Publication: Best Practices: Service-Learning in Teacher Education in New Hampshire

• Nitschke-Shaw, D.

Though each experience of service-learning in New Hampshire
schools is different, this document lists 17 principles
that all service-learning experiences include. The report
concludes with the following considerations: actual
community needs must be met in a respectful way;
service-learning must be integrated into the academic
curriculum; service-learning initiatives are defined,
planned, implemented, and coordinated in collaboration with
the student, schools, and the community; service-learning
provides opportunities for preservice teachers to use newly
acquired skills and knowledge in real life situations;
service-learning initiatives should provide structured time
for frequent, substantive, and creative reflection;
service-learning initiatives include ongoing assessment
using appropriate assessment strategies; effective
service-learning initiatives recognize the individual and
collective efforts of all participants; service-learning
should enhance and extend the learning for all
participants; and effective service-learning initiatives
help to foster the development of caring, civic
responsibility, and global stewardship.