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| Academy for Educational Development (AED), Center for School and Community Services |
National Service-Learning Partnership
100 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 243-1110
nslp@aed.org
http://scs.aed.org/
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Services Cost: Fee-only services
Geographic Reach: Local | Regional | State | Tribal | National
Types of Services: Policy/advocacy | Training | Community partnerships | Business partnerships | Research/Evaluation | Teaching/Practice | Curriculum/Lesson plans | Assessment | Education/School reform | Field-building | School district change
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| Description: The AED Center for School and Community Services uses multidisciplinary approaches to address critical issues in education, health, and youth development. To achieve its goals, the Center provides technical assistance to strengthen schools, school districts, and community-based organizations. It conducts evaluations of school and community programs while striving to provide the skills and impetus for practitioners to undertake ongoing assessment and improvement. The center also manages large-scale initiatives to strengthen practitioner networks and accelerate systems change and uses the knowledge gained from this work to advocate for effective policies and practices and disseminate information through publications, presentations, and on the World Wide Web. In the past 26 years, the Center has undertaken over 125 evaluation, technical assistance, and dissemination projects in 90 cities and 40 states. The Center for School and Community Services belongs to AED's U.S. Education and Workforce Development Group. |
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| Cairn & Associates |
Rich Cairn
3715 45th Ave.
South Minneapolis, MN 55406-2910
612 722-5806
rcairn@ties2.net
http://www.servicelearning.org/
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Services Cost: Fee-only services
Geographic Reach: Local | Regional | State | Tribal | National | International
Types of Services: Policy/advocacy | Research/Evaluation | Assessment | Education/School reform
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| Description: We help schools and organizations with evaluation, planning, and organizational improvement. We emphasize an integrated approach that links evaluation with policy and planning. We also seek to help you involve the broadest possible range of stakeholders. Call us to discuss your needs. |
| Additional Information: Rich Cairn and Susan Cairn have been local, state, and national leaders in service-learning since the early 1980s. They have published extensively in the field, including a guide to performance-based assessment. For examples of our work, go to the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse and search for 'Cairn.' |
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| Cathyrn Berger Kaye, Consultant/Author |
Cathyrn Berger Kaye
13142 Lake Street
Los Angeles, CA 90066
310-397-0070
cbkaye@aol.com
http://www.abcdbooks.org/
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Services Cost: Fee-only services
Geographic Reach: Local | Regional | State | Tribal | National | International
Types of Services: Policy/advocacy | Training | Coaching/Mentoring | Community partnerships | Business partnerships | Teaching/Practice | Curriculum/Lesson plans | Pre-service training | Public Relations/Communications/Marketing | Education/School reform | Field-building | School district change
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| Description: Services range from: conference workshops and keynote; school district/school residency programs; custom-designed 1-5 day institutes; and program development. Each interaction is based on identified programmatic needs to build, support, enhance, and sustain service-learning. Also, integrates strong literature, character education, and social-emotional elements—all curricular driven to meet academic standards, both content and skills. |
| Additional Information: Author of The Complete Guide to Service Learning--Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, & Social Action (Free Spirit Publishing), and regularly featured on the National Service-Learning Partnership website in Cathy's Corner! |
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| Center for Youth and Communities, Brandeis University |
Alan Melchior
60 Turner Street
Waltham, MA 02052
781-736-3775
melchior@brandeis.edu
http://www.heller.brandeis.edu/cyc |
Services Cost: Fee-only services
Geographic Reach: Local | Regional | State | National | International
Types of Services: Community partnerships | Research/Evaluation
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| Description: Founded in 1983, the Center for Youth and Communities at Brandeis University is a nationally recognized research, policy and program assistance center located at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management. The Center brings over twenty years of experience as an evaluator, research synthesizer, and provider of program design and professional development services in the fields of youth, education, and community development. Over the past decade, Brandeis has emerged as one of the leading research and evaluation centers in the fields of K-12 and highed education service-learning. The Center has worked with federal and state agencies, foundations, national and local nonprofit organizations on projects that include both traditional third-party evaluations and more participatory efforts in which Brandeis serves as an evaluation partner in program development initiatives. The Center also provides assistance in the design and implementation of ongoing evaluation systems and provides training on evaluation for agency managers and staff. |
| Additional Information: Key staff at the Center include Alan Melchior, Lawrence Neil Bailis, and Cathy Burack, among others with expertise in service-learning research and evaluation. Key studies have included the national evaluations of Learn and Serve America, Serve-America, and the CHESP program for the Corporation for National and Community Service, as well as ongoing evaluation work with Earth Force, KIDS Consortium, Do Something and other national and regional service-learning organizations. |
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| Cesar E. Chavez Foundation |
Julie Rodriguez
500 North Brand Blvd. Suite 1650
Glendale, CA 91203
818-265-0300 ext. 233
jrodriguez@cecfmail.org
http://www.chavezfoundation.org/ |
Services Cost: Both fee and non-fee services
Geographic Reach: National
Types of Services: Training | Community partnerships | Curriculum/Lesson plans
