Campus Compact » Program Models Miscellany http://www.compact.org educating citizens • building communities Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:53:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Norwich University Consulting Corps http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-faculty-roles-and-rewards/norwich-university-consulting-corps/2081/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-faculty-roles-and-rewards/norwich-university-consulting-corps/2081/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=2081 The Norwich University Consulting Corps is comprised of faculty, experienced in service-learning, who advocate the integration of service-learning into curricula and consult with colleagues on service-learning initiatives.

The Consultants undergo a competitive selection process and, once selected, are under contract for two years. They educate the campus community in the pedagogy of service-learning, with emphasis on faculty education, and reinforce the awareness raised by the Service-Learning Coordinator. They receive an intensive one-day training in service-learning, meet bi-monthly as a team, and consult with faculty colleagues regularly.

Website: www.norwich.edu/servicelearning

Contact: Michelle Barber, mbarber {at} norwich(.)edu

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-faculty-roles-and-rewards/norwich-university-consulting-corps/2081/feed/ 0 Campus Service Enewsletter http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/campus-service-enewsletter/1387/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/campus-service-enewsletter/1387/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1387 UC Berkeley’s Cal Corps Public Service Center publishes a weekly electronic newsletter highlighting information on current campus and community events around public service, volunteerism, community development, and social activism and justice. The enewsletter is a component of ongoing efforts to centralize information about service and leadership information for ease of access.

Website: http://calcorps.berkeley.edu

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/campus-service-enewsletter/1387/feed/ 0 Summer of Service http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/summer-of-service/1356/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/summer-of-service/1356/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1356 Every summer students can enroll in Summer of Service, an eight-week intensive training program. Student engage in Bible study, community service, and participate in music, drama, and dance in local churches.
]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/summer-of-service/1356/feed/ 0 Providing teaching assistants for faculty http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-faculty-service-learning-development-programs/providing-teaching-assistants-for-faculty/1374/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-faculty-service-learning-development-programs/providing-teaching-assistants-for-faculty/1374/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1374 At Chandler-Gilbert Community College, every faculty member who teaches a service-learning course is provided a teaching assistant to help ease the burden of implementing high-quality service-learning. The assistant s job is to tailor service activities to the individual needs and requests of students enrolled in the course. The assistant also completes all the necessary paperwork for service placements and serves as a liaison between students and the instructor.


From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-faculty-service-learning-development-programs/providing-teaching-assistants-for-faculty/1374/feed/ 0 Articulating goals: A Learning contract http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/articulating-goals-a-learning-contract/1383/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/articulating-goals-a-learning-contract/1383/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1383 For many service-learning efforts, the biggest obstacle to assessing student impact is that they have never established what impact they intend to have. Articulating goals from the outset is a simple, but vital, step. Azusa Pacific University in Ontario, California, asks students to articulate their goals for the semester in a learning contract. This helps to set uniform expectations for service while lending professional credibility to the service experience. The stated goals form the basis for reflection later in the course and can be used by faculty to assess student learning and by community supervisors to assess student service.


From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy

Contact: Judy Hutchinson, director of service learning, at 626.815.6000 Ext. 3780, Fax : 626.815.3801

E-mail: jhutchison {at} apu(.)edu

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/articulating-goals-a-learning-contract/1383/feed/ 0 Collaborative efforts http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/collaborative-efforts/1392/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/collaborative-efforts/1392/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1392 A variety of resources are available to support courses that utilize academic service-learning. UC Berkeley defines academic service-learning as the integration of community service activities into the academic curriculum. Support for service-learning is provided through the collaborative efforts of the Service-Learning Research and Development Center at the Graduate School of Education, the Cal Corps Public Service Center, and the Office of Educational Development. Faculty, graduate student instructors, and students are encouraged to access our resources.

Website: http://gse.berkeley.edu/research/slc/

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]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/faculty-faith-stories/1406/feed/ 0 Specific Verification: service-learning contracts http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/specific-verification-service-learning-contracts/1442/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/specific-verification-service-learning-contracts/1442/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1442 We can provide samples of service-learning contracts to instructors who want to verify student service. In addition to documenting hours and activities completed, this written agreement signed by both the student and site supervisor defines placement goals, learning objectives, and the roles and responsibilities of the volunteer and the agency.

