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

MISSION:
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
STATE
FUNCTION 3: LEADERSHIP
YOUTH
LEADERSHIP:
Service-learning is generally
understood to be an important
aspect of the school.
Service-learning is a required
element of the district’s
educational requirements for
graduation.
Service-learning is a required
element of the state’s
educational requirements for
graduation.
Service-learning is written as a feature
of the school mission statement or
educational philosophy.
Service-learning is required as a
graduation requirement or endorsed as
an educational philosophy in the
district’s mission statement.
The state issues policies and reports
which illustrate its belief in the value
of service-learning, and articulates the
relationship between service-learning
and the purposes of other aspects of
the state educational system.
STAGES OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION
The school’s mission statement
includes service-learning as a strategy
for transforming learning in the
institution to a more student-driven
approach through which the
community becomes the curriculum
and the school is transformed into a
community center.
Service-learning is a central feature of
a district mission statement, and this
philosophy guides the development of
programs, policies, and structures
which infuse it into the system.
The state links all academic initiatives
to citizenship and social change
through service, requires all districts
to articulate how service-learning will
be included in the educational system,
and assists districts in drafting mission
statements which reflect the
importance of civic participation.
CAPACITY- WIDESPREAD USE SYSTEMIC
BUILDING & SUPPORT INTEGRATION
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