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(The ASCD Service-Learning Experiential Learning NETwork)

This is your invitation To join ASCD’s exemplary Network.

Are you interested in learning by doing hands-on activities?
Would you like to feel more connected to your colleagues anywhere in the world?
Would you like to explore common interests and share problems and solutions with other professionals?
Would you like to build credibility for community-based experiences with a curriculum tie-in?
Is your time limited?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are certainly a candidate for ASCD’s network
-the Service Learning/Experiential Learning Network
To READ MORE, click “Read More” above.

WHAT IS THE SERVICE LEARNING/EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING NETWORK?

Since school community partnerships are an integral part of most service learning and many experiential learning programs, networking is a natural evolvement - evolvement through involvement.

For experience based educators, a national network linking curriculum and instruction to your local program will provide that much needed credibility factor. That is, experience is viewed as an instructional delivery system not just as community service, which is often disconnected from classroom learning.

WHY JOIN THE SERVICE LEARNING/EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING NETWORK?

o Meet Service Learning/Experiential Learning educators at ASCD’s Annual Conference
o Receive periodic newsletters
o Connect with regional clearinghouses for resources
o Identify funding information and sources
o Deal with tough times when money is short
o Provide a mutual support structure

o Solve common problems
o Access new resources
o Work on mutual goals
o Strengthen a rationale for authentic assessment
o Share expert practitioners with others in the field
o Become updated in legislative affairs
o Receive tips regarding legal issues
o Submit articles for consideration in nationally distributed publications
o Identify your project as part of a prestigious national network.

HOW DO I JOIN THE SERVICE LEARNING/EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING NETWORK?

Provide the following information and mail it with a $10 check (Checks should be made out to SELNET of ASCD c/o Institute for Global Education) to:
Institute for Global Education of the National Service-Learning Exchange; c/o Philadelphia University; Henry Avenue and School House; Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215) 951-0345 FAX (215) 951-2128

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION INFORMATION TO BE SENT TO THE PHILADELPHIA ADDRESS:

Name:
Position:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Daytime phone:
FAX:
e-mail address:
Level and type of school:

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER, LET US KNOW IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE:
o I plan to attend the ASCD Annual Conference
o I would like to work on the newsletter
o I would like to work on the members drive
o I would like to serve as a regional or state contact person for the network.

You may also wish to register for the ASCD Annual Conference. A registration form can be obtained by contacting:

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
1250 North Pitt Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1453

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