Leadership skills are a key component of service-learning. A 31-page booklet provides facilitators and participating partners with an explanation of service-learning, information about the principles and practices of responsive classrooms, and the importance of leadership training in service-learning. Also includes step-by-step directions for service-learning projects.

Concepts

leadership, social-emotional learning, self reflection, self-awareness, critical thinking, service learning, service learning projects

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign different groups to lead one of the eight sessions

Classroom Considerations

• Designed for new facilitators of after-school service-learning projects but is appropriate for anyone involved in service-learning
• Requires copies

Pros

• Includes a list of examples of service-learning projects, a chart showing the five stages of Service Learning, and an explanation of the roles of participants in service-learning projects
• Includes suggestions for games designed to keep groups energized and to prevent them from losing focus

Cons

• None