SERVICE LEARNING ADVISORY board
meeting agenda w/ minutes
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
3pm-5pm, East | 8-105D
Introduction of Advisory Board members
Members in attendance | Robyn Brighton, Christie Miller, Leonard Bass, Valerie Burks, Nick
Bekas, Val Woldman, Terry Rafter-Carles, Suzette Dohany, Deborah Green, and Douglas
Taylor
Recognizing STUDENT work
 Guest presenter, Douglas Taylor
Winter Park student, Douglas Taylor, shared his experience participating in Service Learning.
He shared his views on why he values the program and expressed an interest in marketing the
course to students.
Faculty Development
 2013/2014 course dates | Course dates will allow enough time for faculty to teach their
integrated courses the following semester. In addition, an evening and summer course
will be offered this year.
 Requirements for faculty mentors | SLS2940
 Requirements for faculty | Integrated courses | Faculty who wish to integrate Service
Learning into their course need to complete the course. Faculty who would like to
become mentors for SLS2940 will be contacted by Robyn Brighton for an info session.
 Toolbox for participants | Participants will now receive a binder with the course
documents at their first face-to-face meeting
 End of course certificate | Participants will now receive a Service Learning certificate for
completing the Faculty Development course
Strategic Goals | Progress
 Goal 2 | Increase faculty and student awareness of Service Learning courses
 Brochure | The group would like to see more photos that represent Service
Learning and that are not on Valencia’s campus. Suggestion to use a photo from
Christie’s trip to SD with the Leadership Track.
 Informational sessions | West (10/22), East (11/5), & Osceola (11/14), will be
adding an info session on WP and inviting the students enrolled in the
Jeffersonian Track
 Learning Support division events
 Learning Support newsletters | Provided by Chip Turner and Terry Rafter-Carles
 Grove announcement | 6/27
 Student awareness and engagement in Service Learning
 Convocation
 Consider contacting the West Campus Valencia Volunteers to join their fair
 Goal 4 | Expand college/community partnerships
 Campus Compact Annual Summit | 6/6
 Community Partners Mtg. | 7/17
 Goal 6 | Increase funding for Service Learning
 Student Development | approved for $2,950 for pins and medallions
 Goal 7 | Establish a process between Director, Curriculum Initiatives and campus
administration for scheduling Service Learning sections and data collection
 Attribute for coding transcripts | SHATCMT
 Application process
 5 Step Application Process on-line
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Registration deadlines | Deadlines are available on the on-line
application. Valerie suggested to move up registration deadline for spring
so students are not applying after the payment deadline
 Semester schedules
Strategic Goals | Planning ahead
 Goal 2 & 3 | Increase faculty and student awareness of Service Learning courses
 Social Networking opportunities | Reviewed the progress that Adrienne TrierBieniek is making to develop a fb, Twitter, and Tumblr pages
 Activity | Marketing Campaign | In groups, each campus developed a marketing
plan to that will encourage faculty to get involved with Service Learning.
Suggestions included developing flyers and visiting department meetings, videos,
and Suzette suggested creating a Service Learning experience similar to the INZ
event. Robyn is going to talk to Karen Borglum and/or Jennifer Robertson to get
information about funding an event like this.
 Goal 4 | Expand college/community partnerships
 Develop relationships with Rollins and UCF | Ties to strategic goals of the
campuses and may open up some resources for our students in Service
Learning.
 NobleHour | Valerie shared with the group that Sonya Joseph is revising the cocurricular QEP and in the process of purchasing a software, ForgSync, we may
be able to use for tracking hours.
 Goal 5 | Recognize and celebrate Service Learning Participants
 Banquet | suggestions for funding, location, & participants
 Goal 6 | Increase funding for Service Learning
 Researching grants | If we can identify exactly what Service Learning needs
funding for, we may be able to pursue an endowed chair through the college.
 Goal 7 | Establish a process between Director, Curriculum Initiatives and campus
administration for scheduling Service Learning sections and data collection
 New registration process | spring 2014
Final Thoughts
 Next meeting | January, campus? | Next meeting will be on Winter Park
 Thank you for supporting Service Learning!