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SCHOOL
DISTRICT
STATE
FUNCTION 2: PROFICIENCY
PROJECT
EVALUATION:
The school may or may not have
a written plan for how to use
service learning. The plan is
likely to address and respond to
the issues raised in a Learn and
Serve grant.
The district encourages its
teachers to develop lesson plans
that integrate service learning or
community service into
curricula.
The state writes a plan as
required and for review by the
Corporation for National
Service. The plan primarily
addresses efforts with Learn and
Serve subgrantees.
The school writes a plan for how
service learning can be used. The
plan articulates a process of
encouraging more teachers to
embrace service learning.
The district authors and adopts a
plan that demonstrates how the
district will allocate its resources to
support the design, implementation,
and evaluation of service learning
projects.
The state writes a plan for
integrating service learning into
some state level education arenas,
such as character education, schoolto-careers,
and perhaps the
citizenship aspect of social studies.
STAGES OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION
The school’s multi-year plan provides
detailed strategies and roles for
involving teachers, students,
administrators, parents, and community
members in institutionalizing service
learning. Funds are provided for this
purpose, and the effort is evaluated.
The district participates with community
members in funding and authoring a
multi-year community action plan that
articulates how the school and
community will cooperate long-term
towards the realization of youth and
community goals.
The state assembles all departments to
author a multi-year approach to infusing
service learning into all state level
educational arenas, including all state
content standards, professional
development, and special initiatives.
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