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Benefits of Service Learning

• Discovering new and effective teaching resources and methods.

• Engaging and motivating students.

• Articulating the relationship between academic material and its applications.

• Acquiring awareness and involvement in the community.

Faculty Resources

Curriculum Development Workshops
Experienced service-learning faculty facilitate curriculum development workshops and provide individual consultation to assist interested faculty in developing new or revising existing courses to integrate service-learning.

Topics include:

• Syllabus revision

• Developing learning objectives for service-learning activities

• Guided critical reflection

• Developing appropriate community partnerships

• Managing risk

Specialized Workshops

• Creating a G.E. Service-Learning Capstone Course

• Engaged Department Workshop

• Civic Engagement and Higher Education

• Community as Co-Educator

• Service-Learning and the RTP Process

  • PowerPoint Presentation--Combining SL, Community-Based Research and Public Service for a Cohesive RTP Portfolio

Partnership Development
The goal of the CCE is to help faculty establish ongoing relationships with key community partners.

This will enable faculty to:

• have a better understanding of the agency and community

• be confident in the quality of students' service-learning experience

• have community partners who understand course objectives and are able to actively support students' learning while they are in the community (community partners serving as "co-educators"