We need to hear your input! New service-learning standards and indicators to increase the quality of service-learning were recently developed based on recent research on what works. The draft standards and indicators are going through a feedback process to revise them to be the best they can be. The process that is used to "tune" the standards and indicators is called a reactor panel, and groups of people work together to provide feedback in one of the following areas:
Meaningful service
Cognitively challenging reflection
Link to curriculum
Intensity and duration
Progress monitoring
Youth voice
Reciprocal partnerships
Diversity
The panels will take place Thursday, December 20th, 2007 during two time slots: 4:00 pm-6:00 pm EST and 6:15 pm -8:15 pm EST. The panel takes about two hours, and you will work with peers to consider and revise the standards and indicators for one of these topics. You will then share work and receive feedback on your changes from another group. We welcome and need your participation! To sign up for one of the panels, click on the link below and fill out the survey/registration form:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=23qCjxMourmZgGUaWk8lYg_3d_3d.
Please note: these reactor panels are only for youth. If you are filling out the form for one of your youth participants, please confirm that they are available and then complete the form using their information.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Funding Alerts
December 17, 2007
National Service Learning Conference Scholarships
National Youth Leadership Council offers a limited number of scholarships for the National Service Learning Conference (NSLC) based on financial need. The number of scholarships offered is contingent upon limited, variable funding, and scholarships cannot be offered to all qualified applicants. No more than three scholarships will be given to participants from any one school or organization. To apply for a scholarship please visit NSLC.
December 31, 2007
Captain Planet Foundation
The Captain Planet Foundation awards grants in the amount of $250-$2,500 to organizations or sponsoring agencies who present projects that promote understanding of environmental issues, focus on hands-on involvement, involve children and young adults 6-18 (elementary through high school), promote interaction and cooperation within the group, help young people develop planning and problem solving skills, include adult supervision, and commit to follow-up communication with the Foundation. Please visit the Captain Planet Foundation for more information.
January 8, 2008
The Daniel L. Lopresti ’03 Philanthropic Board Grant Funds
University School believes that it is important for students to reach out to others and to serve the community in which they live. The Daniel W. LoPresti ’03 Philanthropic Board will solicit proposals that serve the Greater Cleveland area. Their intention is to improve the quality of life for children living in poverty, with an emphasis on education. For more information or to apply for a grant please visit University School.
January 25, 2008
The “Created Equal” Bookshelf
Through the fifth We the People Bookshelf program, 3,000 libraries will receive a set of classic books related to the “Created Equal” theme. Any U.S public library or K-12 school library can apply. Libraries will receive a collection of seventeen hardcover books for young readers, all related to the “Created Equal” theme. The National Endowment for the Humanities is proud to offer this program in cooperation with the American Library Association. Please visit We the People for more information.
January 28, 2008
Toyota TAPESTRY Grant Program
A partnership between Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc. and the National Science Teachers Association, the Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers program offers grants to K–12 science teachers for innovative projects that enhance science education in the school and/or school district. Fifty large grants and a minimum of twenty mini-grants, totaling $550,000 will be awarded this year. To apply for funding, qualified teachers must write a Toyota TAPESTRY proposal according to the proposal requirements. For more information on how to apply, please visit Toyota TAPESTRY.
February 14, 2008
HP Technology for Teaching Grant
The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed to support the innovative use of mobile technology in K-16 education, and to help identify K-12 public schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities that HP might support with future grants. Based on the outcomes of the projects funded through this initiative in 2008, HP may offer some grant recipients additional, higher-value grants in 2008. In 2008, HP will award nearly $7 million in cash and equipment to K-12 schools in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and to colleges and universities throughout North America (Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.). For more information and to apply, please visit HP Technology.
Open Deadline
Teaching Tolerance Grants
Teaching Tolerance offers grants of $500 to $2,500 to preK-12 classroom teachers for projects designed to reduce prejudice among youth, improve intergroup relations in schools and/or support educator professional development in these areas. Proposals from other community organizations and houses of worship will be considered on the basis of direct student impact. For more information please visit Teaching Tolerance.
