Past Featured Library Items
Prepare Today -- Lead Tomorrow Teen Toolkit (2007)This toolkit was created to support teen community preparedness service-learning experiences. It provides background information on community preparedness and service-learning and takes teens through the entire process of designing a service-learning project, assessment, and reflection.
Youth-Adult Partnerships in Community Decision Making: What Does It Take to Engage Adults in the Practice? (2007)
This research and report aims to analyze how 4-HYD staff create and sustain opportunities for youth and adults to engage as partners in community decision making. (author)
This research and report aims to analyze how 4-HYD staff create and sustain opportunities for youth and adults to engage as partners in community decision making. (author)Washington Youth Voice Handbook: The What, Who, Why, Where, When, and How Youth Voice Happens (2007)
A comprehensive guide that explores Youth Voice, youth empowerment, youth involvement, and youth action, this publication can help those who are new to Youth Voice learn about it, and encourage those who are more experienced to learn more.
A comprehensive guide that explores Youth Voice, youth empowerment, youth involvement, and youth action, this publication can help those who are new to Youth Voice learn about it, and encourage those who are more experienced to learn more.Managing Volunteers within the Law (Nonprofit Risk Management Center)
This Community Service Brief provides guidance regarding some of the most common legal issues that arise in the management of volunteers including: discrimination, workers' compensation, child labor, and taxation.
This Community Service Brief provides guidance regarding some of the most common legal issues that arise in the management of volunteers including: discrimination, workers' compensation, child labor, and taxation.
Service-Learning in Afterschool Programs: Resources for Afterschool Educators (2006)Practical resources created, utilized, and compiled by afterschool educators for their peers. Featuring: real examples from elementary, middle and high school afterschool programs; seven elements of high-quality service-learning in afterschool programs; five easy steps to service-learning in afterschool programs; tried and true tool and resources selected by afterschool educators.
The YMCA Service-Learning Guide: A Tool for Enriching the Member, the Participant, the YMCA, and the Community - 2nd Ed. (2004)This guide outlines three main components of the service-learning process, provides real life examples and ideas (mostly from YMCAs), and includes assessment tools to explore project quality and sustainability, as well as, other tips and resources related to service-learning.
