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What Is CSL?
Simply put, Community Service-Learning is a teaching strategy that helps students to acquire academic and social education goals while meeting an authentic community need.
Volunteerism or CSL?
If students collect trash out of a riverbank, they are providing a valued service to the community as volunteers.
If students collect trash from a riverbank, analyze their findings to determine the possible sources of pollution, and share the results with residents of the neighbourhood, they are engaging in community service-learning.
Check out the Bloomer Report for examples of CSL projects within the CLC network!
Click on the image to download the full CSL catalogue with resources for CDAs and teachers

Best Practices
How Can a CDA Help?
Community Development Agents are uniquely positioned to help teachers:
Identify an authentic community need.
Identify viable partners to work with.
Continue to develop and maintain sustainable relationships with community partners.
Collaborate from the outset to take advantage of relevant funding opportunities.
Sucessful CSL Projects
Focus is on issues that are meaningful to students.
Students have opportunities to learn outside of the classroom.
Students have voice and choice - learning tasks are active.
Clear curricular connections - not an add-on.
Shared roles and responsibilities between school and community partners.
Click here for more tips from CDAs who attended the 2014 CLC Teachers Institute.
CSL Resources For CDAs
There are no lack of resources and tools on the internet to help you understand:
The potential of engaging students in their community
How CSL projects are integrated into schools and communities.
CWI is very grassroots with many examples from Vermont. Don't miss their exemplars.
The creator of Star Wars, George Lucas funds this, so you know the force is strong with this one!
This site includes lots of great videos to watch.
Learning for a Sustainable Future
A Canadian website with lots of environmental stewardship projects. It’s easy to apply for a grant. They are really nice people. Call them!
Lots of ideas and resources about preserving and celebrating our history.
CSL Resources For Teachers
Is a teacher at your school interested in pursuing a CSL project? These templates can help them to plan for success! Developed by LEARN consultants, these templates are used at the CLC Teacher Institute.
English Templates
CSL Project Planner Brainstorm - Download File
student voice - Download File
curriculum connections - Download File
Partnerships_to_do_list - Download File
timeline.pdf - Download File
French Templates
AEC Synthese Projet - Download File
Voix Élèves - Download File
Curriculum FR - Download File
Partenaires FR - Download File
Échéancier FR - Download File