Opportunities Guide | Service-Learning Courses
Community-Based Practice Through Civic Engagement
At A Glance
| Course Description | Sample Projects | CBO Requirements | Application & Project Dates |
| A small group of students work with CBO to develop an evaluation tool along with an implementation and data analysis guide for future use. | Parent/Teacher survey evaluating the social-emotional outcomes of an Elev8 after-school program | CBO must identify a new or existing program or intervention that requires an evaluation tool to be developed. The CBO preceptor will periodically meet with students and review drafts of their work. | Application period: January - March Duration: March - May |
Course Overview
This service-learning course examines a participatory, online service-learning approach to enable students regardless of geographical location to engage in community-based educational projects, and prepares students to develop evaluation plans and materials for the organizations’ identified programs. Students will work in a small group to develop an evaluation tool along with an implementation and data analysis guide for future use.
The Partner CBO is expected to:
- Identify a new or existing program or intervention that requires an evaluation tool to be developed
- Periodically meet with students
- Review drafts of students' work and share feedback on final deliverables
Sample Project
- A Parent/Teacher Survey evaluating the social-emotional outcomes of an afterschool program