SOURCE Service-Learning Academy
SOURCE Service-Learning Academy Overview
The SOURCE Service-Learning Academy is a one-year, comprehensive program that equips Fellows with all of the necessary tools and methods to develop critical service-learning partnerships and courses.
Submit applications for the 2021-2022 SOURCE Service-Learning Academy here
- Deadline: Sunday, April 11, 2021
- Click here for 2021-2022 Community Fellows Application - Deadline: Sunday, April 11, 2021
- Download/View 2021-2022 Service-Learning Academy Brochure (PDF)
This academy is intended for:
- Faculty at any institution who are new to service-learning
- Faculty currently teaching service-learning courses
- Curriculum designers
- Community engagement staff and administrators
- Teaching and Learning staff and administrators
Coursework and Requirements
As a fellow, you will:
- Learn how to design critical service-learning projects from pedagogy experts, faculty, nonprofit leaders and community organizers
- Join a community of 70+ service-learning professionals in graduate and health education
- Work 1-to-1 with a faculty mentor to design service-learning courses and projects
- Attend a virtual summer seminar and monthly webinars that address specific topics like:
- critical pedagogy,
- community engagement best practices,
- designing reflections,
- and integrating social justice into education
Time Commitments
- Virtual Summer Seminar: June 3-4, 2021
- Monthly Webinars: September thru November 2021; January thru April 2022
- 1-to-1 advising sessions with service-learning faculty mentor
Program Cost
The total cost of the Academy is $4,500.
For full-time JHU faculty: This academy is non-credit continuing education, which is eligible for tuition remission.
For non-JHU applicants: Please check with your home institution about similar tuition-remission programs. When discussing this professional development opportunity with your home institution or department, please note that the cost of the Academy includes support for an entire academic year.
To learn more please contact the SOURCE Associate Director, Dr. Tyler Derreth at tyler.derreth@jhu.edu.
Past fellows have presented their work at national conferences and won dozens of teaching awards including the 2019 and 2020 Delta Omega Innovative Curriculum Awards.
