Resources • Meetings
Policy Development
Technical Assistance • Advocacy
Leadership • Networking • Staff
Resources:
NCLC provides information about service-learning and citizenship
education through publications and on the Web site. Click on the Publications
button at the left for a comprehensive list of our printed resources,
including a series of issue briefs that address critical service-learning
issues. Most of our publications are in a format you can download and print.
Resources include case studies highlighting successful K-12 programs linking
service with learning; research findings, studies and stories about the
impact of service; and service-learning and volunteerism on students, schools
and communities.
Meetings:
NCLC organizes national, statewide and local meetings to
share information about effective service-learning and use of school volunteers.
These forums provide participants an opportunity to highlight service-learning
and volunteer programs, showcase student success in service-learning and
discuss challenges they face in providing high-quality education linked
to community service for K-12 students. In addition, NCLC hosts a meeting
of P-16 education leaders who are committed to revitalizing the civic
mission of schools. NCLC members who are interested in being part of a
national or regional gathering of service-learning professionals, are
encouraged to contact us!
Policy Development:
NCLC identifies policies that support service, service-learning
and volunteer efforts, and provides strategies for members to learn how
to work closely with state and local policymakers to develop strong service-learning
policies at all levels. The Center has completed a scan of service-learning
policies in the 50 states and will soon publish a 50-state policy scan
of citizenship education.
Technical Assistance:
NCLC provides hands-on, tailored assistance to member school
districts and states. This assistance may include: developing, sharing
and showcasing top-notch policies, models and ideas about service-learning
and using school volunteers; and helping members work successfully with
a wide range of people involved in service-learning, including teachers,
policymakers, school board members, parents, community-based organizations
and students.
Advocacy:
Working closely with other national, state and local organizations
engaged in education, service and volunteer initiatives, the NCLC contributes
to a collective public voice in support of service-learning, citizenship
education and the contributions volunteers make in efforts to improve
student learning.
Leadership:
NCLC members take leadership roles in their states and in national
organizations to ensure that K-12 students have quality service-learning
opportunities and to encourage schools to fulfill the civic mission of
education. Chief state school officers and local superintendents have
the chance to do, themselves, what they ask of students - make a contribution
to their community in a way that fosters their own personal learning and
growth.
Networking:
NCLC helps members make the connections they need by offering
opportunities to learn from and exchange information with their peers,
teachers, policymakers, school board members, parents, community-based
organizations and students involved in service-learning.
Staff:
Terry Pickeral
Executive Director
tpickeral@ecs.org
Jennifer Piscatelli
Policy Analyst
jpiscatelli@ecs.org
Ann Rautio
Assistant Researcher
arautio@ecs.org |
