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Student Driven/Community Centered
Co-piloting students in meaningful
community engagement
Introduction
Goals
To gain an understanding of a theory-based approach to
service-learning through student development.
To provide practical tools and resources.
To devise a theory-based plan of action for using the tools
provided to intentionally and more effectively challenge
and support students in community engagement
initiatives.
Key Stakeholders
Campus
Partners
Students
Office of Active
Citizenship & Service
(OACS)
Community
Partners
Workshop Outline
Personal Reflection
Theory Overview
Tools for Practical Application
Sharing Methods for Success – Case Studies Exercise
Action Plan for Student Development
Reflection
“We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on
experience.” – John Dewey
Reflection
1. As a young adult, who was an important
mentor or advisor for you?
2. How did this mentor make you feel
supported? How did they challenge you?
3. How did they help you develop into the
person you are today?
Foundational Theory
“In theory, practice is simple.”
“But, is it simple to practice theory?”
Service-Learning/Leadership Theory
Student Development Theory
PSYCHOSOCIAL
•Chickering
INTEGRATIVE
•Abes, Jones & McEwen
COGNITIVE
•Sanford
PSYCHOSOCIAL
- Chickering, 1993
INTEGRATIVE
- Abes, Jones, & McEwan
INTEGRATIVE
COGNITIVE
- Sanford, 1967
Tools for Application:
Monthly 1:1’s with students or as
needed
Financial Training – P-cards
Risk Management Training
Reflection & Facilitation Tools
Reflective Blogs & Journals
Vehicles for Service
Power & Privilege Session
Tools for Ethical Service-Learning
Diverse Community Engagement
Options
Sharing Methods for Success
Case Studies
Case Study #1- Dissension in the
Ranks
Case Study #2 – But I am le tired.
Case Study #3 - Small fish, big pond
Student Development Action Plan
Office of Active Citizenship & Service
Vanderbilt University
305 Sarratt|Rand
Website
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/oacs/
Email
[email protected]
Facebook
www.facebook.com/VanderbiltOACS
Bibliography
Chickering, A. W., & Reisser, L. (1993). Education and
identity (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Abes, E. S., Jones, S. R., & McEwan, M. K. (2007).
Reconceptualizing the model of multiple dimensions of
identity: The role of meaning-making capacity in the
construction of multiple identities. Journal of College
Student Development, 48(1), 1-22.
Sanford, N. (1967). Where colleges fail: The study of a
student as a person. San Francisco, CA. Jossey-Bass.