Not Just for UndergraduatesNot Just for UndergraduatesCommunity Engaged Teaching and LearningCommunity Engaged Teaching and Learning

Current Data and Prospects Current Data and Prospects

Graduate Affairs CommitteeTuesday, January 28, 2014

Mary F. Price, PhD.Director of Faculty Development

IUPUI Center for Service and Learning

Community-Based LearningCommunity-Based LearningNot all community-based instruction is

service learning.

• Field work experiences• Cooperative Education • Internship• Practicum• Service Learning• Pre-professional field experiences, Clinicals, Student Teaching• Applied Learning• Experiential Learning• Student Engagement

Location of activity is insufficient….

What do we mean by “service What do we mean by “service learning”?learning”?• Service learning is a course or

competency based, credit-bearing educational experience in which studentsa) participate in mutually identified service

activities that benefit the community, and b) reflect on the service activity in such a way

as to gain further understanding of course/academic content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of personal/professional values and civic responsibility. (Bringle and Clayton, 2012, adapted from Bringle and Hatcher, 1995)

Flavors of Service LearningFlavors of Service Learning

• Amount of service• Community partner

selection• Direct/indirect service• Domestic/international

setting• Community-based

research• Disciplinary/

Interdisciplinary• Some internships• Both undergraduate &

graduate/professional level

• Historic emphasis on undergraduates• Issues of language (service, community-based,

community-engaged, participatory, etc.)• Masks key curricular and faculty issues for

research universities and professions• Faculty pipeline (preparing future faculty)• Preparing future professionals, researchers and faculty for

future societal conditions and demands (includes but is not limited to labor conditions)• Social trustees of knowledge

Conceptual Limitations

Institutionally, how do we connect Institutionally, how do we connect connect the dots?connect the dots?

• How do we know we are doing “it” well?• What are the “its” we are trying to accomplish?• How do we know if the “it” aligns with our institutional,

departmental, organizational values related to community engagement and graduate/professional T/L?

• How do we best deploy resources of the right types to enhance/diffuse/expand/sustain instances where “it” is working?

• How can these processes be monitored at various scales at the Center or institutional level?

• How do we support critical reflection on the process and outcomes of engagement?

Sample Experiential Learning Sample Experiential Learning Transcript Notations (refer handout)Transcript Notations (refer handout)• Organized Community Service• Significant Time in Community• Immersed in Different Culture• Community-Based Resrch & Org'd Community Service• Significant Time in Community-Based Research• Community-Based Research in Different Culture• Significant Time in Organized Community Service• Org'd Community Service Immersed in Different Culture• Significant Community Time Immersed in Different Culture

Pre-date RISE Challenge course tags.

New Approaches to New Approaches to Monitoring Needed…Monitoring Needed…

No single data source on campus captures the

information our Center needs to connect the dots related to SL…

Data SourcesData Sources

Our Journey….ContinuesOur Journey….Continues

An unexpected development…

Service Learning at IUPUI 2012-13Service Learning at IUPUI 2012-13

What Does This Effort Yield?What Does This Effort Yield?Course Sections

Undergrad 428Graduate 73

Total 501

TOTAL N BY LEVEL  Count Enrollment Service Hours

100 Level 81 2,271 21,205200 Level 96 2,585 28,218300 Level 129 1,901 63,531400 Level 122 1,418 131,485Graduate 73 896 33,208

Total 501 9,071 277,647

Contributions to Community Contributions to Community Capacity BuildingCapacity Building

Calculations based on the standard volunteer rate (Ugrad) and Pro Bono rates (Grad/prof.).

What does this effort yield? What does this effort yield? Participation Rates by FacultyParticipation Rates by Faculty

An Opportunity and a An Opportunity and a Challenge to Get at ProcessChallenge to Get at Process

Codes N=Sections Activity Percent

EL01/EL05 6 Community Based Research 3.17%

EL02/EL06 84 Organized Community Service 44.44%

EL03/EL07 70 Significant Time in the Community 37.04%

EL04 5 Immersed in a Different Culture 2.65%

EL12/EL56 4 Comm Rsrch & Org'd Comm. Service 2.12%

EL13 7 Significant Time in Comm Rsrch 3.70%

EL24/EL68 7 Immsd Diff Cultr Org. Comm. Serv. 3.70%

EL67 6 Significant Time in the Community 3.17%

Totals 189

38% (n=189/501) of course sections

included in the 2012-13 Inventory included

additional descriptive tags.

The rate is higher for graduate and professional level course sections(N=35/73); 48% include additional tags

An Opportunity and a An Opportunity and a Challenge to Get at ProcessChallenge to Get at Process

Codes N=Sections Activity Percent

EL01/EL05 6 Community Based Research 3.17%

EL02/EL06 84 Organized Community Service 44.44%

EL03/EL07 70 Significant Time in the Community 37.04%

EL04 5 Immersed in a Different Culture 2.65%

EL12/EL56 4 Comm Rsrch & Org'd Comm. Service 2.12%

EL13 7 Significant Time in Comm Rsrch 3.70%

EL24/EL68 7 Immsd Diff Cultr Org. Comm. Serv. 3.70%

EL67 6 Significant Time in the Community 3.17%

Totals 189

38% (n=189/501) of course sections

included in the 2012-13 Inventory included

additional descriptive tags.

