Ithaca College

Center for Faculty Excellence and the Office of Civic Engagement Service-Learning Series
Topic: Building Sustainable Service-Learning Partnerships
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
12:00 - 1.30 p.m., Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center
Facilitated by Belisa Gonzalez, PhD, Ithaca College, Department of Sociology; Richard Kiely, PhD, Cornell University, Engaged Learning and Research
This workshop will discuss key components and best practices for building quality community partnerships in service-learning. The workshop facilitators will describe activities such as community partner selection, site review, on-site planning and programming, MOU development and how to negotiating roles, responsibilities and resources to ensure sustainability. The workshop facilitators will offer examples of service-learning partnerships in Ithaca, NYC, and Nicaragua and share a number of resources including a newly created community-campus standards document.
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A certificate of completion will be offered to those who attend two of the three service-learning sessions (previous sessions were held on 9/18/13 and 10/15/13). The series is intended to prepare IC faculty for the May 2014 CFE Excellence Institute on Service-Learning.

Richard Kiely currently serves as the Director of Engaged Learning and Research at Cornell University. In 2002, he received his PhD from Cornell University, and in 2005 was recognized nationally as a John Glenn Scholar in Service-Learning for his longitudinal research that led to the development of a transformative service-learning model. His research focuses primarily on institutional models that foster sustainable campus-community partnerships, as well as student learning and faculty development in engaged learning and research.

A certificate of completion will be offered to those who attend two of the three service-learning sessions (first session was held on 9/18/13 and the second was held on 10/15/13). The series is intended to prepare IC faculty for the May 2014 CFE Excellence Institute on Service-Learning.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Laurie Wasik at wasik@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3734. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.