The coordinator personally talks with every agency representative. Community reception has been marvelous. Other agencies are now calling in and writing to get on our list of places. If someone has been volunteering for his or her church, this is not an acceptable assignment for our program. The need here is to get the students into new environments which stretch their comfort zones.
New environments are more stimulating.
Lacking any one part, a new site is selected. Students also have to make an appointment and go through an interview at their proposed placement site. All students participating in our service-learning or Supervised Volunteer Experience classes will be given a certificate for documentation purposes used particularly when going for job interviews. A data base will be set up to track employers, agencies, students, hours worked, etc. An advisory committee will be established made up of local agencies, faculty, students.