We are developing curriculum collaboratively with students, faculty and staff, and community partners. Program Specifics 11. Approximately 50 faculty teach service learning courses 14. It varies tremendously depending on the service. Freshman spend 2 hours per week for a total of 16-20 hours in spring quarter.
Faculty receive extensive support to develop scholarship related to their service learning.
Our SL courses are all integrated into course content. For 3 years we had an active advisory board to support our Learn and Serve grant work - composed equally of faculty, students, and community partners. The board chose to go beyond advisory roles - actively worked on committees to develop criteria for partnerships, community scholar awards, etc. Faculty are informed through campus-wide events, departmental efforts, list serve notices, multiple forms of communication. We have a Center for Academic Excellence that is focused on faculty development so faculty have access to many resources to support their service learning efforts- library, consultation, seminars and workshops, etc.