National Service Learning Conference Scholarships
National Youth Leadership Council offers a limited number of scholarships for the National Service Learning Conference (NSLC) based on financial need. The number of scholarships offered is contingent upon limited, variable funding, and scholarships cannot be offered to all qualified applicants. No more than three scholarships will be given to participants from any one school or organization. To apply for a scholarship please visit NSLC.
December 31, 2007
Captain Planet Foundation
The Captain Planet Foundation awards grants in the amount of $250-$2,500 to organizations or sponsoring agencies who present projects that promote understanding of environmental issues, focus on hands-on involvement, involve children and young adults 6-18 (elementary through high school), promote interaction and cooperation within the group, help young people develop planning and problem solving skills, include adult supervision, and commit to follow-up communication with the Foundation. Please visit the Captain Planet Foundation for more information.
January 8, 2008
The Daniel L. Lopresti ’03 Philanthropic Board Grant Funds
University School believes that it is important for students to reach out to others and to serve the community in which they live. The Daniel W. LoPresti ’03 Philanthropic Board will solicit proposals that serve the Greater Cleveland area. Their intention is to improve the quality of life for children living in poverty, with an emphasis on education. For more information or to apply for a grant please visit University School.
January 25, 2008
The “Created Equal” Bookshelf
Through the fifth We the People Bookshelf program, 3,000 libraries will receive a set of classic books related to the “Created Equal” theme. Any U.S public library or K-12 school library can apply. Libraries will receive a collection of seventeen hardcover books for young readers, all related to the “Created Equal” theme. The National Endowment for the Humanities is proud to offer this program in cooperation with the American Library Association. Please visit We the People for more information.
January 28, 2008
Toyota TAPESTRY Grant Program
A partnership between Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc. and the National Science Teachers Association, the Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers program offers grants to K–12 science teachers for innovative projects that enhance science education in the school and/or school district. Fifty large grants and a minimum of twenty mini-grants, totaling $550,000 will be awarded this year. To apply for funding, qualified teachers must write a Toyota TAPESTRY proposal according to the proposal requirements. For more information on how to apply, please visit Toyota TAPESTRY.
February 14, 2008
HP Technology for Teaching Grant
The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed to support the innovative use of mobile technology in K-16 education, and to help identify K-12 public schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities that HP might support with future grants. Based on the outcomes of the projects funded through this initiative in 2008, HP may offer some grant recipients additional, higher-value grants in 2008. In 2008, HP will award nearly $7 million in cash and equipment to K-12 schools in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and to colleges and universities throughout North America (Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.). For more information and to apply, please visit HP Technology.
Open Deadline
Teaching Tolerance Grants
Teaching Tolerance offers grants of $500 to $2,500 to preK-12 classroom teachers for projects designed to reduce prejudice among youth, improve intergroup relations in schools and/or support educator professional development in these areas. Proposals from other community organizations and houses of worship will be considered on the basis of direct student impact. For more information please visit Teaching Tolerance.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Disney Minnie Grants
The Disney Minnie Grants for GYSD 2008 (U.S. and International Applicants)
The Walt Disney Company and Youth Service America are excited to announce grants of up to $500 to support youth-led service projects. These grants support youth (ages 5-14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community.
Teachers, older youth (15-25), and youth-serving organizations are also eligible to apply, if they engage younger youth (5-14) in planning and implementing the project. A significant part of the service must take place on GYSD 2008, April 25-27. We encourage youth to address important issues such as climate change, malaria or other diseases, human rights, literacy, or others. Applicants can use the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a reference.
Applications are welcome from all countries. While information is available in: Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese, and Hindi, applications will be accepted in English only (an online translation tool is available at the YSA website). Applicants from China, India, and Russia are especially encouraged to apply. Past Disney Minnie Grantees are also eligible to apply.
Questions? Email MinnieGrant@ysa.org. Deadline: January 21, 2008. We are excited to introduce an electronic application, now available online at www.YSA.org/awards.
-- Christina Wessell Batcheler
Christina Wessell Batcheler - Director of Communications
Youth Service America (YSA)
Phone: 202-296-2992 x 128 | Fax: 202-296-4030 | Cell: 240-483-6288 | cwessell@ysa.org | 1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 200 | Washington, DC | 20005
http://www.YSA.org | http://www.servenet.org |
*For the Media Room: www.YSA.org\news
*Join millions of people celebrating Global Youth Service Day this April 25-27, 2008!
