1. Service-Learning and Student Success
April 25, 2011
Alabama State University
Presenter: Barbara Jacoby, Ph.D.

2. Introduction
Overview of Agenda I. Service-learning at the intersection II. What is (and is not) service-learning III. How to support service-learning IV. Resources to help

3. I. Setting the Context: Service-Learning at the Intersection
Reaffirming the public purpose of higher education
Student engagement in learning
Learning outcomes and assessment

4. A. Reaffirming the Public Purpose of Higher Education
Social problems are growing locally and globally
Higher education—particularly research universities—are being called on to respond

5. Center for Information and Research on Civic Engagement (CIRCLE)
Campus Compact

6. B. Student Engagement in Learning
High Impact Practices
First-year seminars
Learning communities
Collaborative assignments
Diversity/global learning
Service-Learning
Undergraduate research
Capstone courses

7. Service-Learning and Retention
Direct relationship to success and graduation
S-L students are more likely to re-enroll, interact with faculty, and study
S-L provides sense of purpose
S-L enables students to retain course content, develop the habit of critical thinking, and seek to be part of the solution to social problems

8. C. Learning Outcomes and Assessment
State what a student is expected to know or be able to do
Are expressed in terms of knowledge, skills, or attitudes

9. The focus of student assessment has shifted from an emphasis on inputs to an emphasis on outputs.

10. In service-learning, outcomes are established and assessed for students and communities. Intentions are not enough; results are what matters.

11. II. What Service-Learning Is (and Is Not)
What is unique about service-learning
Basic principles of service-learning
1. Reflection
2. Reciprocity
C. Models of service-Learning in the curriculum

12. Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach (A. Furco, 1996)
Recipient BENEFICIARY Provider Service FOCUS Learning SERVICE-LEARNING COMMUNITY SERVICE FIELD EDUCATION VOLUNTEERISM INTERNSHIP

13. Definition of Service-Learning
“Service-learning is a form of experiential education in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities for reflection designed to achieve desired learning outcomes.”
− B. Jacoby, Service-Learning in Higher Education, 1996

14. Key Principles of Service-Learning
Reflection
Reciprocity

15. Service-Learning Models
Course where service-learning is optional
Service-learning/fourth-credit option
Service-learning course
First-year experience

16. Service-Learning Models
Service-learning internship or independent study
Field work service-learning
Community-based research
8. Service-learning capstone

17. Service-Learning Models
International service-learning
Course sequencing
Engaged department or program
Engaged university

18. III. Institutional Support for Service-Learning
Faculty development
Faculty support
Faculty recognition

19. Service-Learning Offices and Centers
Provide faculty development and support
Serve as liaison with the community
Coordinate logistical issues
Offer a continuum of co-curricular activities

20. IV. Resources Campus Compact CAS www.servicelearning.org
Online providers (e.g., Magna, Academic Impressions)

21. Thank you!