Suggestions for Campus-Community Collaborations Provide resources on campus to build an infrastructure for service learning . Because BCC had a strong college service learning program, resources could be extended to work with the school system. Set a priority for collaboration . Although the college places student service learners in more than 240 community organizations, we identified a few organizations in which to commit more resources. The school system was identified because of past BCC student service learners' experiences in the schools and our parity of overall missions to educate the populace of Brevard County.
Education is a lifelong commitment, kindergarten through adulthood.
Recognition of our common purposes, problems, and philosophies was an important catalyst to our collaboration's success. Flexibility and persistence are integral . Partners are not necessarily equal in the beginning of collaborations. Start with small successes and initiate pilot projects to demonstrate the worth of collaboration. Quick documentation and dissemination of information about the impacts of service learning are vital.