What does this mean for Oregon communities? How will we meet the needs of our rapidly growing and increasingly diverse older populations?  

SAVE THE DATE 

Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Doubletree Lloyd Center, Portland 

Contact AARP Oregon for more information: 1-866-554-5360, email oraarp@aarp.org. 

In order to create a network of leaders and scholars interested in What Works in dealing with important social and educational problems, the Arizona State Univ Office of the Vice President for Education Partnerships will be hosting the first national meeting on What Works in Education Partnerships on February 20-21, 2009 in Phoenix, AZ. This conference is designed to bring together leaders from the education community, educational researchers, evaluation experts, practitioners, policy-makers, and philanthropists as well as many other individuals, organizations and foundations that are committed to improving educational systems in our communities. 

 You are cordially invited to attend and participate in this inaugural “What Works” conference featuring best practices across the country for cultivating university-school partnerships. Please visit the conference website at http://educationpartnerships.asu.edu/conference or contact Dr. Mehmet “Dali” Öztürk (ozturk@asu.edu) for further information.

With generous support from the State Farm Companies Foundation, Youth Service America is offering the annual State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant for youth-led community improvement projects across the United States and Canada (Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick provinces only). These grants of up to $1,000 support teachers and service-learning coordinators in engaging students (ages 5-25) to implement service-learning projects for Global Youth Service Day, April 24-26, 2009. We encourage semester-long projects that are launched on Martin Luther King Day on January 19, 2009 and extend through Global Youth Service Day. To learn more, download our NEW electronic application, grant guidelines, and budget spreadsheet at www.YSA.org/awards.  Questions?  Please contact goodneighbor@ysa.org.  Deadline: October 15, 2008

Join me in reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s American Scholar.

How would you describe an American Scholar?

Would you like to submit a question to them?

http://www.bethechangeinc.org/servicenation/take_action/poll

http://www.endowmentinstitute.org/sustainability/

http://www.oregonstatefair.org/

Student Development Coordinator

Following are three ways you can gear up now for October’s National Learn & Serve Challenge. The Challenge is a week-long series of events, October 6-12, designed to build awareness and generate support for service-learning. Campus Compact is partnering with the National Service-Learning Partnership, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and others to get the word out about the Challenge.

1. Make an impact before Congress goes on recess: By August 15, tell us what you will be doing during the National Learn & Serve Challenge. To help us track and report on Challenge events across the country, and to see what other people are doing, visit www.learnandservechallenge.org/acceptthechallenge.php.

2. This is a great time to start putting together the pieces for securing a proclamation from your mayor, city council members, governor, state superintendent, or board of education. Allow four to six weeks to complete this process. Click here for step-by-step instructions and tips: http://www.learnandservechallenge.org/proclamation.php. For an example, see the resolution passed by the Michigan State Board of Education during the 2007 Challenge at http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mcsc/Learn_and_Serve_Resolution_209604_7.pdf.

3. Sign up as a National Learn & Serve Challenge partner. Email nslp@aed.org with “Proud Partner” in the subject line of your message to add your campus’s name to the list. Visit www.learnandservechallenge.org/participating.php for the full list of partners.

Using interactive elements, audio-visuals, and downloadable documents, the course highlights and puts into your hands best practices used by effective youth-serving programs. It also provides links to additional resources for support and training to help your program succeed.

To access the course, go to the Online Learning Center at the Resource Center at http://my.nationalservice.org/learning/. After you create a free Online Learning Center account (if you don’t already have one), you can browse for and launch the Youth Impact course. If you need assistance accessing the course, or have other questions, contact LEARNS at (800) 361-7890, or learns@nwrel.org.

Thank you, and we hope you find the course useful. 

Best regards,

The LEARNS Partners

LEARNS is a partnership of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory and the Bank Street College of Education. We are funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service to provide training and technical assistance to projects focused on tutoring, mentoring, literacy, and out-of-school time. 

For additional tools, training, and information visit The Resource Center at www.nationalservice.gov/resources.