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| Description: The Chavez Foundation is committed to developing a generation of young people that have the skills and motivation to become life-long learners and active citizens. The Cesar E. Chavez Service-Learning Initiative integrates community service with academic study based on Cesar's core values to enrich learning and to foster academic and civic engagement among youth. Students develop leadership, advocacy, and critical thinking skills through in-class curricula, service projects in the community, and thoughtful reflection. Past service learning projects include: voter registration and education drives, food and clothing drives for the homeless, school-site conflict resolution and peer mediation programs, education on good health practices and nutrition, school-wide recycling programs and conservation efforts including native plant restoration, water testing, and waste management - to name a few. |
| Additional Information: 'Educating the Heart' professional development trainings provide educators and community agencies with information and materials to develop easy to manage, high quality service-learning programs that exemplify Cesar's values and principles while addressing real community needs. Chavez Service-Learning Resource Guides provide educators with a standards-based, step-by-step project module to engage their youth in high-quality service-learning, while allowing for individual creativity. |
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| Champions for Caring |
Barbara Shaiman
PO Box 388
Villanova, PA 19085
610-527-1934
barbara@championsofcaring.org
http://www.championsofcaring.org/ |
Services Cost: Fee-only services
Geographic Reach: Local | Regional | State
Types of Services: Policy/advocacy | Training | Coaching/Mentoring | Community partnerships | Business partnerships | Teaching/Practice | Curriculum/Lesson plans | Assessment | Education/School reform
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| Description: The Journey of a Champion School Program offers a comprehensive approach to meeting the academic challenges faced by our youth. This character education/service-learning program is yearlong, and can be offered as an English, social studies, civics and government, humanities, psychology or elective course. The standards-driven curricula meets social studies and English/language arts standards and the character education/service-learning requirements as mandated by the State of Pennsylvania Department of Education. The multicultural curricula is developed for all students, including special education and alternative education students. Our classes and after-school clubs focus on addressing the problems of apathy and indifference in youth. We provide the tools to assist in the development of character, values and ethics by establishing parameters for confronting and dealing with issues of racism, religious intolerance, prejudice, stereotyping, conflict and bullying. Our programs establish positive school climates and create learning-rich "cultures of caring." |
| Additional Information: Champions of Caring, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, offers school-based and community programs designed to encourage service, reduce violence and prejudice, and promote social justice for middle school and high school students in the greater Philadelphia region. The organization is dedicated to sensitizing, educating and empowering young people to take active roles in improving their communities and themselves. We offer curricula, after-school clubs, teacher training and support, leadership programs, and a recognition program to honor our youth for their service to the community. Since 1995, over 5,000 students have participated in one of our programs. |
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| CIRCLE: Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement |
Peter Levine
3111 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD 20742
301 405 2790
plevine@umd.edu
http://www.civicyouth.org/ |
Services Cost: Both fee and non-fee services
Geographic Reach: National
Types of Services: Research/Evaluation | Assessment
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| Description: Our field is youth civic engagement and education. We sponsor and disseminate data and research to the public. We will happily answer requests for particular information and research results. We sometimes have money available to fund research projects in our field. We occasionally work in partnership with practitioner organizations. |
| Additional Information: You can subscribe (free) to our monthly electronic update and our quarterly printed journal. Subscribe via www.civicyouth.org |
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| The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education |
Maya Agarwal
307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1201
New York, NY 10001
(212) 645-9930 ext:*827
maya@sustainabilityed.org
http://www.cloudinstitute.org/ |
Services Cost: Fee-only services
Geographic Reach: Local | Regional | State | Tribal | National | International
Types of Services: Training | Curriculum/Lesson plans | Pre-service training
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| Description: The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education offers a full course of study entitled "Inventing the Future: Leadership and Participation for the 21st Century," as well as professional development on the use of the course. "Inventing the Future" is a one-semester course that fulfills the Participation in Government requirement for secondary schools. It helps students develop a sense of place as they explore the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship and envision the future through the creation of community projects that contribute to positive change. The course is sold separately or with a four-day professional development package for up to 35 participants. |
| Additional Information: Access newsletter and more information via http://www.cloudinstitute.org/ |
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| Coalition for Community Schools |
Martin Blank
4455 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 310
Washington DC, 20008
202 8228405 x167
blankm@iel.org
http://www.communityschools.org/ |
Services Cost: Non-fee services
Geographic Reach: National
Types of Services: Community partnerships | Public Relations | Education/School reform | Field-building
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| Description: The Coalition issues research reports that advocate service learning and other types of community-focused learning. We advocate with educators and other policymakers for service learning as an integral element of a community school. |
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| Common Cents New York, Inc. |
