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Service-Learning Resources for Faculty

• Service-learning students find their coursework more relevant than traditional courses
• Service-learning promotes meaningful involvement with a diverse community
• Service-learning increases self-efficacy, critical thinking skills, and the ability to work cooperatively
• Service-learning allows for exploration of career options and teaches important workplace skills
• Service-learning accommodates different learning styles
• Service-learning gives students the opportunity learn from the community
• Service-learning provides a platform for analyzing and discussing community issues
• Service-learning develops or enhances a sense of community and civic responsibility

Here are some resources that are available to assist you in the process of designing and facilitating your service-learning course:

Individualized Support

Eric Juenemann, Career & Experiential Learning Specialist is available for any of the following:

• Brainstorming ideas for creating a service-learning course
• Technical support with the creation of your service-learning course
• Assisting your students in finding appropriate volunteer or service-learning sites
• Presenting to your class on the value of service-learning
• Referrals to community partners with service opportunities that are a good match with your course learning objectives
• Strategizing appropriate reflection activities

Print & Internet Resources

• The Teaching & Learning Cooperative has discipline specific service-learning books, a comprehensive service-learning course construction guide, and materials on assessing service-learning and civic engagement
• Fundamentals of service-learning syllabus construction
• Sample service-learning syllabi by discipline
• Principles of good practice in service-learning
• Why faculty teach with service-learning
• Reflection in higher education service-learning