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Overview
Learn
& Serve Ohio operates within the Ohio Department of Education
(ODE) and makes funds from the Corporation for National and
Community Service (CNCS) available for school-based service
learning to local education agency (LEA) partnerships. Funding
is intended to support the implementation, operation or expansion
of programs that advance service learning as a teaching, learning,
and youth development strategy.
Learn
and Serve America is a program for school-age youth administered
by the Corporation for National Service and created by the
National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended (42
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.).
The
Corporation’s mission is to engage Americans of all
ages and backgrounds in community-based service through a
range of national and community service programs. This service
addresses the nation’s education, public safety, human
and environmental needs, and achieves direct and demonstrable
results. In doing so, programs foster civic responsibility,
strengthen the ties that bind us together as a people, and
provide educational opportunities and learning experiences
for those who make a substantial commitment to serve.
What
is Learn & Serve America
http://www.learnandserve.gov/about/overview/index.asp
VIDEO:
Service Learning Works!
Ohio’s
Vision
Learn and Serve Ohio's vision is to make service learning
a vital part of Ohio's educational system. All students will
graduate highly skilled and educated and service learning
will be an integral part of enriching their education. Ohio's
graduates will be civic minded and informed citizens prepared
for productive lives within their families and communities.
Goal
Learn and Serve Ohio’s goal is to support service-learning
programs that provide youth with opportunities to learn and
develop by bringing together classroom instruction and community
service. Grants are awarded to local education agencies that
engage students K-12 in opportunities to help communities
address education, public safety, human and environmental
needs. Funds are used to create new programs, replicate existing
programs and provide training and development to staff, students,
and volunteers.
What
is service-learning?
http://www.learnandserve.gov/about/service_learning/index.asp
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