Brent Amelingmeier
570 Columbus Ave.
New York, NY 10024
212-579-0579
bamelingmeier@commoncents.org
http://www.commoncents.org/ |
Services Cost: Non-fee services
Geographic Reach: Local | Regional | State
Types of Services: Training | Coaching/Mentoring | Curriculum/Lesson plans | Field-building
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| Description: Common Cents provides teacher training on service-learning as well as the organization of in-school service-learning programming, youth philanthropy and general service-learning initiatives. |
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| Compass Institute |
James Toole
Box 270037
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55127
651-787-0409
toole003@umn.edu |
Services Cost: Both fee and non-fee services
Geographic Reach: Local | Regional | State | Tribal | National | International
Types of Services: Training | Coaching/Mentoring | Research/Evaluation | Teaching/Practice | Education/School reform | School district change
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Description:
- SERVICE-LEARING TRAINING: Provided beginning and advanced training about quality service-learning in 45 states over 20 years.
- SERVICE-LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION: Help schools and districts understand how to implement service-learning based on our own extensive research studies.
- IMPROVING SCHOOL CULTURE: Training in how to build healthy and productive workplace cultures or professional learning communities to support service-learning and other innovations.
- SUSTAINING THE SERVICE LEADER: Workshops for individuals and organizations on how to sustain themselves personally for service work (life/work balance).
- AMERICORPS/ LEADERSHIP: Provide leadership training and reflection for AmeriCorps programs and similar programs.
- SOCIAL ENTREPRENURSHIP: Provide training on deepening service-learning practice through social entrepreneurship.
- PEER HELPING: Provide training on peer helping programs (mentoring, tutoring, etc.).
- SOCIAL MARKETING: Provide training for non-profits and schools in how to do cause-based or social marketing.
- SERVICE-LEARNING AS PEACEMAKING: Host for the Upper Midwest Affiliate of PeaceJam International that brings Nobel Peace Prize winners together with high school students.
- MEETING FACILITATION: Provide facilitation for local and national meetings.
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| Additional Information: Drs. James and Pamela Toole are Co-Directors of Compass Institute and Teaching Associates at the University of Minnesota. |
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| Constitutional Rights Foundation |
Katie Moore
601 S. Kingsley Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90005
213.316.2104
katie@crf-usa.org
http://www.crf-usa.org/ |
Services Cost: Both fee and non-fee services
Geographic Reach: Local | Regional | State | National
Types of Services: Training | Coaching/Mentoring | Community partnerships | Teaching/Practice | Curriculum/Lesson plans
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| Description: CRF offers training and technical assistance to students, teachers, school districts and community organizations implementing service-learning. We also offer a free online service-learning newsletter, Network, that includes useful articles and ideas for service. We offer service-learning curriculum for social studies and a service-learning guide called "Active Citizenship Today." |
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| Corporation for National and Community Service |
Scott Richardson
1201 New York Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20525
202-606-6903
srichardson@cns.gov
http://www.learnandserve.gov/ |
Services Cost: Non-fee services
Geographic Reach: National
Types of Services: Public Relations | Field-building
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| Description: Funding provided through competitive process to state education agencies, tribes and territories, faith-based and other nonprofit organizations, and colleges and universities. Sponsor of the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse: http://www.servicelearning.org/. |
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| Earth Force |
National Office
1908 Mount Vernon Avenue
Second Floor
Alexandria, VA 22301
Toll Free (800) 23-FORCE (233-6723)
Phone (703) 299-9400
Fax (703) 299-9485
earthforce@earthforce.org
http://www.earthforce.org/ |
Services Cost: Both fee and non-fee services
Geographic Reach: Local | Regional
Types of Services: Training | Coaching/Mentoring | Community partnerships | Research/Evaluation | Teaching/Practice | Curriculum/Lesson plans | Pre-service training
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Description: Earth Force is a national program that enables youth to create lasting solutions to environmental problems in their communities. From working with townships to begin more frequent street sweeping in order to decrease toxins in run-off; to launching a campaign to install water filters in homes with lead-contaminated drinking water; Earth Force youth learn to create lasting solutions by addressing the root causes behind community problems.
