King's College  

Community-based Learning Initiative

Pursuing the goals of the curriculum by working with the community to solve community problems

King's Education Major Making a Difference at the Luzerne County Head Start

This Website Houses:

• King's College CBL Master Syllabus 

• Examples of Previous King's Community-based Learning Projects

• Current Wilkes-Barre Community Needs & Contact Info.

• Links to Service Learning at Other Schools

• Links to Resources 

• Faculty Mini-Grant Proposal Form

Click Here - King's College Community-based Learning Master Syllabus

Click Here - Examples of King's College Community-based Learning Projects

Video

1.  Click here for a video of King's College students involved in Community-based Learning Projects - (Requires QuickTime - Click to Download if Needed) -

Current Wilkes-Barre Community Needs & Contact Info.

(click on links for more information on how to participate)

King's student at a childcare site

1. Childcare

2. Children -- Tutoring and Mentoring

3. Conflict Resolution

4. Health Services

5. Homeless and Poverty Services

King's students helping to provide shelter

6. Housing Assistance

7. Prison Outreach

8. Domestic Violence

9. Financial Literacy

King's students making a difference

10. Elderly and Disabled

Links to Community-based Learning at Other Schools

1. Guide To College and University Service-Learning Programs Including Links to Online Course Lists and Syllabi

AP/Wide World Photo
Twenty-eight exonerated former death row prisoners at the 1998 National Conference on Wrongful Convictions and the Death Penalty at the Northwestern University School of Law.   These former death row prisoners were released as a result of the efforts of Northwestern University law students under the supervision of faculty and cooperating outside attorneys.

Links to Community-based Learning Resources

1.   http://www.fiu.edu/~time4chg/Library/bigdummy.html - A "Big Dummy's Guide to Service Learning" - FAQ's