Faculty and Staff Information

A list of ways to utilize the Drake University Service-Learning Coordinator:

• Provide small funds for service-learning supplies and logistical support
• Identify sites for service-learning components
• Establish contact with community partners
• Distribute brochures or forms about procedures for service-learning to your students i.e. community partner agreements, service-learning site background checks, liability waivers
• Present the topic of service-learning to your class during the first few weeks of the semester
• Provide descriptive information about the sites
• Make a mid-semester e-mail contact with your students and their service site supervisors
• Offer general or course-specific pre, mid, and / or post service-learning reflection sessions
• Conduct community partner, student, and faculty assessment for your service-learning component
• Provide resources to you or your students to insure the best experience possible
• Showcase your project in various service-learning events and publications
• Provide faculty and staff development opportunities regarding service-learning and related topics

If you are planning a service-learning component for the fall or considering one for the spring, please do not hesitate to contact Mandi McReynolds, Service-Learning Coordinator mandi.mcreynolds@drake.edu x2338 to set up a consultation meeting.

You can also apply for a Service-Learning mini-grant.

More information will be coming soon as our site and program develops. Thank you for your patience.