Resources for instructors using service learning

According to the 2008 National Survey of Student Engagement in which we participate, UW-L students engage in service learning at higher rates than the national average as well as among Masters comprehensives both as freshmen and as seniors (.pdf; see p. 4).
Here's a webpage with an overview of UW-L's previous work on civic engagement, of which service learning is one strategy.
Here are the results of a UW-L survey on the subject conducted in Fall 2006 (.pdf).
Here's the agenda and invitation (.doc) for a UW-L workshop for community people interested in hosting service learning students, and an update on civic engagement work at UW-L (.doc) with Campus Compact as of 2007.

UW Madison's Morgridge Center for Public Service showcases students who have engaged in community-based learning, along with many resources for faculty to support solid design of S-L experiences.
IUPUI (prounounce oo-ee-poo-ee!) Center for Service and Learning's Office of Service Learning offers assessment tools, teaching tools, and resources to help you design your course.
Tennessee State University's Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement provides many resources.
University of Massachusetts' UACT (UMass Alliance for Community Transformation) connects students, faculty, and grassroots organizations in transformational projects that put learning to work.
This metasite provides links to course descriptions and websites for service learning programs across the nation.

Most of the sites above include some kind of release form.
If you have questions about legal issues, please contact Nizam Arain, Risk Manager, Contract Administrator, and Records Retention Officer at UW-L. He can help you think through all kinds of issues.