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The Walt Disney Company and Youth Service America are excited to announce grants of up to $500 to support youth-led service projects. These grants support youth (ages 5-14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community.
Teachers, older youth (15-25), and youth-serving organizations are also eligible to apply, if they engage younger youth (5-14) in planning and implementing the project. A significant part of the service must take place on GYSD 2008, April 25-27. We encourage youth to address important issues such as climate change, malaria or other diseases, human rights, literacy, or others. Applicants can use the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a reference.
Applications are welcome from all countries. While information is available in: Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese, and Hindi, applications will be accepted in English only (an online translation tool is available at the YSA website). Applicants from China, India, and Russia are especially encouraged to apply. Past Disney Minnie Grantees are also eligible to apply.
Questions? Email MinnieGrant@ysa.org. Deadline: January 21, 2008. We are excited to introduce an electronic application, now available online at www.YSA.org/awards.
-- Christina Wessell Batcheler
Christina Wessell Batcheler - Director of Communications
Youth Service America (YSA)
Phone: 202-296-2992 x 128 | Fax: 202-296-4030 | Cell: 240-483-6288 | cwessell@ysa.org | 1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 200 | Washington, DC | 20005
http://www.YSA.org | http://www.servenet.org |
*For the Media Room: www.YSA.org\news
*Join millions of people celebrating Global Youth Service Day this April 25-27, 2008!
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Semester of Service
This article is an email distributed by Stephen Culbertson, President & CEO of Youth Service America.
The Semester of Service is a new, public-private strategy to help young people find their voice, take action, and have impact on the most critical problems facing the world, such as climate change, hunger, homelessness, malaria, water scarcity, disaster preparation, aging, violence, and literacy.
For the last 20 years, millions of American children and youth have participated in highly visible service and service-learning projects on Global Youth Service Day (The Largest Service Event in the World) and for the last 14 years on Martin Luther King Day (A Day On, Not A Day Off).
In January 2008, Youth Service America and the Corporation for National and Community Service are encouraging students, ages 5-25, to develop a 14 week service-learning project that launches on the Martin Luther King Day of Service (January 21, 2008) and culminates on the weekend of Global Youth Service Day (April 25-27, 2008).
The Semester of Service will link each event's existing partnerships, create a quantum leap in the number of children and youth engaged in service, and advance bold quantitative goals that the Corporation and YSA have both set to expand the American youth service movement.
Projects will take place in classrooms as part of the academic curriculum; in schools as part of the extra-curricular activities of student councils, honor societies, student clubs, and sports teams; in congregations of faith; and in youth development groups in neighborhoods across the United States.
"Recent research has shown that projects must be of sufficient duration, typically at least a semester of 70 hours long to have an impact on students...Fewer hours simply do not give the students enough time to grapple with difficult issues or to have a deep enough experience to make the learning endure." --Dr. Shelly Billig, Unpacking What Works in Service Learning
"Martin Luther King was interested in big results not the short-term. So, the idea of King Day being the signal for a long-term commitment by millions of students, during or after-school, over a semester would have warmed his heart. Martin always asked us to do more than we were doing because the Road ahead was still so long...the Mountain to climb was still so tall. The Semester of Service is just that opportunity to do more." --Senator Harris Wofford, Colleague and Lawyer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Visit the Semester of Service website to download tools and resources including the Semester of Service Strategy Guide, a Timeline Tip Sheet, and Learning Modules for various issues such as Hunger and Homelessness, The Environment, and Stopping Youth Violence.
The Semester of Service is a new, public-private strategy to help young people find their voice, take action, and have impact on the most critical problems facing the world, such as climate change, hunger, homelessness, malaria, water scarcity, disaster preparation, aging, violence, and literacy.
For the last 20 years, millions of American children and youth have participated in highly visible service and service-learning projects on Global Youth Service Day (The Largest Service Event in the World) and for the last 14 years on Martin Luther King Day (A Day On, Not A Day Off).
In January 2008, Youth Service America and the Corporation for National and Community Service are encouraging students, ages 5-25, to develop a 14 week service-learning project that launches on the Martin Luther King Day of Service (January 21, 2008) and culminates on the weekend of Global Youth Service Day (April 25-27, 2008).
