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Intergenerational Service-Learning: Useful Resources
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| Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, June 2007. Our bibliographies strive to provide the most useful resources on a topic, with links to online full text items and downloadable PDFs when those are available. Library items may be borrowed from the Clearinghouse by Learn and Serve America grantees and subgrantees. For additional resources on these and other service-learning topics, visit the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse at www.servicelearning.org. |
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| SaYES: Seniors and Youth Engaged in Service http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/sayes/index.php - A joint initiative of Learn and Serve America and Senior Corps created to connect Senior Corps volunteers in supporting K-12 service activities and service-learning programs. Tools from NWREL for Senior Corps projects engaged in tutoring, mentoring, and out-of-school time http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/sites/learns/resources/seniorcorps/index.html Experience Corps http://www.experiencecorps.org/index.cfm - Corps members serve as tutors and mentors to children in urban public schools and after-school programs, where they help teach children to read and develop the confidence and skills to succeed in school and in life. Senior Adults for Greater Education (SAGE) http://www.beasage.org/ - SAGE recognizes the experiences of older adults and integrates their contributions into the school community in a variety of intergenerational activities for the mutual benefit of youth, seniors and the community. |
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| Adler, Richard P. Engaging Older Volunteers in After-School Programs. San Francisco: Civic Ventures, 2002. Adler, Richard P. The Potential of Older Workers for Staffing California's After-School Programs. San Francisco, CA: Civic Ventures, 2003. http://www.experiencecorps.org/images/pdf/OlderWorkers.pdf American Association of Retired Persons. Becoming a School Partner: A Guidebook for Organizing Intergenerational Partnerships in Schools. Washington, DC: American Association of Retired Persons, 1992. Blake, Amy R. Senior Volunteers in Literacy Programs: A Study of Design and Practice. Washington, DC: Corporation for National and Community Service, 2000. Brandes, Beverly and Rebecca Green. Off Their Rockers Into Service: Connecting the Generations Through Service Learning. Clemson, SC: National Dropout Prevention Center, 1999. Bressler, Jeannette and Nancy Z. Herkin. Connecting Generations, Strengthening Communities: A Comprehensive Toolkit for Intergenerational Program Planners. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Center for Intergenerational Learning, 2005. http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=7285 Harvard School of Public Health. Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement. Boston, MA: Harvard School of Public Health, 2004. Institute for Global Education and Service Learning. Intergenerational Oral History Program: A Service Learning Model: Facilitator's Manual. Leavittown, PA: Institute for Global Education and Service Learning, 2000. Institute for Global Education and Service Learning. Service-Learning for Senior Corps. Washington, DC: Corporation for National and Community Service, 2002. LEARNS. Assessing High-Quality Education Placement Sites: A Checklist for Senior Corps Project Directors & Staff. Washington, DC: Corporation for National and Community Service, n.d. http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/sites/learns/resources/seniorcorps/ products/Assessing_High-Quality.pdf LEARNS. For the Classroom Teacher: Realizing Results with Your Senior Volunteer. Washington, DC: Corporation for National and Community Service, n.d. http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/sites/learns/resources/seniorcorps/products/ Classroom_Teacher.pdf LEARNS. Volunteering in Today's Schools: A Tool for Senior Corps Volunteers. Washington, DC: Corporation for National and Community Service, n.d. http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/sites/learns/resources/seniorcorps/products/ Volunteering_in_Todays_Schools.pdf McCrea, James M., Merrille Weissman, and Gina Thorpe-Brown. Connecting the Generations: A Practical Guide for Developing Intergenerational Programs. San Francisco, CA: Civic Ventures, 2004. South Carolina State Department of Education. Serving to Learn: Generation-2-Generation: Integrating Intergenerational Service-Learning Across the Curriculum. Columbia, SC: SCSDOE, 2000. Watson, Linda, Matthew Kaplan, Susan Perlstein, and Robert Tietze. Grandpartners: Intergenerational Learning and Civic Renewal, K-6. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2001. |
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Suggested Citation:
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. Intergenerational Service-Learning: Useful Resources. Scotts Valley, CA: Author, 2007.
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