Impactful Partnerships:

Community Engagement and the

Centre for Community Engaged Learning

Jill PorterMarch 2, 2015

Community Partners

StudentsUBC

IMPACT

Community Partnerships Approach

How We Engage

• Building capacity of on-campus and off-campus partners

• Events • Faculty initiatives

• PD tools and resources• Community partner initiatives

• Advisory group• Workshops – evaluation, research• Tools & resources

Project Scoping Considerations

• What do you want to achieve with your project?• Are you responding to a community need?• Are you tapping into community assets?• What will students learn?• What resources do you have to maintain and

build the work beyond this project?• What are your expectations for the experience? • How will this relationship and project move your

organization’s work forward?

Questions?