Web-based Teleconferences on Service-Learning

Posted by on October 15, 2004

The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse invites you to participate in the first of a series of free web-based teleconferences on service-learning in higher education. Please see details below, including how to register. Participation is limited to 40 people, so sign up today! Stay tuned for more details on the agenda. An edited transcript and handouts will be posted on the NSLC website.

Do you have suggestions for topics for future teleconferences? Please send them to NSLC senior program advisor for higher education, Sarena D. Seifer of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, at sarena@u.washington.edu.

Date: Wednesday October 20, 2004

Time: 10-11:30 am pacific time
11 am -12:30 pm mountain time
12-1:30 pm central time
1 pm-2:30 pm eastern time

Topic: Service-Learning in Higher Education: Strengthening the Community Partnership

Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
*Define service-learning in higher education and its key components, including the central role of community partnerships
*Describe successful strategies for identifying, recruiting, orienting and involving community partners in higher education service-learning
*Describe common pitfalls that can occur when working with community partners, and successful strategies for avoiding them
*Identify helpful resources for strengthening community partnerships in higher education service-learning

Primary Intended Audience:
Individuals in higher education settings who are involved in service-learning, including faculty members and service-learning coordinators (although others who are interested in the topic are certainly welcome to participate). The session is aimed at a novice audience — those who are new or recent to service-learning.

Sponsored by:
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse with funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service

To register:
Send an email to sarena@u.washington.edu with the following information:
*Your name
*Your title and organizational affiliation
*Your city, state
*If you are a current grantee of the Learn and Serve America: Higher Education program, please indicate that

Registration is limited to 40 participants. You will be notified if your registration has been confirmed.

Questions? Contact Sarena at sarena@u.washington.edu