Most of these descriptors likely inherited from previous semesters…

We have a basic structure but…•Do faculty know about it? Do chairs and course recorders?•Do they understand the structure and what it implies?•Do they want to know…question of relevance?•Is the system flexible to allow for shifts in the deployment of specific teaching strategies?•Is there agreement on what these terms mean in practice and within departments?

Why More May Why More May NotNot Always Always Be Good….Be Good….Ever increasing numbers of students in SL may not be the best goal:– For partners – For students– For faculty/staff– For campuses/

communities

Efficient & effective must be considered in the context of workload,

roles, values and capacities for all

involved……

This question is not This question is not unique to SL as an HIP…unique to SL as an HIP…

Questions Raised For GAC• Awareness?• Relevance?• Recruitment and Retention (faculty and

students)?• Policy Issues and Faculty Oversight?• Best Practices?• Outcomes and Monitoring?• Impact?

• Is there a way the CSL can better support your individual or collective goals?

Upcoming• 2013-14 SL Inventory Data Collection—begins in

mid-March• Call to Action - to Deans and chairs, mid-late

February• Want to learn more or to inform the process? • Monday, February 24th, 2014 (noon – 1:30 p.m.)• Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 (9 a.m. – 10:30

a.m.)

SCALAR PERSPECTIVES: DepartmentalGWCHS/IUPUI Partnership -

Partial Network View…using SL Course Data

• One of IUPUI’s signature comprehensive partnerships: University-Assisted Community School model

• Institutional resources: staff, funds, scholarships• Significant community buy-in and participation:

School liaison, parent network, community advisory council

IUPUI/GWCHS Partnership: Digging into a collaboration

George Washington Community High School

SITE (transition-to-work program for IPS students w/ special needs)Aftercare in Mentoring

Dayspring Center

Marion County soil and Water Conservation Service

PARCS (GWCHS) PARCS (LEGACY)

Indiana Public School (IPS) #51

George Washington Community Center

Edna Martin Christian Center

Mary Rigg Multiservice Center

Ben Davis High School

Midwest Food Bank

Central Indiana Land Trust

Wishard Health Services

Joy's House

Hawthorne Community Center

Exodus

Carmel Clay Schools (West Clay Elementary)

Carmel Clay Schools (Carmel Elementary)Carmel Clay Schools (Creekside Middle)

Keep Indianapolis Beautiful

Wheeler Mission Ministries, Inc.

A Caring Place (Catholic Charities)

Theater on the Square

Friends of White River

Nursing

Sociology

Education

Geography

Health, Phys Ed, & Recreation

Circles = facultySquares = community partnersLine thickness = number of course sections

Variable Number

Course Sections 25

Students 174

Hours 11,963 (GWCHS only)

Inclusive Hours 14, 625 (includes PARCS 3,562 hrs)

Questions Raised:•Many faculty sending their students to multiple partners…implications for practice?•How engaged are these faculty with GWCHS?•Is there a tendency toward more transactional connections working a specific levels of the curriculum? •Is the weight of student supervision falling to teachers and staff at GW? With so many students, is the load too much? •How might IUPUI and GWCHS work together to enhance scaffolding of SL at GWCHS?

2012-13 IUPUI SL InventoryParticipation Rates by Faculty

George Washington Community High School

SITE (transition-to-work program for IPS students w/ special needs)

Aftercare in Mentoring

Dayspring Center

Marion County soil and Water Conservation Service

PARCS (GWCHS) PARCS (LEGACY)

Indiana Public School (IPS) #51

George Washington Community Center

Edna Martin Christian Center

Mary Rigg Multiservice Center

Ben Davis High School

Midwest Food Bank

Central Indiana Land Trust

Wishard Health Services

Joy's House

Hawthorne Community Center

Exodus

Carmel Clay Schools (West Clay Elementary)

Carmel Clay Schools (Carmel Elementary)Carmel Clay Schools (Creekside Middle)

Keep Indianapolis Beautiful

Wheeler Mission Ministries, Inc.

A Caring Place (Catholic Charities)

Theater on the Square

Friends of White River

Male

Female

Faculty Workload (gender concerns)Faculty Workload (gender concerns)Icon Size= total student service hours supervised by an individual faculty member.

Faculty: Gender/Status DynamicsFaculty: Gender/Status Dynamics

George Washington Community High School

SITE (transition-to-work program for IPS students w/ special needs)

Aftercare in Mentoring

Dayspring Center

Marion County soil and Water Conservation Service

PARCS (GWCHS) PARCS (LEGACY)

Indiana Public School (IPS) #51

George Washington Community Center

Edna Martin Christian Center

Mary Rigg Multiservice Center

Ben Davis High School

Midwest Food Bank

Central Indiana Land Trust

Wishard Health Services

Joy's House

Hawthorne Community Center

Exodus

Carmel Clay Schools (West Clay Elementary)

Carmel Clay Schools (Carmel Elementary)Carmel Clay Schools (Creekside Middle)

Keep Indianapolis Beautiful

Wheeler Mission Ministries, Inc.

A Caring Place (Catholic Charities)

Theater on the Square

Friends of White River

Male

Female

Associate Faculty/Staff/Graduate

Lecturers/Clinical

Tenured/Tenure-Track/Emeritus

Questions?

Contact Information:

Mary Price, price6@iupui.edu Steve Scally, sscally@indiana.edu IUPUI Center for Service and Learning