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Presentation Ivy Tech Community College Terre Haute, IN

Presentation Ivy Tech Community College Terre Haute, IN. Jackie McCracken April 21, 2007. History Mission Organizational Structure How we Serve our Members What is Service-Learning? Focus on Students Focus on Staff Benefits. Overview. History.

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Presentation Ivy Tech Community College Terre Haute, IN

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  1. PresentationIvy Tech Community CollegeTerre Haute, IN Jackie McCracken April 21, 2007

  2. History Mission Organizational Structure How we Serve our Members What is Service-Learning? Focus on Students Focus on Staff Benefits Overview

  3. History • Founded in 1993 by students with Presidential support • Presidential Organization • Six Founding Members • 45 campuses

  4. Mission • Indiana Campus Compact (ICC) is a network of college campuses involving students, faculty, and staff in service-learning and civic engagement in order to educate citizens, prepare tomorrow’s leaders, and contribute to the quality of life of America’s communities. ICC supports the integration of service-learning and civic engagement into campus culture by facilitating collaborations, sponsoring programs, sharing best practices, and promoting public awareness of higher education’s role in graduating well-informed, engaged citizens.

  5. T-shirt Mission • Advancing Citizenship and Service as Critical Components of Higher Education

  6. Organizational Structure Presidents and Chancellors Board

  7. Organizational Structure Executive Director • Presidential Contact • Press Contact/Media Relations • Main Organizational Administrator • Fund Developer • Strategic Planning

  8. Organizational Structure Associate Director • Internal Organizational Administrator • Program Staff Supervision • Monitor grant-funds • Faculty Fellows • Develop new programs • Assist Executive Director with planning and fund development

  9. Organizational Structure Program Director of Constituent Develop. • Students • Faculty • Staff • ICC programming and trainings • Grant Administration (FF, SOE, DSLP, LTC, CSMG, M3C, Hoosier Scholars Helping Democracy, and the People Speak)

  10. Organizational Structure Membership Coordinator • Public Relations • Advisory Council • Networking Council • Website Development • Facilitating Networking

  11. How We Serve Our Members Networking • Advisory Council • Networking Council • Regional Meetings • Annual Student and Faculty Service-Learning Conference

  12. How We Serve Our Members Recognition • Student • Faculty • Staff

  13. How We Serve Our Members Training and Technical Assist. • Campus Workshops • Consultation for faculty and staff • Campus Visits

  14. Students: CSMG Month of Action Future Alternative Breaks Faculty: Faculty Fellowship SOE DSLP Hoosier Scholars Helping Democracy How We Serve Our Members Funding and Programs • Campus and • Community: • Listening to Communities

  15. What Is Service-Learning? A way for students to learn and grow through carefully organized and meaningful service that is either incorporated into a course or provided as a co-curricular experience.

  16. Service-Learning: • Is beneficial to a community • Is coordinated between the college and the community • Helps foster civic responsibility • Part of an academic program that is enriched by the service element • Includes structured time for students to reflect on the service experience

  17. Focus on Students

  18. Students Discover: • Internships • Careers • Academic achievement • Course concepts • Awareness of social needs

  19. Students Gain: • Communication skills • Decision-making skills • Implementing programs and ideas • Time-management • Leadership skills • Responsibility • Human relations skills

  20. Focus on Faculty and Staff

  21. Common Questions • Does service-learning take too much class time? • How do I evaluate the students’ performances? • What are the risks involved? • How does service-learning benefit me?

  22. Class Time • You are still in charge • Reflection through writing • Discussion

  23. Evaluating Student Performance • Don’t change, assume service is heightening student learning • Analysis and critical thinking papers • Outcomes through assessment

  24. Risks Involved Risk Management • Ask for materials from your risk management professional • Discuss in class and create learning contracts

  25. Service-Learning Benefits You • Research • Presentations • Publications • Direction

  26. Will the Administration Support This?

  27. Institutional Benefits • Builds partnerships with local community • Extends campus resources into the community • Creates new areas for research which increase opportunities for recognition • Enriches teaching and learning

  28. If you: Prove success through outcomes… It may: Bring more support to your department. Put institution on the cutting-edge ~ Marketing Bring outside dollars ~ Service-minded corporations will contribute through donations to the institution or department Results

  29. Consult with service-learning department on campus if available Be creative ~ what type of service would work best with my course? Craft your course Seek grant dollars and additional resources for monetary and professional assistance (Indiana Campus Compact is a great place to begin, i.e. consultation and grant dollars). How to Begin

  30. Questions? J.R. Jamison Sept. 29, 2006

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