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Every community-based learning course includes these five elements. An understanding of these elements is what guides course development and successful community/campus collaboration. Click on each to learn more and access pedagogical resources.
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Throughout the course, students participate in structured reflection which involves integrating classroom learning with community learning experiences.
Community partners, faculty, and/or students collaboratively define and act upon expectations, goals, and learning outcomes through a learning agreement or similar tool. Partnerships are respectful, balanced, and benefit everyone involved.
Faculty, staff, and/or community partners prepare students to learn and work respectfully and successfully in the community and with the community partner.
Students receive guidance and meaningful feedback from on-campus and community-partner co-educators.
Course makes a positive contribution to or produces value-added outcome for the community partner(s). To that end, the course is included on the student/community engagement database, and the faculty and community partner(s) maintain a feedback loop about progress toward community impact goals.