest Skills for Action program developed mastery of how to use the program and learned ways to incorporate service-learning projects and tasks to academic subject areas.
http://servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=8324


HE

Great Cities Great Service Campus-Community Partnerships
Ohio Campus Compact
Abstract: This chart displays the partnerships between schools, universities, and community-based organizations that are part of the Great Cities Great Service program in Ohio.
http://servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=8482


Youth to College Handbook
University of San Diego
Abstract: The “Youth to College” program is designed to address the important issue of students from underrepresented groups who do not know that higher education can be a viable option for them. The University of San Diego and three university partners—Mesa College, San Diego City College (SDCC), and University of California San Diego (UCSD)—partner with schools and after-school partners. This is part of national efforts to address the important issue of educational inequity. Research on college attendance emphasizes the important of: academic skills, peer influence, knowledge of the value of a college education and the practical steps to obtain it. This program seeks to build the chances that under-represented students will know that college is a viable choice for them. This program is sponsored by California Campus Compact with funding from the Corporation for National Service “Learn and Serve” program, and is a statewide project involving 12 campuses and 12,000 college students and youth each year for three years (2006-2009). The grant is $40,000 annually with a $60,000 match each year for three years. As noted above, the purpose is to help interest and prepare students from underserved populations to attend college. While tutoring/mentoring is one strategy, the other is to do joint service-learning projects. The intention is also that university administrators will gain more understanding of what students see as barriers to college attendance.
http://servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=8470


Tribal

Disasters: Flood and Ice
Cherokee Nation Learn and Serve
Abstract: This collection of the memories and insights from the year 2007 by teenagers of Miami, Oklahoma, recalls stories of the "big flood and ice storms of 2007" through photographs, poems, drawings, and personal anecdotes.
http://servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=8495