working with faculty and community partners to establish aligned and sustainable service-learning

Working with Faculty and Community

PartnersEstablishing Aligned and Sustainable

Service-Learning

Katie Halcrow, MA, MFA, Director of Service LearningInver Hills Community College

I. Overview of Service-Learning Program at Inver Hills Community College

II. Working with FacultyAligning Service-Learning to Course Goals

III. Working with Community PartnersCommunity Partners Have Rights, Too

IV. Examples of Multi-faceted, Sustained Partnerships

Presentation Outline

Inver Hills Community College

• 9,850 students • 60% of our students are

traditional college age and 39% are adult learners.

• 62% of credit students are enrolled part-time (and many work more than 20 hours a week).

• 60% of our students came from a home where neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree; 21% of our students came from a home where neither parent has any postsecondary education.

• 57% of our students are classified as “low-income” students.

Service-Learning at IHCC

In Fall 2012, Inver Hills….

More than DOUBLED the number of Service-Learning classes (62 SL classes in Fall 2012!)

QUADRUPLED the number of students participating in Service-Learning (910 in Fall 2012!)

TRIPLED Hours of Service to the Community (Students contributed 9,030 Hours of Service in Fall 2012!)

Service-LearningThe Bridge between Your Classroom

and the Community

“…a teaching and learning approach that integrates community service with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.”

~ National Commission on Service-Learning

An Overview of Service-Learning

Community Service + Academic StudyService-LearningClear M

essaging is KEY

IMPORTANT:

SL is not V

olunteering

How does it work? Part One: Our Partners

How does it work? Part Two: Our Faculty

Examples:James SchneiderJason Kaufman

How does it work? Part Three: The Experience

How does it work? Part Four: The Reflection

MeaningfulService

Thoughtful Integration

AcademicContent

Example: Barbara Hansmeier

Easing the “Burden” of Service-Learning

Provide:

- Ideas & Examples- Partners- Syllabi- Reflection Activities- Connections to

other FACULTY

Engaging Faculty & Community Partners Through On-Campus Events

Advisory Board Meetings – a.k.a.

Community Conversations

Service-Learning Speed Meeting: A Faculty &

Community Partner Love Story

Faculty Development Days: Present,

Present, Present!

These are

all re-te

aching

opportunitie

s!!

What are your best practices for working with faculty & community partners?

Working with Faculty: Role Play

Working with Community Partners: Role Play

Inver Hills Community College

Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers

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Human Services, Psychology, & Communication

Partners with Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers

Beginning & Advanced CeramicsPartner with Eagan and Lakeville

Resource Centers

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Partners with Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers

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Dakota CountyPopulationData Collection

Mobile Pantry

An innovative way to provide food support

Public SpeakingPartners with

Mobile Pantry at IHCC

The Mobile Pantry at IHCC:Coming to a classroom near you!

Connection = Service-Learning

Inver Hills Community College

IHCC & Metro StateCommunity Garden

Psychology, Communication, Physical Education & English

Partner with Community Garden

Environmental Biology Partners with

Community Garden

Biology of Women & Intro to Education

Partner with Community Garden

And individual Service-Learners can’t get enough

Since 2012, o

ver 40 M

etro State Students

and 330 IHCC st

udents fro

m Psychology,

Mathematics,

Biology, Educa

tion, E

nglish,

Art, Anthropology, R

eading, and Human Service

s

have participated.

“Bigger Stronger Smarter” will partner with Community Garden & Eagan Resource Center on healthy meal plans & recipes for those receiving food assistance.

Cellular Biology will be working with the Community Garden to investigate healthy composting

English/Composition will work with Community Garden to research into best practices: organic vs. non-organic.

…and new collaborations are coming!!

Inver Hills Community College

Garlough Environmental Magnet School

Connectio

n = S

ervice

-Learn

ing

Geology & 4th Grade

Advanced Painting

Tried & True◦ Education Students:

Classroom Support◦ Physical Education

Students: PhyEd Support

◦ Communication & Psychology Students: Reading Buddies

New & Exciting!◦ Reading Class:

Paragraph Writing Series

◦ Intermediate Algebra: Parent Involvement Night – Math Games

Other Partnerships…

Connection = Service-Learning

Inver Hills Community College

Inver Grove Heights

Middle School

Speed History

Geology

Anatomy & Physiology

Education Students: Individual Classrooms

Abnormal Psychology Class: PBIS Program

Reading Class: AVID

We’ve also partnered…

So I got to thinking, what are the trends in these sustained, multi-faceted partnerships?

Who are your champion community partners?

Fish for some new ideas!

Katie HalcrowDirector of Service Learning

Phone: 651-450-3241Email: khalcro@inverhills.edu

THANK YOU!!