Civic Engagement: Poodle skirts or little black dresses

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Civic Engagement Poodle skirts or little black
dresses

• Jill Stafford, Instructor
• Christie Brungardt, Instructor
• Department of Leadership Studies

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What is civic engagement?

• Volunteerism
• Service-Learning
• Political Advocacy
• Public Dialogue
• Diversity Awareness
• Readership Program/Times Talk
• Voter Education/Registration
• Speaker Series
• Etc.

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Campus Compact

• Founded in 1985 by University presidents from
  Brown, Georgetown, and Stanford
• Committed to fulfilling the public purposes of
  higher education
• Currently 31 member states
• Representing 5 million students
• Kansas joined in 2003

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August 12, 2001 When Good Grades Meet Good Deeds
New York Times To the Editor ''Volunteers on
Vacation'' (Education Life, Aug. 5) describes
students' experiences with ''community service in
paradise'' and attributes the trend to the
emphasis ''high schools now place on volunteerism
-- also called service learning.'' Volunteering
-- offered or required in four-fifths of American
public high schools -- is a valuable experience
for Americans of all ages, but is not the same as
service learning. Service learning is a
teaching method, offered in about one-third of
primary and secondary schools, that combines
meaningful service to the community with
curriculum-based learning. In effective service
learning, students respond to genuine social
needs through community activities that are
integrated into the curriculum and accompanied by
structured reflection, deepening their learning
and building community responsibility. LESLIE
F. HERGERT, Director, National Commission on
Service-Learning Newton, Mass., Aug. 10, 2001
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FHSU Definition of Service-Learning

• A method of teaching and learning that integrates
  community service activities into academic
  curricula and expands the learning of students
  from the classroom to the community.
• FHSU Service-Learning Committee

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Four Components of Service-Learning

• Preparation
• Experience
• Reflection
• Assessment

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Distinguishing Characteristics of Some Common
Student Community-Based Experiences (J. Howard,
2001)
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History of Service-Learning at FHSU
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FHSU Examples

• Mary Martin, Dept. of Management and Marketing
• Cheryl Duffy, Dept. of English
• Jan Wilson, Dept. of History
• Bob Howell, Dept. of Technology Studies
• Jean Gleichsner, Dept. of Agriculture

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Scholarship of Engagement

• Joe Chretien
• Four States Conference on Service-Learning
  Projects for Technology Curriculums
• Mary Martin
• Service-Learning in the Marketing Curriculum
  Practical, Theoretical, and Institutional
  Perspectives, Regional Campus Compact Conference,
  Tulsa, OK
• Jean Gleichsner
• Service-Learning and National Youth Service Day,
  NACTA Conference, University of
  Florida-Gainesville
• Service-Learning and Agriculture A Good Fit,
  NACTA Conference, Cal Poly, CA

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Scholarship of Engagement

• Debbie Mercer
• Institutionalizing Service Learning
  Administration, Faculty, and Students. Presented
  at the Regional Campus Compact Conference, Tulsa,
  OK.
• Involving Interns in Literacy Learning.
  Presented at the High Plains Reading Council
  Meeting, Hays, KS.
• Integrating Technology into Teacher Education and
  Reading/Language Arts. Presented at the Fall
  Retreat of the Kansas Reading Professionals in
  Higher Education, Lindsborg, KS.
• Home-School Connections. Presented at Fall
  Retreat of the Kansas Reading Professionals in
  Higher Education, Council Grove, KS.

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Scholarship of Engagement

• Jill Stafford
• Service-Learning Integration Students, Faculty,
  and Administration. Proceedings of the Regional
  Campus Compact Service-Learning Conference.
  Oklahoma City, OK.
• Integrating service-learning into leadership
  education. Proceedings of the Association of
  Leadership Educators Conference. Anchorage, AK.
• The effects of youth service-learning on
  leadership life skills of Texas 4-H members.
  Proceedings of the Southern Agricultural
  Education Research Meeting, 52. Orlando, FL.
• The Effects of Service-Learning of Leadership
  Life Skills of Texas 4-H Members. Paper
  presented at the Southern Agricultural Education
  Research Conference. Orlando, FL.
• Community service vs. service-learning Which is
  best for 4-H? Journal of Extension, 41 (6).
• The effects of service-learning on leadership
  life skills of Texas 4-H members. Journal of
  Agricultural Education, 43 (1).

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Campus-Community Service Fair

• Thursday, September 8
• 10 a.m. 2 p.m. (Come and Go)
• Memorial Union Ballroom
• Over 45 community organizations represented
• Bring your students, staff, friends in the
  community and other faculty members

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• If we just teach students how to make money or
  become rich and famous, we are not fulfilling our
  responsibility as educational institutions.colleg
  es are responsible for educating the whole
  student.
• Alexander W. Astin, Director of Higher Education
  Research Institute at UCLA
• (New York Times, November 21, 2003)

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WEBSITES

• Campus Compact, http//www.compact.org
• AACC Service Learning Clearinghouse,
  http//www.aacc.nche.edu/spcproj/service.htm
• Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL)
• http//www.cool2serve.org/homeofc/home.html
• Corporation for National Service,
  http//www.cns.gov
• National Service-Learning Cooperative
  Clearinghouse
• http//www.nicsl.coled.umn.edu
• The Service Learning Files, http//csf.colorado.ed
  u/sl
• Service-Learning at FHSU,
• www.fhsu.edu/ccl/service-learning

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Questions