Connecting community needs with educational goals.

 
 
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SLEEC connects students and teachers directly with community organizations to provide authentic learning opportunities while addressing the needs of the community.

What is Service-Learning?

An educational approach that broadens the scope of how students learn about the world around them by connecting classroom learning with meaningful service.

Everyone Wins!

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Students

Gain authentic learning experiences driven by their strengths and interests. They actively connect with their community, build empathy and become empowered to use their voice for positive change.

 
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Schools

Gain higher student engagement in and out of school while fulfilling learning objectives. It improves overall emotional wellbeing and unifies diverse groups of students. Service-learning creates real life connections to the curriculum.

 
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Partners

Gain active, reliable support while spreading awareness of their cause. With more knowledge on the issues being addressed, students develop into advocates with lifelong connections to organizations.

 
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Communities

Become stronger by gaining involved citizens working to support the needs of the community. Members feel connected and develop a sense of pride for their place.

 

See how service-learning can benefit your community.

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Home page quotes

“Service-learning has a framework that supports both the acquisition of knowledge and the application of new and prior knowledge to situations that improve communities while showing quantifiable gains and verifiable effects.”

Cathryn Berger Kaye, President of CBK Associates

“It looks like we are growing food [with our gardening program], but we’re really growing engaged students, graduates, voters and citizens.”

Stephen Ritz, of Discovery High School, Bronx, NY

"Service expands a student's view, allows them to explore career paths, provides experiences beyond the classroom and gives them an opportunity to reflect."

Michele Pitman, Founder & CEO of intelliVOL

“When students take part in service-learning, they move beyond the classroom and use their knowledge and skills to benefit others.”

National Youth Leadership Council

“This pandemic has forced us to further focus on the inequalities that still exist within our system and to begin to address them with renewed fidelity.“

Miguel Cardona, US Education Secretary & former CT State Education Commissioner

“Service-learning is taught in many teacher-preparation programs as a must include pedagogy.”

Cathryn Berger Kaye, President of CBK Associates