Continental Breakfast and Lunch Included (no lunch on Thursday so that participants can attend the Fac/Staff Picnic)Creating a Service Learning Course
Garry Hesser, Ph.D., Augsburg College
Rich Harris, Ph.D., Community Service Learning
James Madison University
Description
This 3-day workshop is for full-time teaching faculty interested in developing a new course or modifying a current course that integrates service-learning principles into the course's learning outcomes. The workshop will be interactive and will cover the following topics:
- Service-Learning pedagogy
- Best practices for of developing a service-learning course
- Risks and rewards of teaching a service-learning course
- How to build a partnership with a community agency
- How service-learning impacts student learning
- Community Service-Learning support services
- Using the JMU faculty service-learning network
Details
Date: Tuesday - Thursday
Time: 8:30 - 4:30
Location: Wilson 207
Facilitators
Garry Hesser, Ph. D., is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Natural and Social Sciences Division at Augsburg College. As a member of the Campus Compact Consulting Corps, he has led workshops on service-learning and experiential education on over fifty campuses. He is past president of the National Society for Experiential Education and the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs.
Rich Harris is the Director for Community Service-Learning (CS-L) at James Madison University (JMU). Mr. Harris is active, regionally and nationally, in service-learning, experiential education, and college personnel organizations, and he regularly presents on such issues. His former positions include Director of Leadership Education and Development at Lynchburg College, Owner/Director of New Horizons, an organizational development company, and director of a summer camp that brought children from affluent suburbs and the inner city together. Mr. Harris holds a BS degree in Psychology from James Madison University and a M.Ed. in Counseling from Lynchburg College.
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