STEM Service-learning Grants funded by Time Warner Cable
In partnership with Time Warner Cable, the Commission makes grants to school districts that want to initiate service-learning practices or expand adoption of service learning among science, math, and technology classes.
Service-learning is a method of teaching (K-12 and college) that integrates classroom learning with service focused on community needs targeted by students for action. The Maine Commission for Community Service promotes service-learning as a K-12 instructional strategy that fosters student academic success and builds capacity among schools that adopt service-learning. MCCS provides training, resources, and technical assistance to school administrators and works to educate community members and leaders about the advantages of service-learning.
The Commission makes two types of service learning grants: One type supports district-wide adoption and the award is for one 3-year period. The second helps teachers implement service-learning in a new district and model the benefits and is for a 1-year period. In the 2010-2011 grant cycle more then four grants will be awarded.