ABSTRACT
Chapter Focus Service-learning projects are most successful when they are designed to take advantage of but not exceed the resources available to project teams. In situations where support for service-learning is less developed, projects will be simpler. In situations where resources are well developed, teams can often take on the challenge of more complex projects. Across this spectrum, however, project teams have access to a number of important additional resources beyond those in the networks of administrators, parents and potential community partners who consciously support service-learning. These include additional human resources in their school and larger communities, information resources on the Internet and strategic resources in relevant conflict resolution concepts. Teams can selectively draw upon these resources as they plan and carry out their own unique projects whether their projects are simple or complex. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of these resources. The discussion begins by describing an array of human resources that project teams can draw upon within their own settings and situations. Next, the chapter explains how Internet websites maintained by organizations and groups that promote service-learning can provide information that leads to many kinds of resources for service-learning projects. Finally, the chapter suggests strategies teams can use to resolve types of conflicts that normally arise as collaborative groups work together.
