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Community Based Learning

Community Based Learning. Placements to Partnerships: Navigating the Paperwork. Campus Compact Study (2011). “ I have to say I was in the same situation where I felt like, ‘ well what is really required of them? ’ I wish I would have a syllabus to go by to know what they are doing. ”

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Community Based Learning

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  1. Community Based Learning Placements to Partnerships: Navigating the Paperwork

  2. Campus Compact Study (2011)

  3. “I have to say I was in the same situation where I felt like, ‘well what is really required of them?’ I wish I would have a syllabus to go by to know what they are doing.” “And you ask the students, “What isthe intention of your being here”? “I don’tknow. I’m just here to do hours.”

  4. “I think a great partnership is when you stop saying MY students. They’re OUR students. What are OUR needs? We share these things in common, so let’s go for it.”

  5. From Placements to Partnerships

  6. Impact on Processes Sustained reciprocal relationships with community partners create opportunities to simplify the paperwork/process. • Instructor • Community Partner • Student • Clear understanding of project goals and tasks

  7. When is paperwork needed? • When students will be working on-site with a community partner. • IF a description appears on the syllabus the first day of classes, paperwork is NOT necessary when: • Student projects are completed off-site as a deliverable • The site is a Mason entity (e.g. Sustainability Office, WAVES, etc.)

  8. Standard Process • Standard Agreement } Completed by student or student group and Community Partner • Project Description } • Consent & Release Form • CLCE Info Form (Online) Completed by student • End of Semester Eval (Online)

  9. Mason Entity Process X • Standard Agreement } Completed by student or student group and Community Partner OR by the instructor (must appear on syllabus) • Project Description X • Consent & Release Form • CLCE Info Form (Online) } • End of Semester Eval (Online) Completed by student

  10. Long Term Process } • Long Term Agreement Completed by CLCE and Community Partner Completed by instructor and Community Partner Appears on course syllabus • Project Description } } • Consent & Release Form • CLCE Info Form (Online) Completed by student • End of Semester Eval (Online)

  11. Carpenters Shelter Keep Prince William Beautiful Birmingham Green Main Street Child Development Center Fairfax Symphony Bethany House of Northern Virginia, Inc. FACETS Pending: Volunteer Fairfax Volunteer Solutions- Partnership with Fairfax County Family Services Northern Virginia Family Services PRS, Inc. Wright to Read Alzheimer’s Family Day Center Daniels Run Elementary Fairfax County Government Programs The ARC of Northern Virginiag Long Term Partnership Agreements

  12. Paperwork Packets: Please use most current version • Faculty packet has ALL forms • Student packet has the forms students need and step-by-step instructions • All forms are available: • From me in print or via email • From CLCE website

  13. Other Bits • Field trips: You don't need consent and release forms IF you describe the activities on the syllabus first day of class. • Transportation to sites • Syllabus language if you aren’t providing transportation: “transportation is the responsibility of the student. Directions are…” • Drivers of car pools need to understand the liability is on them, not Mason.   • Students can drive clients in the Community Partner’s vehicles, but not in their own cars.

  14. Resources • Volunteer Fairfax • Searchable database of current volunteer opportunities all over the region • Connect Northern Virginia • Searchable database (by location and social issue) of ALL nonprofit organizations in the region. • Growing information hub about how a variety of social issues affect the region.

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