Resource Center Overview

Our Resource Center is designed to assist service-learning practitioners in finding resources that support advocacy, information sharing, research, and publication in the fields of service-learning and civic engagement. We have divided this section into the following categories:

Best Practices »

Carnegie
Learn about each of the five CSU campuses' approaches in receiving the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification designation as well as the opportunity to review their applications (applications are password protected).

• Engaged Departments
  Learn about the concept of Engaged Departments and access a collection of presentations, discussion exercises, examples, and other materials from workshops on Engaged Departments.
• Risk Management Resources (.pdf)
  Obtain information on Risk Management in the CSU, the systemwide Best Practices for Managing Risk in Service Learning manual, campus specific forms, and answers to frequently asked questions.
• Service-learning Request for Proposals
  Check out the various service-learning Request for Proposals (RFPs) that focus on research, curriculum development, Engaged Departments, and more.
• Service-learning Strategic Plans
  Learn about campus strategic plans for service learning and the CSU's ground breaking 1997 Strategic Plan for Community Service Learning.
• Service-learning Course Policies
  Find out about CSU campus service-learning course designation policies and other policy models.

Listservs
See a list of community-service learning list-serves hosted by the CSU and national organizations.

Presentations

Resource Tools »

• Community Partners as Educational Collaborators Handbook
  Learn about the conceptual rationale and practical strategies for encouraging community partners to serve as educational collaborators.
• Engaged Scholarship and Retention, Tenure, and Promotion
  Visit links to three websites that provide tools for individual faculty, review committees, and institutions to reexamine the policies and procedures for recognizing service learning and other forms of community scholarship.
• Examples of Service-Learning Office Structure
  Service-learning office structure varies greatly from CSU campus to CSU campus. This link provides job descriptions and human resource information and summarizes reporting structures of CSU service-learning offices.
• Publication Outlets
  Our list includes links to Campus Compact's comprehensive list of journal publications along with links to some of the main book publishers in the field.

New Service Learning Directors' Training Resources »

• Peer Resource Matrix, CSU Chancellor's Office (.doc)
• Service Learning Advisory Committee Agreement, Humboldt State University
• Service Learning Bingo: A Pre-Service Reflection Activity, Humboldt State University
• Service Learning Crossword Puzzle Activity, Humboldt State University
• Types of Community-Based Learning, CSU Sacramento
• Brief Descriptions of Community Service Learning Terms, CSU Sacramento
• Steps to Building Strong Partnerships for Service Learning, CSU San Bernardino
• Community Partners as Co-Educators Activity, CSU San Bernardino
• Project Planning Worksheet, CSU San Bernardino
• Helpful Information When Constructing an Agreement with a Higher Education Institution, CSU San Bernardino
• Navigating the Higher Education System, CSU San Bernardino

Useful Links

• State, Regional, and National Organizations
  Search for service-related information on websites of the primary advocates for community service, service-learning, and civic engagement in the state, region, and nationally. Many host annual or frequent meetings and conferences to advance collaborative efforts and to disseminate exemplary models to advance the field.
• Research Centers and Institutes
  Learn more about the latest and most comprehensive collections of research results in the fields of service-learning and civic engagement.