Website: http://gse.berkeley.edu/research/slc/

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/specific-verification-service-learning-contracts/1442/feed/ 0 Volunteer Placement Database http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-faculty-service-learning-development-programs/volunteer-placement-database/1466/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-faculty-service-learning-development-programs/volunteer-placement-database/1466/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1466 Over 300 community organizations, government offices, and local schools recruit volunteers through the Cal Corps Public Service Center Volunteer Placement Database, an all online volunteer recruiting system. Volunteer opportunities are listed according to agency identifier (ie faith-based, ethnic-specific, housing, etc.). The database is self-selective, allowing students, faculty, and staff to make personal contacts with agencies or to seek advising through Cal Corps’ advising network. The back-end database allows for easy access to agency information and searches to meet the needs of service-learning faculty and special service programs conducted by the campus.

Website: http://calcorps.berkeley.edu

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-faculty-service-learning-development-programs/volunteer-placement-database/1466/feed/ 0 Juvenile offenders help on a domestic solar water heating system project http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/juvenile-offenders-help-on-a-domestic-solar-water-heating-system-project/1480/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/juvenile-offenders-help-on-a-domestic-solar-water-heating-system-project/1480/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1480 A project at Colorado State University served a variety of audiences providing services for low-income families, and enlisting the help of juvenile offenders who gained a sense of usefulness and self-esteem by helping to provide a service for others. Julie Sieving, a mechanical engineering student designed a domestic solar water heating system which could be easily manufactured and sold for a low price to low-income families. The second side of the service effort arose when it came time to manufacture the water heaters. Youth in the juvenile branch of Larimer County Community Corrections built and assembled the heaters, taking pride in the fact that their work would benefit others in the community.


From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy

Contact: Dr. Wade O. Troxel at 970.491.6618 or wade {at} longs.lance.colostate(.)edu
]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/juvenile-offenders-help-on-a-domestic-solar-water-heating-system-project/1480/feed/ 0 First-year programs: 1-4-1-4 academic calendar,”"Into the Streets,”" and the Leadership Development Practicum http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-institutional-support-for-students/first-year-programs-1-4-1-4-academic-calendarinto-the-streets-and-the-leadership-development-practicum/1519/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-institutional-support-for-students/first-year-programs-1-4-1-4-academic-calendarinto-the-streets-and-the-leadership-development-practicum/1519/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1519 Our educational model for our first-year students is unique. Our Autumn (August) Term, resulting in a 1-4-1-4 academic calendar for first-year students, provides our students a more personalized academic experience to help them make the transition to our College. Autumn Term culminates with “”Into the Streets,”" an organized program of community service projects. During Winter Term, many of our first-year students enroll in a Leadership Development Practicum based on the highly successful management development models used in executive training programs, while many others enroll in a Service-Learning Practicum. These courses engage students in service programs in the local community so the students may apply their knowledge and bring back new knowledge into the classroom.

Website: http://www.eckerd.edu/academics/

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-institutional-support-for-students/first-year-programs-1-4-1-4-academic-calendarinto-the-streets-and-the-leadership-development-practicum/1519/feed/ 0 The 4-1-4 calendar and Winter Term http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-institutional-support-for-students/the-4-1-4-calendar-and-winter-term/1537/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-institutional-support-for-students/the-4-1-4-calendar-and-winter-term/1537/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1537 Early in our history, Eckerd College introduced the 4-1-4 calendar, and this model became widely adopted by other leading liberal arts colleges across the nation. The one-month Winter Term is designed to provide students with research, community service, independent study, and study abroad experiences. A hallmark of an Eckerd education is the mentoring relationship between a faculty member and a student, and the Winter Term especially provides an opportunity for an intense and highly reflective educational experience most often based on research and service efforts in domestic and international communities.

Website: http://www.eckerd.edu/academics/

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-institutional-support-for-students/the-4-1-4-calendar-and-winter-term/1537/feed/ 0 The Academy for Senior Professionals at Eckerd College (ASPEC) http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/the-academy-for-senior-professionals-at-eckerd-college-aspec/1538/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/the-academy-for-senior-professionals-at-eckerd-college-aspec/1538/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1538 The Academy for Senior Professionals at Eckerd College (ASPEC) brings together retired professionals with distinguished careers who work with students in many ways: as lecturers or discussants in class sessions, and as partners in dialogue as students reflect on their service and internship experiences.

