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SCHOOL
DISTRICT
STATE
FUNCTION 3: LEADERSHIP
RECOGNITION:
Town officials and parents
help out on service-learning
project days.
The community begins to see
youth as problem-solvers
rather than problems.
Newspapers run photos or
stories about interesting
service-learning projects.
Television media runs feature
stories on quality projects.
Legislators visit projects in
their district.
The school and the community
collaboratively assess community
needs and design projects to address
them. The community provides
volunteers from numerous sectors.
The community gets involved in
service-learning projects. The district
writes press releases to get newspaper
columnists to write op-ed stories about
the need to expand service-learning as
a teaching method.
Television media profile the impact of
service-learning policy and funding on
academic achievement and
community revitalization. Legislators
sponsor legislation to support servicelearning.
STAGES OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION
The public provides the school with
all the people and resources necessary
to operate year-round service-learning
projects. The community promotes the
fact that it has a national leader
school.
Faced with the loss of district support,
the community advocates and raises
funds for service-learning.
Newspaper stories highlight how
service-learning has transformed the
educational system.
Students and parents testify to get the
legislature to pass laws which require
the state department of education to
support and provide funding for
service-learning.
CAPACITY- WIDESPREAD USE SYSTEMIC
BUILDING & SUPPORT INTEGRATION
90