MAKE IT LAST FOREVER: THE ... - National Service Resource Center

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Innovative Features: Non-profit organization integrates service-learning into
schools, after-school programs, and summer programs; received city, county, and
United Way funds; linked to well-established community education associations.
11th Street Alternate School Marianne Cole
Institutionalization Categories Used: 4
Innovative Features: Use Quest’s Skills for Action curriculum; projects occur every week.
Magnolia Middle School Joppa Pauline Frantz
Institutionalization Categories Used: 7
Innovative Features: Service-learning fellow assists with project implementation; teachers are given awards for excellence;
district pays teachers to do professional development; administrators attend service-learning planning meetings.
Drury High School North Adams Debbie Coyne
Institutionalization Categories Used: 8
Innovative Features: Full-time service-learning coordinator funded by state department of education and district; part of
school improvement plan; host a regional conference; produce a newsletter; give mini-grants; service-learning mentor
course available at local college; conduct in-service training throughout region.
Carver Scott Educational Cooperative
Institutionalization Categories Used: 7
Sharon Sharon Ellen Bender
Institutionalization Categories Used: 13
Innovative Features: Major private philanthropic support; school-tocareer/service-learning
course; part of school budget; liaisons in each school;
service-learning is stated professional development goal; annual fair; sends
project pr for schools; produce newsletter and mails to entire community; hosts
cable tv show; put “National Leader School” signs at town entrances; students
write about projects for local newspaper.
Hudson Hudson Shelley Berman
Institutionalization Categories Used:13
Innovative Features: Infused into district policy; youth leadership conferences;
after-school professional development courses; district leadership team; resource
kits for teachers; part of faculty hiring criteria; school board sets aside a meeting
each year for service learning exposition; superintendents awards for student
service learning leaders at each school; is a core 9th grade course; superintendent
publishes on the topic and hosts meetings of other superintendents.
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