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Service-Learning Center Support
Service-learning is a demanding pedagogy for both teachers and
learners. Faculty members decide to teach a service-learning course not
because it is easy, but because they value the transformation it brings to
their teaching. Implementing service-learning for the first time requires
instructors to be flexible with the syllabus and allow for the unexpected.
Our staff is here to provide support as you develop and teach a
service-learning courses. We provide faculty development workshops
and offer consultations during the academic year.
Service-Learning Center can help you with:
• Recommending community organizations for partnership with your
class and communicating with them through the semester
• Providing feedback and ideas on integrating service-learning into
an existing or new course (reviewing syllabi, recommending
readings, providing sample reflection assignments and
assessments of learning)
• Facilitating the logistics of student placements, including:
− Visiting your class to introduce service-learning, explaining
requirements to students, and processing required forms
− Inviting community partners to (and facilitating) a
presentation of service-learning opportunities in your
class at the beginning of the semester
− Monitoring students’ hours in the online system throughout
the semester via
SignUp
and reporting hours to
course instructor
− Responding to any issues or concerns that arise from students
and community partners
− Providing reports of the Service-Learning Evaluation results at
the end of the semester.
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