Presentation Ivy Tech Community College Terre Haute, IN

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PresentationIvy Tech Community CollegeTerre
Haute, IN
Jackie McCracken April 21, 2007
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Overview

• History
• Mission
• Organizational Structure
• How we Serve our Members
• What is Service-Learning?
• Focus on Students
• Focus on Staff
• Benefits

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History

• Founded in 1993 by students with Presidential
  support
• Presidential Organization
• Six Founding Members
• 45 campuses

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Mission

• Indiana Campus Compact (ICC) is a network of
  college campuses involving students, faculty, and
  staff in service-learning and civic engagement in
  order to educate citizens, prepare tomorrows
  leaders, and contribute to the quality of life of
  Americas communities. ICC supports the
  integration of service-learning and civic
  engagement into campus culture by facilitating
  collaborations, sponsoring programs, sharing best
  practices, and promoting public awareness of
  higher educations role in graduating
  well-informed, engaged citizens.

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T-shirt Mission

• Advancing Citizenship and Service as Critical
  Components of Higher Education

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Organizational Structure
Presidents and Chancellors Board
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Organizational Structure

• Executive Director
• Presidential Contact
• Press Contact/Media Relations
• Main Organizational Administrator
• Fund Developer
• Strategic Planning

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Organizational Structure

• Associate Director
• Internal Organizational Administrator
• Program Staff Supervision
• Monitor grant-funds
• Faculty Fellows
• Develop new programs
• Assist Executive Director with planning and fund
  development

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Organizational Structure

• Program Director of Constituent Develop.
• Students
• Faculty
• Staff
• ICC programming and trainings
• Grant Administration
• (FF, SOE, DSLP, LTC, CSMG, M3C, Hoosier
• Scholars Helping Democracy, and the People
  Speak)

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Organizational Structure

• Membership Coordinator
• Public Relations
• Advisory Council
• Networking Council
• Website Development
• Facilitating Networking

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How We Serve Our Members

• Networking
• Advisory Council
• Networking Council
• Regional Meetings
• Annual Student and Faculty Service-Learning
  Conference

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How We Serve Our Members

• Recognition
• Student
• Faculty
• Staff

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How We Serve Our Members

• Training and Technical Assist.
• Campus Workshops
• Consultation for faculty and staff
• Campus Visits

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How We Serve Our Members
Funding and Programs

• Students
• CSMG
• Month of Action
• Future Alternative
• Breaks

• Faculty
• Faculty Fellowship
• SOE
• DSLP
• Hoosier Scholars
• Helping Democracy

• Campus and
• Community
• Listening to Communities

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What Is Service-Learning?

• A way for students to learn and grow through
  carefully organized and meaningful service that
  is either incorporated into a course or provided
  as a co-curricular experience.

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Service-Learning

• Is beneficial to a community
• Is coordinated between the college and the
  community
• Helps foster civic responsibility
• Part of an academic program that is enriched by
  the service element
• Includes structured time for students to reflect
  on the service experience

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Focus on Students
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Students Discover

• Internships
• Careers
• Academic achievement
• Course concepts
• Awareness of social needs

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Students Gain

• Communication skills
• Decision-making skills
• Implementing programs and ideas
• Time-management
• Leadership skills
• Responsibility
• Human relations skills

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Focus on Faculty and Staff
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Common Questions

• Does service-learning take too much
• class time?
• How do I evaluate the students performances?
• What are the risks involved?
• How does service-learning benefit me?

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Class Time

• You are still in charge
• Reflection through writing
• Discussion

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Evaluating Student Performance

• Dont change, assume service is heightening
  student learning
• Analysis and critical thinking papers
• Outcomes through assessment

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Risks Involved

• Risk Management
• Ask for materials from your risk management
  professional
• Discuss in class and create learning contracts

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Service-Learning Benefits You

• Research
• Presentations
• Publications
• Direction

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Will the Administration Support This?
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Institutional Benefits

• Builds partnerships with local community
• Extends campus resources into the community
• Creates new areas for research which increase
  opportunities for recognition
• Enriches teaching and learning

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Results

• If you
• Prove success through outcomes
• It may
• Bring more support to your department.
• Put institution on the cutting-edge Marketing
• Bring outside dollars Service-minded
  corporations will contribute through donations to
  the institution or department

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How to Begin

• Consult with service-learning department on
  campus if available
• Be creative what type of service would work
  best with my course?
• Craft your course
• Seek grant dollars and additional resources for
  monetary and professional assistance
• (Indiana Campus Compact is a great place to
  begin, i.e. consultation and grant dollars).

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Questions?
J.R. Jamison Sept. 29, 2006