Faculty
Faculty members have the opportunity to encourage your students to engage in service
opportunities in our community. Below are helpful tips on community service/service
learning make advising easier.
Community Service
If your student organization/department is sponsoring a community service event that
is 3-5 hours, you can submit an application to have that project count toward their
Christian Service Program requirement.
Event request
Email this Community Service Event Request to the Christian Service director at least one week prior to your community service
to receive credit. You will be notified within 3 days of submitting your application
whether or not your event has been approved.
Service-Learning
To offer your course for service-learning credit you will need to submit a proposal form for the Christian Service Committee to review.
Proposal- Emailthe Christian Service director for a course proposal form. You will submit this, along
with your syllabus and any documents explaining and assessing your reflection component(s)
during the first semester prior to the school year that you plan to implement your
course. This will allow enough time to make the necessary changes in the catalog.
Student-Initiated Project
Students also have the opportunity to create their own service-learning projects. This requires a faculty mentor that will help shape their project.
Service-Learning Reflection Example
Attached are a few tips that can be used to guide your student through the Service-Learning project.
Proposal
Students need to submit a hard copy of this proposal form to the Christian Service office at least two weeks before they begin this project
to allow time for the proposal to be presented and approved by the Christian Service
Committee.
Journaling Guidelines
Students should keep a journal of their experiences regularly throughout their service project.
Reflection Paper Guidelines
After the project is complete, students should write an in-depth reflection of the span of their service experience.
Journaling and Reflection Paper Rubric
This is how the journal and reflection paper will be assessed. Feel free to change this according to your project.
Community Partner Evaluation Form
It is important to obtain feedback from the organizations we are serving so that we can improve on how we are meeting
their needs.