Service-Learning Workshop for Faculty on Jan. 18

SERVICE-LEARNING:
MAKING IT HAPPEN IN YOUR CLASSROOM

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Harry Jack Gray Center

The Office of the Provost is pleased to offer a full-day workshop on the basics of service-learning. Come with an idea or inspiration, leave with the basics of a course. The workshop is open to all full- and part-time faculty and staff, and lunch will be provided. Topics will include:

– Using service-learning to enhance academic learning and civic engagement

– The mechanics of building a service-learning component into your class

– Reflective techniques and activities for turning service into learning

– Preparing students for service

– Resources for service-learning placements

– Assessment of service-learning

University of Hartford faculty members currently running service-learning classes will speak about their experiences. At the end of the day, each participant will walk out with a blueprint for their service-learning class in hand.

The session will be facilitated by Deb Kidder, the University of Hartford Service-Learning Faculty Fellow (kidder@hartford.edu), and Fred Sweitzer, Assistant Provost and Dean of Faculty Development (sweitzer@hartford.edu). For more information contact either facilitator.

To reserve a spot in the workshop, contact Cheryl MacMath at 860.768.4504 or macmath@hartford.edu no later than Thursday, Jan. 12.