Who We Are
The State Education Agency K-12 Service-Learning Network (SEANet) is a national network of professionals committed to advancing school-based service-learning initiatives in K-12 schools and school districts all across the country.
The SEANet office is housed at the Academy for Educational Development (AED). AED serves as SEANet's fiscal agent and organizational host.
Our Members
Our members are directors, coordinators, specialists, or other staff working in a State Education Agency (SEA), or in an organization designated by a State Education Agency, who provide leadership in their respective states for the advancement of school-based service-learning. They promote, develop, and expand school-based service-learning to K-12 schools and school districts; they provide direct assistance in the form of technical support and professional development opportunities to local school-community partnerships; and they administer and dissiminate the annual K-12 school-based state formula grants from Learn and Serve America, the primary federal funding source for service-learning.
Our Vision
Our vision is to have service-learning become an integral teaching and learning practice utilized in all K-12 schools and school districts.
Our Mission
Our mission shall be to support and strengthen the efforts of our members who are working to advance K-12 school-based service-learning. SEANet shall provide a unified national voice for its members in promoting and sustaining service-learning.
SEANet works to:
- Identify, develop, assemble and disseminate information, resources, and partnerships that shall facilitate the initiation, expansion, and institutionalization of the K-12 school-based service-learning methodology (Member Technical Assistance);
- Represent the common program and policy interests of K-12 school-based service-learning practitioners to the Corporation for National and Community Service, the United States Department of Education, Congress, and other national organizations (Policy & Legislation);
- Assist its members in identifying and leveraging other sources of funding at the Federal and state levels (Fund Development and Sustainability);
- Create a forum for the development and dissemination of strategies to support the institutionalization of K-12 school-based service-learning (Networking & Support); and to
- Support state education agencies to help ensure that students have the opportunity to experience service-learning projects directly related to local and/or state learner objectives and standards, resulting in higher student achievement, increased citizenship, leadership, and service skills.
SEANet's mission and work are consistent with and in furtherance of the goals of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.
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SEANet Governing Rules and By-Laws
SEANet is governed by the rules and by-laws established by its members in 1998. Download a copy of the SEANet Governing By-Laws. | SEANet By-Laws |
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