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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 Service Learning, 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"