Developing a Community Leadership Corps:

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Developing a Community Leadership Corps

• A Model for Service-Learning

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What is service-learning?

• Service-learning is an educational method that
  emphasizes learning through community service

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What is a community leadership corps?

• A community leadership corps connects students
  with an organization or initiative in his or her
  community

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Why develop a community leadership corps?

• Provide educational experience for students
• Teach positive values, leadership, citizenship,
  and personal responsibility
• Encourage students to become active community
  members
• Teach job skills to students

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Why develop a community leadership corps? (cont.)

• Contribute your outreach efforts to local
  community, the state, and beyond
• Increase school-community collaboration
• Help with community education
• Contribute many hours of service to people in
  need, non-profit agencies, private sector
  companies, and governmental agencies

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When is a good time to develop a community
leadership corps?

• A community leadership may be most useful for you
  after your organization has created its strategic
  plan and developed relationships with strategic
  partners

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Who should be involved in developing a community
leadership corps ?

• You will need to have partnerships between the
  institution or organization that recruits and
  supports the students or youth and the individual
  organizations where they will be placed

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How do you go about developing a community
leadership corps?

• If possible, secure resources and support
• Identify host organizations and any additional
  partners
• Identify host organization needs
• Recruit students
• Identify student interests

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How do you go about developing a community
leadership corps?

• Train students
• Match students with host organizations
• Monitor and support students during their
  placements
• Allow students, hosts, and sponsors to reflect on
  the experience
• Celebrate!