Preparation
Create meaningful service partners and projects that address a real community need and meet student learning goals.
Define the course goals wanted to meet through CEL. Decide how service goals will meet courses goals and vice versa. Determine how you will prepare students for tasks, expectations, and social/contextual issues and front' load with knowledge and skills. |
Action
Orient students to tasks expectations and social/contextual issues.
Communicate logistics of students, supervision, and project benchmarks. Provide project support through in-class meetings, and mid-semester written reports. Assign reflection assignments to connect service with course content, problem-solve, reflect about perceptions, and Forster personal, professional, and civic development. |
Conclusion and Dissemination
Create opportunities share outcomes, recognize, and thank work done by students and community partners.
Disseminate results of service work to community partner. Assess the impact and outcome of the CEL experience. |