while youth achieve excellence in academics, skill building, teambuilding, leadership, and civics.

Why Service-Learning? Because it works!
Research shows service-learning is effective in:

  • engaging youth in- and after-school
  • drop-out prevention
  • closing the achievement gap
  • increasing student achievement
  • meeting standards
  • developing resilient youth
  • creating career pathways
  • providing real world educational opportunities
  • building skills needed in the workplace
  • providing leadership opportunities, and
  • increasing educator job satisfaction

Service-learning is a youth development teaching strategy that works for youth, educators, schools, and after-school programs to meet their objectives.

Educator Support & Services

XYZ provides Certified Service-Learning Trainers, as qualified by the California Department of Education, as well as certified teachers specialized in service-learning strategies, to support administrators and educators in creating and implementing service-learning projects through providing training, coaching, resources and networking.

Training and Professional Development :
     Engaging Students Through Service - Service-Learning Introductions and Specialize Workshops
     PeaceJam -Nobel Prize Laureates created curriculum
     National & State Conferences

Coaching - Our certified service-learning trainers , obtain the support you need to implement service-learning in your classroom or afterschool program.

Resources - Sign up on-line for our free Service-Learning Resource Toolkit that combines local, state and national resources into one easy to follow on-line guide to service-learning step-by-step.

Networking Join us for our free annual networking events to share resources and best practices with educators, administrators, students, and community organizations. Next event is Reflection Connection: Serve<->Connect<->Learn.

Out-of-School Coordination

If you are interested in having one of our four service-learning based afterschool clubs at your school or site, choose to contract with XYZ to be the providers of high-quality, afterschool service-learning club coordination. XYZ club coordinators XYZ club coordinators are available for service projects with youth during out-of-school hours, evening hours and Saturdays as based on the needs of the service project, youth and community. To set up a free consultation to find the right club for your youth and your youth development objectives, please contact Jennifer Hamilton, Program Director.

 




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