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President ’ s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge Webinar Series

President ’ s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge Webinar Series Co-sponsored by the Department of Education, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and Interfaith Youth Core Session 2 – August 30, 2012; 2pm EST.

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President ’ s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge Webinar Series

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  1. President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge Webinar Series Co-sponsored by the Department of Education, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and Interfaith Youth Core Session 2 – August 30, 2012; 2pm EST The webinar will start shortly – please join the conference call at 888-469-0791, password 9278905.

  2. Today’s agenda… Welcome and Introductions Best Practices in Community Service Making it ‘Interfaith’ Campus Spotlight: Berea College Questions and Conversation

  3. What words comes to mind when you hear “service-learning”?

  4. Service-learning Defined According to the National and Community Service Trust of 1993, service-learning is an educational method under which students… • learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service that is conducted in and meets the needs of a community; • is coordinated … with the community; and • helps foster civic responsibility; • is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of the students… • provides structured time for the students…to reflect on the service experience.

  5. How it might look to an academic institution Learning Service

  6. How it might look to a community organization Service Learning

  7. Ou r Challenge Service—Learning

  8. Effective service changes things. • Meets a real community need • Allows students to lead • Works with community partners • Is measurable • Works. Learning

  9. Think of a Continuum of Service Episodic Days of Service Annual… Clean ups Food drive Health fair Ongoing Weekly, bi-weekly Monthly Tutoring Mentoring Coaching

  10. “Start with the End in Mind”

  11. Effective service is about change.

  12. Remember • There are many definitions of service-learning. • There’s no one right way to “do” service. • You can build an asset-based plan or one that’s needs based. • Logic models (need > resources > action > outcomes) and theories of change are helpful tools for planning. • Process is as important as product. • Service is about change. • Service-learning is about student leadership, service and learning. Tips • Build on existing programs and projects on campus and in community. • Define your community: Neighborhood? City? Population? • Remember the power of “we” and “with”. • You are not alone.

  13. Favorite Resources National Service-learning Clearinghouse www.servicelearning.org Campus Compact www.campuscompact.org

  14. What do we mean by “Interfaith Cooperation?”

  15. Advancing Interfaith Cooperation: What Matters? Interfaith Triangle Relationships Knowledge Attitudes

  16. Incorporating Interfaith into Service Initiatives • Make it “Interfaith Friendly” • Service Issue • Recruitment and leadership should be inclusive • Scheduling • Aware of religious observance • Infuse Interfaith Into Reflection • Set safe space • Identify creative ways to facilitate conversation and/ or reflection • Engage shared values • Utilize Storytelling • Allows participants to speak from particular experience • Evokes experiences of other participants • Connect experiences to social action *More detail available via download at www.ifyc.org/presidents-challenge

  17. Ideas from other campuses… • Grambling State University incorporated interfaith reflection into all service-learning activities at the university; students are required to participate in service-learning to graduate. • Concordia College participated in IFYC’s Better Together campaign and utilized interfaith dialogue techniques after service projects to encourage students to reflect on why they serve. • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hosted an interfaith service conference, including a large-scale service event and sessions for students and staff to learn more about interfaith cooperation. • Elon University launched an interfaith living-learning community on campus that supports students engaging in interfaith service. • University of Southern California students taught world religions classrooms at the local public high school

  18. Campus Spotlight…Berea College

  19. Visit www.ifyc.org/presidents-challenge for articles, reports and resources… Website & Resources www.ifyc.org/presidents-challenge

  20. Join the conversation! • Future Webinar Info: • Session 3, Introduction to the President’s Challenge: September 12, 2pm EST • Call-in and log-on information will be circulated in advance of each call. Join the conversation by pushing *1 on your phone keypad.

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