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THE BIG DUMMY'S GUIDE
TO SERVICE-LEARNING:


27 Simple Answers to Good Questions on:
Faculty, Programmatic, Student, Administrative, & Non-Profit Issues

Developed by Mark Cooper, Coordinator, The VAC


FACULTY ISSUES
Four Things Faculty Want To Know About
#1 What is Service-Learning? What are the goals of service-learning?
#2 How is service-learning different from community service, internships, cooperative ed., etc.?
#3 What about Liability?
#4 What is the Faculty's role? What is the Center's role? Who Does What?

Three Steps to Involving Faculty
#6 What kind of incentives should there be for faculty to incorporate service-learning?
#7 How do you get more faculty involved?
#8 What kind of incentives can we provide for faculty?

Service-Learning Development Form
# 9 How to you plan for and set-up service-learning in a course?

Reflection- What it is and How to Encourage It
# 10 What should students write in their journals?


PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES
Planning Your Next Successful Volunteer Project:
#11 How do we begin to plan a service project?
#12 How do make sure the people that sign up show up?
#13 How do you to find committed volunteers?
#14 How To Find Good Service Projects?
#15 How do you get the word out about upcoming projects?

Mandatory Service?
#16 Should service-learning be optional or required?

Recruiting and Keeping Volunteers
#17 How do you involve and keep more students involved in community service activities and projects?
#18 What kind of service projects are students most interested in?

101 Ideas for Combining Service and Learning
#19 What courses make good matches with service-learning?
#20 Do you have any examples of academic areas which have incorporated a service-learning component?



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