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| Goal 1. Identify courses Better identify community-based learning courses by institutionalizing mechanisms to record community engagement in courses, according to the new definition. |  | Measure: Advertise CBL classes and CBR projects to encourage faculty awareness and involvement. Institution level; Direct - Other | |  | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Advertise CBL classes and CBR projects to encourage faculty awareness and involvement. Expected Results: Advertise CBL classes and CBR projects on the CBL website, at Orientation, Open House and Accepted Students Days, in printed materials available in campus offices, and in Community Engagement Publication to encourage student and faculty awareness and involvement. Details/Description: |
| | | Measure: CBL Designation on course offerings Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Designate community-based learning (CBL) courses in course guide & on the website. Work with the Registrar’s Office to code courses that have a CBL component. Expected Results: Implement a system with registrar to designate and track CBL courses that are offered in order to advertise CBL courses and inform students, prior to enrolling for a course, that a civic engagement componant is integrated into the course as part of the course requirements. Details/Description: CBL Administrators will continue to work with the registrar, Susan Astarita, to increase capacity to track High Impact Practices (HIPs). |
| | | Measure: Track CBL courses Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Continue tracking the number of community-based learning courses offered in 2017-2018. Collect course syllabi from faculty offering courses and develop a database on the college website for previous and current CBL courses offered at the institution. Expected Results: We plan to collect this data for 2017-2018 and make it publically available on the website. Details/Description: In 2015-2016, we clearly defined what is needed to be called a Community Based Learning (CBL) course at Manhattan College. We have an accurate count the number of CBL courses offered in the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters, along with short courses offered in summer and winter terms. |
| | | Measure: Track Faculty teaching CBL courses Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Continue tracking how many faculty taught a community-based learning course in 2017-2018. Collect and maintain database of syllabi for CBL courses offered in 2017-2018. Expected Results: Collect data tracking how many faculty are teaching CBL courses in 2017-2018. Publish links to faculty syllabi on CBL website. Details/Description: CBL Administrators increased faculty exposure to CBL and knowledge about CBL courses by speaking at new faculty orientation, at Faculty Development Day, and during brown bag lunches during the Fall and Spring semesters of 2015-2016, and 2016-2017. |
| | | Measure: Track Students enrolled in CBL courses. Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Continue tracking students enrolled in designated community-based learning courses in 2017-2018. Expected Results: Track how many students enroll in CBL courses. Details/Description: |
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| Support Faculty and Administrators in CBL initiatives. Offer institutional support for faculty and administrators involved in community engagement, community-based research, and community-based learning courses. | | Measure: Advisory Committee on Community-Based Learning Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Meet with CBL Advisory Committee comprised of faculty, administrators, community partners, and students engaged in Community-Based Learning 2-4 times each academic year. Expected Results: Meet with Advisory Committee of Faculty, Administrators, Community Partners, and students engaged in Community-Based Learning. Details/Description: During the 2014-2015, an informal group of faculty and administrators met to discuss the implementation of CBL on campus in a series of brown bag lunches. During 2015-2016 an Advisory Committee of solely faculty was developed and meet once in the Spring of 2015. In 2016-2017 the Advisory Committee expanded to include community pertners and students and met once a semester over the course of the academic year. |
| | | Measure: Continue to develop CBL Faculty Development Program to support curriculum design/redesign. Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Recruit 3 faculty members in each semester of the 2017-2018 academic year.
Meet weekly, educating faculty on best practices in CBL.
Help each faculty member develop a syllabus, with appropriate course learning goals for a new CBL course.
Provide designation of Engaged Faculty for members upon completion of the CBL Faculty Development Seminar Grant program.Expected Results: Create a cohort of faculty members who are well versed in the community-based learning pedagogy, who use the grant to design a CBL/CBR course. As more faculty begin teaching CBL courses, they may increase interest in other faculty members in their departments and schools, furthering our Lasallian mission and goals of strategic plan to collaborate locally and globally. Details/Description: In 2014-2015, CBL Administrators held a series of brown bag discussions meant to increase awareness of CBL courses and answer questions that faculty had about implementing such courses. CBL Administrators piloted a CBL Faculty Development Seminar in the Spring of 2017 with a cohort of 5 faculty members from 4 schools. |
| | | Measure: Evaluation and Assessment of CBL. Program level; Direct - Other | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Identify learning goals and specific student outcomes, as well as assessment methods for CBL.
Identify specific student outcomes for curricular community engagement.
Identify areas in which student outcomes for community engagement fall (Civic or democratic learning, Critical thinking, Engagement across differences, Global learning, Media literacy, Policy knowledge, Social justice orientation).
Create evaluation questions for Course Evaluation on CBL - Learning Objectives; how CBL impacts student learning.
Implement evaluation questions in course assessments for CBL courses in order to evaluate effectiveness of those courses on student learning.Expected Results: Details/Description: |
| | | Measure: Faculty Development workshops on Community-Based Learning. Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Provide faculty with development workshops on community-based learning (1 per semester). Speak at the New Faculty Orientation, and develop and facilitate 1-2 Faculty Development workshops on CBL each academic year.