The Semester of Service will link each event's existing partnerships, create a quantum leap in the number of children and youth engaged in service, and advance bold quantitative goals that the Corporation and YSA have both set to expand the American youth service movement.
Projects will take place in classrooms as part of the academic curriculum; in schools as part of the extra-curricular activities of student councils, honor societies, student clubs, and sports teams; in congregations of faith; and in youth development groups in neighborhoods across the United States.
"Recent research has shown that projects must be of sufficient duration, typically at least a semester of 70 hours long to have an impact on students...Fewer hours simply do not give the students enough time to grapple with difficult issues or to have a deep enough experience to make the learning endure." --Dr. Shelly Billig, Unpacking What Works in Service Learning
"Martin Luther King was interested in big results not the short-term. So, the idea of King Day being the signal for a long-term commitment by millions of students, during or after-school, over a semester would have warmed his heart. Martin always asked us to do more than we were doing because the Road ahead was still so long...the Mountain to climb was still so tall. The Semester of Service is just that opportunity to do more." --Senator Harris Wofford, Colleague and Lawyer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Visit the Semester of Service website to download tools and resources including the Semester of Service Strategy Guide, a Timeline Tip Sheet, and Learning Modules for various issues such as Hunger and Homelessness, The Environment, and Stopping Youth Violence.
IMPACT Student Conference
IMPACT: National Student Conference on Service, Advocacy & Social Action will continue the legacy of bringing together approximately 1,000 students, year of service members, campus administrators, and nonprofit professionals for the historically largest national convening of campus community members involved in service, activism, politics, advocacy, and other socially responsible work across philosophical and ideological lines.
The Conference Planning Committee consists of representatives from several nonprofit organizations focused on civic engagement—such as CIRCLE, Oxfam, Bonner Foundation, PledgeBank, Youth Service America, and the ONE Campaign—and campuses from across the country—such as the University of Idaho, Emerson College, Vassar College, Southern Oregon University and Miami University (Ohio). Amy Smitter (MICC) and Char Gray (PACC) have been serving on the planning committee and MACC will also be playing a pivotal role. In conjunction with these three state offices, and the many nonprofit and campus partners of this event, we are pleased to announce the following details:
Campus Compact has negotiated a conference registration discount for students from member schools: $20 off student rate until January 7 (we are aware that this date might be problematic for some students, but given that the conference is in March, this is what we could negotiate).
The Conference Planning Committee values Campus Compact’s strong network and history of support for this event; therefore, we are one of only two organizations highlighted in conference materials in this way. There is a link provided on the registration page for registrants to determine whether their school is a member (www.campusconference.org).
We will also present the 2007 Swearer Award here. You may remember that we had originally planned to do this at the Idealist/COOL conference so this collaboration works out well. In addition, I will be working with IMPACT on an extended workshop for CSD/SLD’s (Friday Forum). This conference announcement is also on the front page of our website.
The Conference Planning Committee consists of representatives from several nonprofit organizations focused on civic engagement—such as CIRCLE, Oxfam, Bonner Foundation, PledgeBank, Youth Service America, and the ONE Campaign—and campuses from across the country—such as the University of Idaho, Emerson College, Vassar College, Southern Oregon University and Miami University (Ohio). Amy Smitter (MICC) and Char Gray (PACC) have been serving on the planning committee and MACC will also be playing a pivotal role. In conjunction with these three state offices, and the many nonprofit and campus partners of this event, we are pleased to announce the following details:
Campus Compact has negotiated a conference registration discount for students from member schools: $20 off student rate until January 7 (we are aware that this date might be problematic for some students, but given that the conference is in March, this is what we could negotiate).
The Conference Planning Committee values Campus Compact’s strong network and history of support for this event; therefore, we are one of only two organizations highlighted in conference materials in this way. There is a link provided on the registration page for registrants to determine whether their school is a member (www.campusconference.org).
We will also present the 2007 Swearer Award here. You may remember that we had originally planned to do this at the Idealist/COOL conference so this collaboration works out well. In addition, I will be working with IMPACT on an extended workshop for CSD/SLD’s (Friday Forum). This conference announcement is also on the front page of our website.
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