| Spring 2006 |
Volume
12 No.1
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| Introducing
Community Service Learning |
| Spring 2006 |
Volume
12 No.1
|
| Introducing
Community Service Learning |
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Conferences Service Learning Institute June 6, 2006, Jackson, Mississippi United Negro College Offers tools to develop, enhance, and expand service-learning courses and programs on campuses and to facilitate authentic campus-community partnerships. For more information, contact Kecia Campbell at (703) 205-8141 or visit the web site. The 3rd Annual Service-Learning Summer Institute: Developing Leaders, Building Character June 6, 2006–June 8, 2006, Austin, Texas Texas Center for Service Learning For educators, students, service-learning trainers and practitioners, and community members. Features include sessions by service-learning experts from Texas and across the nation. For more information, contact 512-420-0214 or visit the web site. National Conference on Volunteering and Service June 18, 2006–June 20, 2006, Seattle, Washington The Points of Light Foundation Volunteer Center National Network Corporation for National and Community Service The nation's premier event for spreading the message of volunteering attracts thousands of guests from nonprofits, Volunteer Centers, schools, universities, businesses, community and faith-based organizations, local, state, and federal government, and national service programs. For more information, contact The Points of Light Foundation, Washington, D.C. at 202-729-8000 or visit the web site. Civic Leadership Institute June 25, 2006–July 14, 2006, Baltimore, Maryland Civic Education Project: Northwestern Center for Talent Development CEP's Civic Leadership Institutes combine rigorous and engaging academic work with community service and hands-on field experiences designed to help young people develop the knowledge, experience, and leadership skills they need to make a positive impact on society. For more information, visit the web site. Community Works Institute on Service-Learning 2006 July 24, 2006–July 28, 2006, Shelburne, Vermont Shelburne Farms/Community Works The Institute supports K–16 and community educators—beginner to advanced—at both the classroom-program level and at the site level, with an emphasis on service learning and educating for sustainability. For more information, contact Joe Brooks at 802-655-5918 or visit the web site. Urban Service-Learning Institute: Enriching Urban Education Through Service-Learning August 23, 2006, Nashville, Tennessee National Youth Leadership Council Focuses on applying the principles of service-learning in inner-city environments. Features service-learning outreach and application techniques that help students achieve excellence in urban settings. For more information, contact Bernard Gill at 651-999-7371 or visit the web site. Living Democracy Conference: Integrating Service-Learning with Civics and History August 10, 2006, Cambridge, Massachusetts Kids Consortium: Funding for Living Democracy Showcases a Living Democracy, a three-year project between three state Departments of Education in Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, the KIDS Consortium, Bates College, the Center for Youth Development at Brandeis University, and sixteen school districts from the three states. For more information, visit the web site. Cultivating Our Partnerships: Learning through Collaboration September 21, 2006–September 23, 2006, Lincoln, Nebraska University of Nebraska Midwest Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher Education For more information, visit the web site. Sixth International Service-Learning Research Conference October 14, 2006–October 16, 2006, Portland, Oregon Portland State University Convenes researchers interested in service-learning and engagement from throughout the world to share research findings, build networks and partnerships, and identify new directions for service-learning research. For more information, contact Amy Spring at 503-725-8354 or visit the web site. 2006 Assessment Institute in Indianapolis October 29, 2006–October 31, 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana University Featuring Plenary Sessions and Workshops emphasizing assessment in civic engagement, e-portfolios, faculty development, first-year experience, student development and diversity. For more information, contact Trudy Banta at 317-274-4111 or visit the web site. # # # |
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