Florida Learn & Serve is a federally funded grant program that awards grants to schools and school districts to engage youth in service-learning. Awards are issued by the Florida Department of Education.
The Florida Learn & Serve Website on the FSU server is no longer receiving updates. To navigate to our current website with our most recent informatrion please click on the following link: Florida Learn & Serve website on the University of Florida server.
3rd Annual Raise Your Voice For Service-Learning Conference: Thanks to students, teachers, parents, administrators, partners, principals, our corporate sponsor State Farm and others, this years event was a great success! Special thanks to Conference Guests/Speakers: Representative Rick Kriseman and reigning 2009 Miss Florida, Rachael Todd. Click here for more information about RYVSL 2010. Photos from the event will be posted soon.
Play Interrobang: Interrobang is a new, web-based, socially networked problem-solving game where anyone can participate in missions which take place in the "real" world. Interrobang is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute, Microsoft, and Learn and Serve America in an effort to get people involved in solving real world problems. For more information go to www.playinterrobang.com/, sign up, build your profile, and stay tuned for the InterroBang launch on April 29, 2010. See our FL&S on Interrobang section on our website for more information.
Standards
for Service-Learning in Florida - This user-friendly guide is designed
to help you better understand what service-learning is and how to integrate
it into teaching and learning. Use the new Rubric
for Gauging Progress on Meeting National Service-Learning Standards
to see how well you are meeting the standards and what your next steps should
be.
The nationally adopted Standards for Service-Learning are derived from research on effective practice, and Florida examples illustrate each standard. Additional information is included regarding K-20 service-learning resources and support in Florida.
2009-2010 FL&S Projects Map Available
Click here to view the FL&S Projects Map for 2009-2010
Service-Learning
Products
Click here to see images of several dozen examples of products (books, brochures, calendars, crafts, etc.) made by Florida students in their service-learning projects.
Florida Learn & Serve Media Kit
Marketing and public relations resources to help you inform elected officials, the media, and local communities about your service-learning efforts. Florida Learn & Serve logos are available for use on your FL&S funded project's website and materials.