The Community Service Learning Advisory Council
The 2007-2008 CSL Advisory Council will review, advise, and make recommendations on state service-learning programs and policies to promote academically meaningful, sustained, and high quality service-learning experiences throughout students' schooling. In this capacity, the Council will serve as a resource to both the Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in Massachusetts.
Work of the Council:
The Community Service-Learning Advisory Council (CSL Council) spent much of 2006 finalizing a White Paper on the status of service-learning: "Fulfilling Our Civic Mission: Service-Learning in Massachusetts"   . The Council's published White Paper (June, 06), lays out a set of recommendations for advancing service-learning across the state. The White Paper will be shared with members of the Board of Education, legislators, school and business leaders in the coming months.
In addition to the production of the White Paper, the CSL Council has:
assisted the Community Service-Learning Specialist at the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in the awarding of grants to schools and recognition of leaders in the field; participated in the state service-learning conference in May; presented at various conferences within and beyond Massachusetts; and explored possible higher education professional development opportunities for aspiring teachers and administrators
Community Service-Learning Advisory Council Meetings-2007-2008:
Monday, October 15, 2007 from 1-3 PM at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Malden). Go to the third floor and ask the receptionist for the room.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 from 10 AM - 12 PM
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
350 Main Street, Malden
Go to the third floor receptionist to be directed to the meeting room.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 from 10 AM - 12 PM
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
350 Main Street, Malden
(and via video--locations TBD)
Go to the third floor receptionist to be directed to the meeting room.
Subsequent meetings will be announced when confirmed.
Links:
www.doe.mass.edu/csl
Community Service-Learning Advisory Council Members 2006-2007:
| First Name | Last Name | Affiliation/Organization |
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| Beverley | Bell | College of the Holy Cross |
| Heather | Boulger | Berkshire County Regional Employment Board |
| Rich | Cairn | Hampshire Educational Collaborative |
| Loxie Jo | Calmes | Lunenburg Public Schools |
| Barbara | Canyes | Massachusetts Campus Compact |
| Georgia | Clancy | Whitman-Hanson Public Schools |
| Anne | French | North Adams Public Schools |
| Jim | Gibbons | Realty Vision |
| Donna | Harlan, Ed.D. | Central Berkshire Regional School District |
| Sarah | Krongard | Wellesly College Student |
| Doreen | Martel | Franklin |
| Mary | McCarthy | Hudson Public Schools |
| Beth | McGuinness | Massachusetts Service Alliance |
| John | Saltmarsh | New England Resource Center for Higher Education, University of Massachusetts Boston |
| Paul | Sutherland | Consultant for Educational and Non Profit Organizations |
| Felisa | Tibbitts | Human Rights Education Associates |
| Alexander | Wheaton | Tantasqua Regional High School |
Department Liaison:
Kristen McKinnon
Community Service-Learning Specialist
Phone: 781-338-6306
E-mail: kmckinnon@doe.mass.edu
last updated: February 11, 2008
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