Faculty Service-Learning Resources

Defining Service-Learning

• Campus Compact Presidents' statement of principles
• What are the characteristics of service-learning?
• History of Service-Learning in Higher Education

Brainstorming, Idea Sharing

• Service-Learning Research Capacity Building Hub (Indiana University, Purdue University) 
• 101 Ideas for Combining Service and Learning (Trinity College)
• Specific Suggestions for SL Courses (Stanford University)
• Brainstorming, Idea Sharing (Appropedia)

Integrating service-learning into course objectives

• Program Models  (Best practices reviewed, Campus Compact)
• Sample Syllabi (Examples from over 50 disciplines - Campus Compact)
• Faculty toolkit for service-learning in higher education (good checklists and handouts, Servicelearning.org)
• Incorporating Service without Compromising Academic Rigor (U. Michigan)
• CBR Curriculum (Developing and Sustaining Community Based Participatory Research Partnerships)
• SL Center: Organizational Structure (Trinity College)
• What to Include / Not Include in a syllabi that utilizes service-learning

Community Partners

• Community Organizations + Applicable SL Ideas (Princeton University)
• Questions to Ask Community Partner (see page 5, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health - CCPH)
• Post-Program Survey for Community Partners (CCPH)
• "Re-focusing the Benefits of Community Engaged Learning" (Grant MacEwan College)

Student orientation and reflection

• Student Reflection (Campus Compact)
• Orientation to CLI (Faculty to Students) (Trinity College)
• Student Professionalism in the Field (Trinity College)
• Sample Reflection Survey (Stanford U.)
• A Naïve to a more sophisticated view of reflection (USC)

Assessment/Evaluation of Service-Learning

• The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (pdf)
• Methods and strategies for student assessment (pdf)
• Methods and strategies for community partner assessment (pdf)
• Methods and strategies for faculty assessment and reflection (pdf)
• Methods and strategies for institutional assessment (pdf)

Additional Reading:

• Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
• Examples from Campus Compact Intro to Service-Learning tool kit

Webinars and Podcasts:

• http://www.servicelearning.org/webinars/Building_Practice_and_Research_Capacity-2009/index.php
• http://service-learning.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-information-for-action-journal-now.html
• http://www.servicelearning.org/rss/podcasts/index.php

CONTACT

Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning
Trinity Hall
Geneva, NY 14456

Phone: (315) 781-3825
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