The Steans
Center of DePaul University provides an academic bridge between the university
and communities of Chicago that supports student learning, community
development, and faculty teaching and scholarship.
We support faculty through faculty workshops and a certificate program, one-on-one consultations, conversations on experiential education, and funded
research opportunities.
We can
help you
- Develop strong partnerships with
community members and organizations.
- Connect with other faculty members who
are interested in community-based service learning.
- Employ an asset-based community
development approach to teaching and scholarship
"The Community-based Service Learning Certificate Program provides a space for faculty to learn from each other and the community. It has deepened my understanding of asset-based approaches to community-based service learning and I look forward to integrating ideas and experiences from the certificate program into my experiential learning courses"
Jennifer Whitelaw
Professor of Instruction and Coordinator of Basic and Intermediate Spanish
Community-based Service Learning
Community-based Service Learning
is a form of experiential education that engages students in addressing issues
of social justice while reflecting on their academic work in structured ways; service-learning pedagogy is built on developing authentic relationships between students, faculty,
and community partners.
The
Steans Center offers numerous resources to instructors interested in using
community-based service learning as a dimension of their teaching.
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We support development of courses that integrate meaningful service with academic learning.
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Everything faculty need to do to run and maintain a Service Learning Course.
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Information on opportunities to pursue interests in community-based research, grants, conferences and more.
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Additional resources to assist you in creating a compelling teaching strategy informed by community engagement.