Event Title
Service Learning Associates Panel: Building faculty/student partnerships
Location
Dolan School of Business
Start Date
30-5-2014 10:30 AM
End Date
30-5-2014 11:30 AM
Description
The Service Learning Associates (SLA) program engages 8 to 10 undergraduates each semester as student leaders to their peers in service-learning courses. Each SLA works intensively with one professor to support a service-learning course that aligns with the SLA’s academic background and interests. The SLAs meet regularly with both faculty and fellow SLAs throughout the semester and attend professional development trainings facilitated by the Office of Service Learning. SLAs provide much-needed logistical support to faculty, promote service learning on campus, and lead their peers in critical reflection multiple times throughout the semester. SLAs serve as liaisons to students and the community and work in partnership with faculty on facilitating high quality service learning. This session will highlight and discuss these student-faculty partnerships, a teaching-learning model that situates students as co-educators, the challenges and successes of peer educators in service learning, and how the SLA program complements other student leadership programs on campus.
Topic Designation
Mentoring, Community-engaged teaching and scholarship
Presenter Bio(s)
Karen Parkinson
Program Coordinator, Center for Faith and Public Life
Fairfield University
Melissa Quan
Associate Director, Center for Faith and Public Life
Director, Office of Service Learning
Fairfield University
Betsy Bowen
Professor of English
Fairfield University
Solanlly Canas
Service Learning Associate
Fairfield University
Service Learning Associates Panel: Building faculty/student partnerships
Dolan School of Business
The Service Learning Associates (SLA) program engages 8 to 10 undergraduates each semester as student leaders to their peers in service-learning courses. Each SLA works intensively with one professor to support a service-learning course that aligns with the SLA’s academic background and interests. The SLAs meet regularly with both faculty and fellow SLAs throughout the semester and attend professional development trainings facilitated by the Office of Service Learning. SLAs provide much-needed logistical support to faculty, promote service learning on campus, and lead their peers in critical reflection multiple times throughout the semester. SLAs serve as liaisons to students and the community and work in partnership with faculty on facilitating high quality service learning. This session will highlight and discuss these student-faculty partnerships, a teaching-learning model that situates students as co-educators, the challenges and successes of peer educators in service learning, and how the SLA program complements other student leadership programs on campus.