K - 12 Resources
Good Character.com Website with Service Learning Resources for all levels
http://www.goodcharacter.com/SERVICE/webresources.html
Good Character.com Website with Service Learning Project Examples for all levels
http://www.goodcharacter.com/SERVICE/primer-10.html
National Service Learning Clearing House Resources and Project Examples K-12
http://www.servicelearning.org/slice
Generation On Resources and Project Examples K-12
http://www.generationon.org/teachers
Find a Volunteer Opportunity in your area (K-12)
http://www.allforgood.org/
Service Learning Project Examples (K-12)
http://www.kidsconsortium.org/
CSL Pinterest Board
http://pinterest.com/khmartell/community-service-learning/
CSL Diigo List
https://www.diigo.com/list/khmartell/csl
Generator School Network
The Generator School Network is an online community of more than 5,000 youth and adult members who have discovered how they can change the world through service-learning. The GSN is the leading resource for fast and easy sharing, service-learning professional development, and networking. - See more at:
http://gsn.nylc.org/home
HealthCorps
Promotes healthy living among children
https://www.healthcorps.org/
Professional Development and Articles
Learner's Edge - Online course in Service Learning
http://www.learnersedgeinc.com/courses/dl/teaching-excellence/5064
Service Learning Helps Elementary Students See the 'Big Picture' Daily Times (2012)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120311/news/703119898/
Does Service Learning Really Help? NY Times (2009)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03service-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Why Districts, Schools, and Classrooms Should Practice Service-Learning (2007)
http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/k-12_facts/why
Brief essay on the need for incorporating CSL experiences into the general curriculum:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/t-elijah-hawkes/the-problem-with-service-_b_3768522.html
Some considerations if we were to ever study the impact of our own CSL project and perhaps publish:
http://www.servicelearning.org/service-learning-research-primer/common-problems-service-learning-research
Why Service Learning is Bad - contains tips for key considerations while constructing a project. whyservicelearningisbad.pdf
The Connection Between Social and Emotional Learning, by Maurice J. Elias
Benefits of Student Participation in Community Service, Universtiy of Michagan
Notes: Integrating Community Service and Classroom Instruction Enhances Learning: Results From an Experiment, by Markus, Howard, and King.
Parent / Family Resources
GenerationOn - Service Projects to Do With Your Family
http://www.generationon.org/parents/project-ideas