Family & Community Alternative Learning
Community Service-Learning

"Service-learning is a teaching and learning approach that integrates community service with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities."
-From the National Commission on Service-Learning 2001

CSL Project Example

Through the Community Service-Learning Partnership Initiative Grant, Greater Lowell Technical High School partnered with the Lowell Boys and Girls Club to re-design and renovate the boy's locker room and the 48' x 60' game room. Students brainstormed, discussed, and proposed ideas and solutions before, during and after the project. Student learning was enhanced through daily reflection activities as well as teacher-guided, student round table discussions with the Boys and Girls Club. This ensured that students provided appropriate and needed service and also reinforced learning standards set forth by the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's CSL program partners with:

Contact:
Kristen McKinnon, CSL Specialist
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street
Malden, MA 02148-4906
Phone: (781) 338-6306
Fax: (781) 338-3090

CSL News Archives

2009
04/14/09	May 7, 2009 Annual Statewide Community Service-Learning Conference, Worcester
2008
09/30/08	Community Service-Learning (CSL) Leader Award Nominations Sought (due January 30, 2009)
09/10/08	Join us for National Learn & Serve Challenge week: October 6-12, 2008
02/28/08	Community Service-Learning (CSL) Leader Award Nominations Sought (due March 14, 2008)
2007
09/18/07	Student Support Fall Conference: Coordinating and Collaborating for Student Success – October 12, 2007 (Sturbridge MA)
03/27/07	Massachusetts Annual Statewide Community Service-Learning Conference 2007 - April 30, 2007
02/21/07	Community Service-Learning (CSL) Leader Award Nominations Sought (due March 8, 2007)
2006
07/25/06	CSL Advisory Council Report: Fulfilling Our Civic Mission: Service-Learning in Massachusetts
05/04/06	2006 Service-Learning Leader Awards