Looking In, Reaching Out: A Reflective Guide for Community Service-Learning Professionals

Looking In, Reaching Out is an essential hands-on guide for community service-learning professionals. It's packed with tools, worksheets, and insights designed to provide you with the skills, confidence, support, and balance you need to be successful in your professional and personal lives.

The guide is self-paced; each chapter can be read on its own, or you can read the entire book from start to finish. Thoughtful worksheets allow you to take the concepts that are written and apply them to your personal situation, giving you a tailor-made experience.

This comprehensive volume contains chapters on:

• Navigating the dizzying array of definitions used by the field
• Establishing and sustaining a community service-learning office
• Understanding the culture, mission, and politics of higher education to promote service-learning
• Using reflection to foster learning for your students and for yourself
• Developing effective strategies for working with faculty, students, and community partners
• Leveraging financial support for service-learning

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