AISA has a lot of resources and support for service learning educators throughout the region. Here are three top highlights for September that we’re excited to bring to your attention.

• AISA-GISS 2025

The AISA-Global Issues Service Summit is an annual on-site gathering for high school students that focuses on student leadership, changemaking, sustainability, and local/global issues. It is hosted this year at the International School of Uganda (ISU) from February 13-15, 2025, and registrations are open until December 6th, 2024. The early bird registration deadline is November 22nd, and it would be wonderful to welcome a team of students and teachers from your school to this powerful and impactful event. Check out the AISA-GISS website for more information (INSERT LINK), or email ISU high school principal Seren Davis at ssprincipal@isumail.ac.ug

• AISA’s Service Learning Awards

Every year, AISA honours students, teachers, and schools that engage in exemplary service learning. You and your students can apply for the following awards:

1. Connie Buford Student Service Leader
2. Outstanding Service Project
3. Service Learning School Programme

Nominations for all awards are open until October 30, 2024, and awards will be presented in February at AISA-GISS 2025. Please share this information with your students and submit nominations so we can recognize what you and your students have done, and so we can celebrate with you about the impact(s) you’ve created.

• AISA’s Service Learning Self-Assessment Tool

AISA’s Service Learning Design Team has created a cutting-edge tool to help you assess your school’s service learning program, and to help you create strategic goals to grow your all-school service learning program. Nine key benchmarks define the Self-Assessment Tool and these are articulated in a rubric so you can see what exemplary service learning can look like in AISA schools. Please use this tool with your team and let us know how we can support you with your strategic goals in this area. Service learning is a purposeful and valuable way to bring your school’s mission and vision to life, as well as excellent and engaging teaching and learning. LeeAnne Lavender, AISA’s Service Learning Program Coordinator, would love to hear from you and support what you’re doing. You can email her at llavender@aisa.or.ke