Based on its definition, a service learning course integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.
The CNU Center for Service Learning & Social Entrepreneurship recommends these following Basic Standards for faculty planning to teach a service learning course:
Exemplary Service-Learning Syllabi
- Include service as an expressed goal
- Clearly describe how the service experience will be measured and what will be measured
- Describe the nature of the service placement and/or project
- Specify the roles and responsibilities of students in the placement and/or service project, (e.g., transportation, time requirements, community contacts, etc.- see below for how our Center can help with this)
- Define the need(s) the service placement meets
- Specify how students will be expected to demonstrate what they have learned in the placement/project (journal, papers, presentations)
- Present course assignments that link the service placement and the course content
- Include a description of the reflective process
- Include a description of the expectations for the public dissemination of students' work
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Staff at the Center can handle the administrative pieces required so you can focus on teaching!
How this Works at CNU
- We will organize all student registration forms and send you a spreadsheet of their placements.
- We will collect Time Sheets of the student's service hours, calculate the totals, and provide you with the results.
- We will provide beginning and end of semester reports on class enrollment, hours served, and evaluations.
- In addition, we are happy to assist in brokering relationships with community partners, and following up on any concerns or questions regarding student projects.
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Please contact Center Director, Roberta Rosenberg if you have any questions about Service Learning standards or the process of enrollment. If you are ready to consider curricular design for a service learning course, please click here.
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