CITLA’s Annual Winter Workshop
Using Service-Learning to Enhance the Student Experience
Rhode Island Campus Compact & Norwalk Community
College
Welcome!
Presenters:
 Dr. Carie Hertzberg, Executive Director of Rhode Island
Campus Compact; Adjunct faculty member
 Courtney Anstett, M.S., Service Learning Coordinator at
Norwalk Community College
Objectives:
 Basic definitions and benefits of Service Learning
 Faculty resources, including Rhode Island Campus
Compact
 Community College based examples and ideas to get you
started
 Networking, sharing, and informing each other
AGENDA
 Introductions, Overview, Pair & Share
 Basic Definitions and Approaches
 Benefits of Service-Learning
 Resources for Faculty
BREAK
 Service Learning in Action at Norwalk Community
College: Bringing Service Learning Together
 Wrap Up: Plus/Delta, Next Steps, Q&A
Introductions
1. Name, department, how many years teaching at
CCRI
2. What motivates you to be an educator?
3. What do you hope to learn or take away from this
workshop?
What do we mean?
Experiential Education/Experiential Learning
 Internships/Externships
 Volunteerism
 Project Based Learning
 Undergraduate Research
 Student Employment
 Capstones
 Civic Engagement and Service Learning
Regardless of the approach, the experience, the outcomes,
and the learning are fundamental
Service Learning
Service learning combines community service with
classroom instruction, focusing on critical, reflective
thinking as well as personal and civic responsibility.
Service learning programs involve students in activities
that address local needs while developing their
academic skills and commitment to their community.
- American Association of Community Colleges
Components of
Service Learning
Intention – Meeting Real Needs
Preparedness and Planning
Authentic – Community Partner
Reflective and Transformative
Orientation and Training
Monitoring, Assessment, and Evaluation
Acknowledgment and Celebration
- Adapted from the 8 principles, National Society of
Experiential Education
Why Service Learning?
 The Role of Higher Education in Promoting Citizenship and
Advancing the Public Purposes
 The Learning Experience for ALL Students
 Addressing Critical Social Issues that Plague our
Communities
“We challenge you to assure that the next year’s entering
students will graduate as individuals of character more
sensitive to the needs of community, more competent to
contribute to society, and more civic in habits of thought,
speech, and action.” – Wingspread 1993
Research Says…
 Civic Skills, “soft” skills
 Students more invested in their learning (attendance,
knowledge, behavior, investment)
 Students leave with higher levels of knowledge (real
world application)
 Outcomes of diversity, cultural competency, open to
new ideas
 College Access, Persistence, Employability
 Faculty motivations
Pair & Share
1. Share a service experience that was connected to your
education that had an impact on you.
2. What do you think the role of higher education should
be in preparing students as engaged citizens? What
about the role of faculty specifically?
3. Have you ever tried integrating service learning into
your curriculum? What were some successes and
challenges? If not, what do you anticipate them to be?
Resources
 Campus Compact
 American Association of Community Colleges
 Community College National Center for Community
Engagement
 International Association for Research on Service
Learning
 National Service Learning Resource Center
 Civic Engagement Centers at other Community Colleges
Rhode Island Campus
Compact
Rhode Island Campus Compact strengthens the collective
commitment and capacity of colleges and universities to
advance civic and community engagement in order to
fulfill the public purpose of higher education.
Presidential Membership organization with all 11
institutions in Rhode Island involved.
www.ricompact.org
Rhode Island Campus
Compact – Take Advantage!
 Governance: Presidents and SAGE
 Civic Engagement Network: Community Service
Directors + campus leaders/staff
 AmeriCorps*VISTA
 Presidential Faculty Fellowship
 Partnerships for Success (www.ripartnerships.org)
 Key Community Partners
 Student Newman Fellows/leaders & RISSS
 Local, Regional, National events
 Links to resources, information, other colleges
Break