The following resources offer education, training, and technical assistance.

The National Service-Learning Exchange supports high-quality service-learning in schools, colleges and universities, and community organizations. For technical assistance, Exchange staff or peer mentors can help in the following ways: answer a question by phone or email, mentor over the course of a semester or academic year, give feedback on curriculum, discuss what has worked in their communities, and share high-quality resources and training opportunities. To contact the Exchange for assistance, call toll free 1-877-572-3924, or email exchange@nylc.org.

Professional Development CD. James Toole of the Compass Institute and the University of Minnesota created an interactive CD with three education modules of varying lengths. (90 minutes, 4 hours, and five session study group) This resource provides sample workshop titles, workshop descriptions, handouts, Powerpoint presentations, and discussion questions to use as resources for service-learning professional development. The CD is both PC and Mac compatible and is available through the National Service-Learning Partnership.

The Presenter's Toolbox: A Service-Learning Multi-Media Resource is a CD resource set to help presenters create a multimedia professional development workshop. Disk 1 provides a historical perspective, overview of research, and methods to connect service-learning to the curriculum. Disk 2 features a video highlighting service-learning success stories in Iowa schools. From the Iowa Department of Education. The CDs are PC and MAC compatible. ($18.95)

2005 Service-Learning Summer Institutes. Summer institutes play a critical role in advancing service-learning practice.

Service-Learning Teacher Education Programs. Education programs can prepare students to use service-learning as an instructional method.