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For more resources other than those listed below, please visit the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse or visit LCCC's list of other Service Learning Websites.

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• Syllabus Resources
• Sample Student Timesheets
• Sample Student Agreements
• Developmental Education
• Student Orientation - Preparing students for service
• Reflection Resources
• Civic Engagement Resources
• Assessment Rubrics
• Service Learning Research/Articles connecting to Student Success & Impact
• Service Learning & Experiential Education

If you are a faculty member who would like to add an additional resource on this page, please contact us!

Syllabus Resources

• Campus Compact Listing by Discipline (link)
• LCCC Examples:
  • Ruby Beil - Introduction to Ecology Syllabus (doc)
  • Ruby Beil - Service Learning Project Descriptions (doc

Sample Student Timesheets

• Student Hour Report (pdf)
• Anoka-Ramsey Community College - Timesheet (doc)

Sample Student Agreements

• Sample Agreement (doc)
• Portland Community College Agreement (pdf)
• Anoka-Ramsey Community College Agreement (doc)

Developmental Education

• Campus Compact Publication - "Innovations in Community-Engaged Learning with Developmental Education Students" (pdf)
• Reading Course success story/article - "Service-Learning and Reading Instruction"
• "Developing Service-Learning in Developmental Studies" - CCNCCE (link)
• Syllabus for ENGLISH 100, Introduction to College Writing - Edmonds Community College 
  • English 100 – Essay 2 Assignment, Memoir
• Free Rice Website

Student Orientation - Preparing students for service

• Funny YouTube videos - "Don't Be This Student"...
  • Sticky McGee's Rules of Dressing Professionally
  • Be Present
  • You're Welcome
  • One Hour at a Time
  • Communication Fail
  • Gettin' Real with Dr. Bob

 Reflection Resources

• Reflection and Gardner’s Seven Intelligences - Portland Community College (pdf)
• "Using Structured Reflection to Enhance Learning from Service" - Campus Compact (link)
• Sample Reflection Questions - AACC (pdf)
• Reflection Activities - AACC (pdf)

Civic Engagement Resources

• A Crucible Moment: College Learning & Democracy's Future - AAC&U (link)
• "A Practical Guide for Intergrating Civic Responsibility into the Curriculum" - AACC (link)

Assessment Rubrics

• Civic Engagement VALUES Rubric - AAC&U (pdf)
• Rubric to Assess Service-Learning Reflection Papers - Hawai’i Campus Compact (link)
• Student Service-Learning Rubric - Coverdell World Wise Schools (doc)
• Service-Learning Civic Engagement Assessment Rubric - from AACC Publication "A Practical Guide for Intergrating Civic Responsibility..." (doc) 

Service Learning Research/Articles connecting to Student Success & Impact

• Complete Literature Review 1993-2000 - "At A Glance: What We Know about The Effects of Service-Learning on College Students, Faculty, Institutions and Communities" - CNCS & Vanderbilt University (pdf)
• "Improving Student Learning Outcomes with Service Learning" - AACC (link)
• "High-Impact Educational Practices" - AAC&U (link)

Service Learning & Experiential Education

• "Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach to Experiential Education" - CNCS & Andrew Furco (link)