Website: http://www.eckerd.edu/aspec/

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/the-academy-for-senior-professionals-at-eckerd-college-aspec/1538/feed/ 0 Volunteer Miami: a “”Volunteer Street Fair”" and a web site of volunteer opportunities http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-and-culture/volunteer-miami-a-volunteer-street-fair-and-a-web-site-of-volunteer-opportunities/1543/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-and-culture/volunteer-miami-a-volunteer-street-fair-and-a-web-site-of-volunteer-opportunities/1543/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1543 In order to promote volunteerism in South Florida, we host a “”Volunteer Street Fair”" each year that brings from 50 150 community agencies to the campus to recruit volunteers. We also oversee a website ( www.volunteermiami.org ) that provides an on-line mechanism to post and find volunteer opportunities, and we offer regular training sessions in volunteer management.

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-and-culture/volunteer-miami-a-volunteer-street-fair-and-a-web-site-of-volunteer-opportunities/1543/feed/ 0 Before and after: Four year surveys http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/before-and-after-four-year-surveys/1577/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/before-and-after-four-year-surveys/1577/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1577 Some schools administer before and after surveys over the course of a semester. At Rockford College, the interval between tests is stretched to four years. Before the Rockford Plunge during orientation, first-year students complete the same study that they see as seniors at a commencement rehearsal. A comparison of the two forms documents service experience and change in attitudes towards service.


From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/before-and-after-four-year-surveys/1577/feed/ 0 Deepening service: transforming the service corps http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/deepening-service-transforming-the-service-corps/1582/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/deepening-service-transforming-the-service-corps/1582/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1582 As co-chair of the Northwestern Community Development Corps, Roel Vivit decided not just to bring change through service, but to change service itself. In his view, the corps had focused on direct service without expanding its vision. Roel sought to focus service efforts so that they would achieve two goals: first, they would employ the particular strengths of university students, including computer, medical, and language skills; second, they would focus on effecting lasting change. The effort to transform the service corps culminated in a community health fair that was organized by the nursing school and a local hospital.


From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy

Northwestern Community Development Corps web site: http://www.studorg.nwu.edu/ncdc/

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/deepening-service-transforming-the-service-corps/1582/feed/ 0 Partnership with General Electric has a supportive organizational structure http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/partnership-with-general-electric-has-a-supportive-organizational-structure/1591/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/partnership-with-general-electric-has-a-supportive-organizational-structure/1591/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1591 A partnership between Chicago State University and the local volunteer office of General Electric creates two layers of support for a local community-based organization. Volunteers come in pairs one student serves as an intern for the nonprofit and one GE employee serves as an advisor to the nonprofit. The GE volunteers also serve as mentors to the students during the internship. This organizational structure allows both parties to contribute their service. At the same time, it provides support for student volunteers that would usually need to be issued by the nonprofit itself.


From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/partnership-with-general-electric-has-a-supportive-organizational-structure/1591/feed/ 0 Soul Food http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/soul-food/1596/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/soul-food/1596/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1596 A faculty member leads a morning devotion and discussion of a biblical text. The college also sponsors “”City as Text”" in which honors students take a religious diversity tour, visiting a Jewish synagogue, a Hindu temple, and a selection of Christian churches.

Contact: www.colum.edu

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/soul-food/1596/feed/ 0 Establishing a control: A Study of service-learning http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/establishing-a-control-a-study-of-service-learning/1616/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/establishing-a-control-a-study-of-service-learning/1616/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1616 The issue of selectivity mars many studies of service-learning students who engage in service, the argument goes, will already exhibit the dispositions and behaviors that service is expected to develop. In order to avoid this problem, Sharon Hamerich at Butler University split the students in her communications course into two groups: one group of students spent their lab hours in local community agencies, while the other stayed on campus. Each group was tested on such scales as self-certainty, self-perception, social self-esteem, and global self-esteem. Writing samples, word associations, and thought processes were analyzed. Service-learning participants showed greater improvements in all categories except global self-esteem.


From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/establishing-a-control-a-study-of-service-learning/1616/feed/ 0 Principles of Speech/Honors course: presenting persuasive speeches to various civic organizations http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/principles-of-speechhonors-course-presenting-persuasive-speeches-to-various-civic-organizations/1653/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-miscellany/principles-of-speechhonors-course-presenting-persuasive-speeches-to-various-civic-organizations/1653/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1653 This fall in Principles of Speech/Honors at Hutchinson Community College, students are presenting persuasive speeches to various civic organizations in the county, scheduled by the director of Big Brothers & Big Sisters, to persuade the audience to either contribute financially to the organization or to become a Big Brother or Big Sister. Kathy Mendenhall, Speech Instructor, has guided the students in incorporating the skills of audience analysis, organization, research, and delivery. The students videotaped their presentations to use for reflection on the activity. The public speeches have given the students practical experience and knowledge beyond the classroom setting.

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