Transcript CENTER FOR SERVICE & COMMUNITY ENGAGED LEARNING: …

ALICE VARNADO HARDEN CENTER FOR SERVICE
& COMMUNITY ENGAGED LEARNING
Division of Student Life: Jackson State University
Dr. Gisele Gentry, Regina Clay, Eltease Moore,
Kimberly Harris, and Whitney Menogan
“Everybody can be great because
everybody can serve”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
History
The Center for Service and Community
Engaged Learning was founded in
October of 2002, to support campuswide volunteer outreach and cocurricular service to the community
and to enhance student learning,
promote civic responsibility, and
respond to the critical needs in the
community through collaborative
campus and community partnerships.
In 2012, The Center for Service and
Community Engaged Learning was
renamed to The Alice Varnado Harden
Center for Service and Community
Engaged Learning (A.V.H) after the
passing of Sen. Alice Varnado Harden.
Sen. Harden graduated from JSU
(B.S.,M.S.,Ed.D) and served as a
classroom teacher for over 14 years.
Serving three consecutive terms as
president of the Mississippi Association
of Educators, Harden was at the
forefront of the first teacher’s strike
where she fought for better pay and
working conditions.
History
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During the 24 years in the Mississippi Senate,
Sen. Harden served as chair of the Senate
Elections Committee, the Senate Education
Committee and the Universities and Colleges
Committee.
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Her reputation as a progressive leader and
relentless advocate of education still lives on
today.
Mission & Goals
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Our mission is to engage faculty,
staff, students and community
partners in an endeavor that
combines community service with
academic learning.
“The University believes in an
experientially enhanced learning
environment where teaching,
research and service are
integrated and mutually
reinforcing.”-University’s mission
includes service & learning.
The University responds to the
needs of society to the best of its
ability and expects its graduates
to do likewise.
To assist students in developing
the skills necessary to be civically
responsible citizens and to take
action on social issues that are
important to them.
Goals Continued
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The A.V.H Center for Service
& Community Engaged
Learning seeks to inspire and
facilitate meaningful
partnerships among faculty,
students and community
organizations that foster:
* Experiential learning
* Real world problem solving
* Faculty and student
scholarship
* Awareness of diversity and
multi-cultural issues
* Broadened global
perspectives
Core Values
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Civic Engagement
Academic Achievement
Service-Learning
Social and Educational
Partnerships
Community Involvement
Compassion and concern
towards others
Leadership
Active citizenship
Social consciousness for
improving the world
A.V.H. CSCEL-??
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Service requirement for all
undergraduate students
Students provide valuable
services to agencies on local,
national and international
levels.
Students are introduced to
service during freshmen
orientation & new students
welcome week.
All freshmen university of
success classes conduct
orientation for community
service placement. (A.V.H.
CSCEL orientation and site
orientations are conducted).
Clubs, organizations, athletic
teams and faculty/staff also
provide services to the
community.
A.V.H CSCEL-Student
Resources
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Placement Information
Service Experience
(Reflection)
Site Selection
Site Evaluation Forms
A.V.H. CSCEL student
handbook
Community service hours
on transcripts
A.V.H CSCEL-Student
Resources
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Placement Information
Site Selection
Community service hours
on transcripts
Future Resources
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Service Experience
(Reflection)
Site Evaluation Forms
A.V.H CSCEL student
handbook
Electronically view service
deadlines, download
community and service
learning forms.
Alternative Spring Break
information
National Student
Exchange Information
Service-Learning Planning
Calendar
A.V.H CSCEL-Community
Resources
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Information on how to
become an approved
community partner
Guidelines for community
partners
Orientations
Service applications and
other forms
Service and servicelearning project
development.
Alternative Spring Break
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Students travel the region and
nation during weekend and weeklong breaks learning about social
and cultural issues and performing
community service that address
the issues of those areas.
2010: New York, NY: Hunger Project
2009: Mississippi Delta
Beautification Project
Hurricane Gustav Response
2008: Chicago, IL: Chicago Cares
Project
2007: Washington, D.C: Homeless
Project
2006: D’Iberville, MS: Hurricane
Relief
2005: Jacksonville,FL: Hurricane
Relief
2004: Gullah Islands, SC: Historic
Preservation
2003: Break-A-Way Leaders
Training-Kansas
Alternative Spring Break
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2011: China?
2012: Hattiesburg, MS and New
Orleans, LA: Disaster Relief
2013: Washington, D.C and New
York
2014: Atlanta, GA: Hunger Project
Community Service & Student
Service Ambassadors
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These students work and
serve as liaisons from the
center to the agency. They
coordinate on-site
orientations, sign-in
sheets, surveys and
promote community
service projects for their
assigned site.
Ambassadors are required
to have student leadership
training.
National Student Exchange
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This undergraduate program permits full
time enrolled students to exchange within
the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico or
U.S. Virgin Islands. Students can study up
to one calendar year at nearly 200
participating colleges and universities.
Students who participate in NSE to take
advantage of the unique geographical,
cultural and academic characteristics of
institutions in other U.S. regions.
Service-Learning
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“… a teaching and learning approach
that integrates community service
with academic study to enrich
learning, teach civic responsibility,
and strengthen communities.
-National Commission on SL
The Difference Between ServiceLearning and Other Forms of
Student Outreach
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1.) Service-Learning is distinct from
other forms of student outreach
because it attributes equal weight to
both service and learning goals.
2.) The service is performed as a
way of learning about concepts in a
course or discipline.
Reflection
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Reflection is the key by which
service experiences are
transformed into learning.
Helps to promote ServiceLearning Campus-wide.
Faculty Fellows Program
Effective reflection:
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links service objectives by
integrating the service
experience with course
content.
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occurs regularly within
course.
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Includes components that can
be evaluated
Benefits from community service
and service-learning
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College students: Apply concepts from the
classroom to the service at community agencies.
Learn to work with diverse communities.
Gain knowledge and expertise from the
community.
Evaluate, question and reformulate civic value.
Prepare for participation in internships and
research.
Explore career options
Provide worthwhile assistance to the community .
Benefits for Faculty Members
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Assist in the development of innovative
approaches to instruction.
Provide support for Service-Learning courses
(student orientation, site monitoring and
reflection activities)
Sponsor programs, speakers and symposia on
service-learning.
Support faculty members’ efforts to disseminate
information through conference presentations
and publications.
Provide opportunities for collaborative community
research and project development.
Benefits for Community and
Community Partners
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Give access to the services of university
students.
Increase volunteer diversity in gender,
age and race.
Allow agencies to identify needs and meet
those needs through the development of
service projects.
Build ongoing relationships between the
university and the community partner.
Benefits for Jackson State
University
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Drive the university as an
active, engaged partner in
the community.
Further the goals of the
strategic plan and the
mission of the university.
Facilitate university
teaching, research, and
program development.
Increase student
retention.
CSCEL-Faculty Resources
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Training/Facilitation
Curriculum Design
Reflection Assistance
One-on-One Consultation
Faculty handbook
Service-Learning Planning Calendar
Service-Learning Course Evaluation