OPPORTUNITIES and EVENTS

Register early for 2007!

Community Works Summer Institute 2006
–July 24-28, Tuesday thru Saturday


"The Institute brought structure to a very elusive concept. I came away with so much more than I anticipated and was touched to the core in a deeper sense!" —Institute Participant

The Institute is a week-long opportunity for professional development and collaboration held each year during July at Shelburne Farms, on the shores of Lake Champlain, Vermont. The Institute is available for three graduate credits. More Info • Retrospective on an Institute • Register for 2007
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NEW PUBLICATIONS available from Community Works Press:

Now Available! Community Works Journal –current and back issues The print edition is available for $6 per copy, or $3.50 per copy for 20 or more. Use our Downloadable Order Form or, call 802-655-5918 or email for info. Many issues are also available on-line at no cost, in PDF format, as a service to the educational community. Please feel free to contact us if you experience any technical glitches. To review or download the issue go to Journal Archives.

Connecting Service-Learning to the Curriculum The Workbook is a field tested resource for teachers and administrators and is now in use in more than 30 states across the US. "For schools that have never attempted service learning, or thought about integration into the curriculum, the Workbook provides a philosophy and a plan of action. The Workbook is also appropriate for veterans of service-learning in prompting a review of best practice.” Jennifer Hein, Coordinator for Instructional Services –Highland Park, Illinois

Community Works Journal Published as a resource for teachers.Community Works Journal actively supports reflective documentation from the field with the intention of making the work of educators available in a shared public forum.The Journal is distributed digitally, regionally and nationally, to individual educators, networks and affiliated organizations. Available for download in PDF format. “In recent seminars for education and environment funders on community and place based education, I have highlighted Community Works Journal as one of the best articulations of the work in this new field. The synthesis of arts, environment, literature and cultural heritage work in the Journal reaches out to all segments of rural and urban communities.” David Sobel, Director of Teacher Certification Antioch New England Graduate School Author of Children's Special Places

Vital Results Through Service-Learning A compendium of service-learning and community based education examples drawn from schools in Vermont. At a time when the need to develop civic and social responsibility in our youth has never been greater, Vital Results provides both strategies and evidence that students involved in service-learning can make a difference in their schools and their communities.

The Guilford Gazette: A Learning Experience 27 minute dvd documenting a student produced community newspaper

The Brain: Implications for Teaching and Learning Developed by a classroom teacher as a professional development project, this publication provides an excellent overview of recent research on the brain, along with a teacher's insights on based on her own classroom experience. Go to Our Publications Area for additional resources and information

NATIONAL NEWS

NEWS From the National Service-Learning Partnership

VERMONT & NEW ENGLAND NEWS

Vermont Rural Partnership on the Web
The excellent place based curriculum work being done by the 17 schools of Vermont's Rural Partnership (VRP) can now be accessed via their Web site—with development support provided by Community Works. VISIT VRP's Web site