Bring in an expert in the field of Community-Based Learning/Service Learning to speak with the faculty at large.Expected Results: Provide faculty with ongoing opportunities for development workshops on community-based learning. Details/Description: CBL administrators presented at the Faculty Development Day in August 2015, and August 2016. |
| | | Measure: Provide Professional Development Opportunities for CBL Administrators & Faculty. Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Provide support for Faculty & Administrators to attend 1-2 conferences annually, as well as participate in workshops and webinars. Communicate available opportunities with Faculty on an ongoing basis, as they are advertised through Campus Compact and other SL listservs.
Continue Collaborating with Campus Compact. Develop the Civic Action Planning Initiative as proposed by Campus Compact’s 30th Anniversary Action Statement, submit Teagle grant in collaboration with Campus Compact if selected for their cohort.Expected Results: Increase faculty and administrator presence and engagement in national Community Based/Service Learning conferences, webinars, and workshops. Details/Description: Coordinator of Community Partnerships & Service attended the IARSLCE (International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement) conference in Boston in November 2015. Cohort of 5 CBL Faculty & Administrators attended Campus Compact Engagement Academy in May 2015. Coordinator of Community Partnerships & Service, Coordinator of Community-Based Learning and an ARCHES faculty member attended the IARSLCE (International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement) conference in New Orleans in September of 2016. |
| | | Measure: Provide support and assistance to ARCHES faculty. Program level; Indirect - Other | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Provide support and assistance to ARCHES faculty. Expected Results: Improve cohesion among ARCHES faculty. Streamline expectations for community-engagement componant of ARCHES course.
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| | | Measure: Reflection Assistance & Resources Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Expand resources on the website to include a wide variety of materials on reflection and reflection assessment for CBL courses. Expected Results: Provide materials to assist faculty with the integration of reflection into CBL/CBR courses. Details/Description: In December 2015, Community-Based Learning website was created and populated. In the spring of 2017, the Faculty Development Workbook was developed for the CBL Faculty Development Seminar. |
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| Increase collaborate with Community Partners. Increase collaboration with Community Partners. | | Measure: Community Partner Events Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Hold 1-2 events annually with faculty and community partners, including annual Community Partner Summit. Expected Results: Increase opportunities for community partners and faculty to discuss current collaboration, and to discuss potential future collaboration. Establish Partnership Recognition Award for Outstanding Faculty & Community Partners Engagement in CBL/CBR, an award for Outstanding Community Partners, and an award for Outstanding Faculty in engaged teaching and/or scholarship. Details/Description: Held the first Community Partner Summit in Fall 2015. Held second annual Community Partner Summit in November 2016. |
| | | Measure: Continue to develop collaborative standard and assessment of partnership activity. Program level; Indirect - Focus Group | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Establish Memorandums of Understanding (M.O.U.) for each community partnership.
Continue to develop agreement forms/action plans for each service-learning course, based on conversations with each partner to collaboratively to define the characteristics of a high quality partnership and goals of the relationship.
Continue implementation of orientation on community engagement for students in all CBL/CBR courses.Expected Results: Collect and maintain database of Memorandums of Understanding (M.O.U.) for each community partnership.
Develop agreement forms/action plans for each service-learning courses to be filled out by faculty-CP collaborators on an ongoing basis.
Continue implementation of orientation on community engagement for students in all CBL/CBR courses. Details/Description: |
| | | Measure: Opportunities for Community Partners to Engage with Campus Community Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Invite community partner advisory committees members to meetings that determine learning goals and/or engagement activities.
Encourage faculty to invite community partners to come into classes as speakers.
Invite community partners to attend workshop with faculty members to participate in the design and delivery of community-based courses and assist in creating syllabi and/or designing courses.
Invite community partners speak at co-curricular lectures, and at Nonprofit/Public Service Career Panels.Expected Results: Increase the opportunities for Community Partners to speak on campus. This should increase collaboration among faculty and community partners, as well as inform students about potential internship, volunteer, and job opportunities with community partner organizations. Details/Description: |
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| Develop support for students engaged in academic community-engagement. Develop support for students engaged in academic community-based learning. | | Measure: Continue collaborating with the Study Abroad Coordinator | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Continue collaborating with the Study Abroad Coordinator.
Continue to identify third-party study abroad opportunities related to community/civic engagement/International Service Learning that offer rigorous academic programs that follow ISL best practices.Expected Results: Identify third-party study abroad opportunities related to community/civic engagement/International Service Learning that offer rigorous academic programs that follow ISL best practices. Details/Description: |
| | | Measure: Student Development & Recognition Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Develop, supervise and train student leaders to help support faculty, students and community partners in community-based learning and community-based research projects and courses. Train engaged-learning facilitators for CBL classes. Train students to present Community Engagement Orientation in CBL classes and to assist with reflection.
Work with Alumni Office and Grants Administration to provide scholarships, grants, mini-grants, fellowships, education awards, attendance to conferences for students involved in CBL/CBR. Increase and support student engagement in community-based learning and community-based research by recognizing and celebrating students engaging in academic work in the community.Expected Results: Work with Alumni Office and Grants Administration to provide scholarships, grants, mini-grants, fellowships, education awards, attendance to conferences for students involved in CBL/CBR. Found an award for scholarly research in the field of CBL/CBR. Details/Description: |
| | | Measure: Transportation to Community Partners Institution level; Direct - Other | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: Provide funding for transportation to and from Community Partner locations. Assist students who must use public transportation to get to their service locations. Expected Results: Help students defray the cost of getting to and from partner locations. Details/Description: |
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Community Based Service Learning Goal Set 2017-2018