Earth Force engages young people as active citizens who improve their communities and environment now and in the future. Earth Force is guided by four commitments: 1) Earth Force fosters the skills and knowledge young people need to improve their communities and create workable solutions to environmental issues. 2) Earth Force engages young people in authentic civic experiences that lead to lasting change. 3) Earth Force advances youth-led inquiry and investigative learning in education. 4) Earth Force works to create collaborative communities that promote youth engagement.
We supply students and educators with quality materials, tools and resources. (Instructor and student manuals, water monitoring kits, two web sites: www.earthforce.org and www.green.org.) We train educators and youth through our workshops and provide yearlong professional development. We provide technical support for the duration of the Earth Force project. Earth Force staff assists educators in facilitating youth-driven projects, making connections with resource people in communities, meeting state standards, and exploring policies and the policy-making process. Earth Force offers three programs: CAPS (Community Action Problem Solving), GREEN (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network) and Earth Force After-School (EFAS). All programs use the Earth Force Process described on our website. http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/suncoast/sctraining/ |
Additional Information: Local Offices
Capital Region Earth Force
Jen McDonnell
1908 Mount Vernon Avenue, Second Floor
Alexandria, VA 22301
Phone (703) 519-6867
Fax (703) 299-9485
Email capital@earthforce.org
Delaware Valley Earth Force
Janet Starwood
100 Greenwood Avenue
Wyncote, PA 19095
Phone (215) 884-9888
Fax (215) 884-9895
Email delval@earthforce.org
FrontRange Earth Force
Lisa Bardwell
2120 W. 33rd Avenue
Denver, CO 80211
Phone (303) 433-0016
Fax (303) 433-3014
Email frontrange@earthforce.org
Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force
Northwest Pennsylvania
Annette Marshall, OSB
6270 East Lake Road
Erie, PA 16511
814-899-2572
LEAerie@earthforce.org
Southwest Pennsylvania
Wendy Ruano
835 Western Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Phone (412) 321-5434
Fax (412) 321-5484
Email LEApgh@earthforce.org
Lowcountry Earth Force
Jason A. Sakran
PO Box 22583
Charleston, SC 29413
Email mailto:pinejog@earthforce.org
Pine Jog Earth Force
Carrie Mohanna
Pine Jog EE Center, College of Education, Florida Atlantic University
6301 Summit Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33415
Phone (561) 686-6600
Fax (561) 687-4968
Email pinejog@earthforce.org
Suncoast Earth Force
Cindy Benkert
Suncoast Earth Force
P.O. Box 7025, St. Petersburg, FL 33734
Phone (727) 521-1403
Email suncoast@earthforce.org
Texas Earth Force
Brent Stafford
Galveston Bay Watershed Academic Partnership (GBWAP)
17324-A Highway 3
Webster, Texas 77598
Phone (281) 332-3381
Fax (281) 332-3153
Email bstafford@galvbay.org
Windy City Earth Force
Kirk Anne Taylor
The Field Museum - Environmental and Conservation Programs
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone (312) 665-7442
Fax (312) 665-7433
Email Windycity@earthforce.org |
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| East Bay Conservation Corps |
Joanna Lennon
1021 Third Street
Oakland, CA 94607
510 992-7815
jlennon@ebcc-school.org
http://www.ebcc-school.org/ |
Services Cost: Both fee and non-fee services
Geographic Reach: Local | Regional | State | National
Types of Services: Community partnerships | Public Relations | Education/School reform | Field-building
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| Description: Policy/advocacy | Training | Coaching/Mentoring | Community partnerships | Business partnerships | Research/Evaluation | Teaching/Practice | Curriculum/Lesson plans | Assessment | Pre-service training | Public Relations | Education/School reform | Field-building | School district change |
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