Service-Learning Community of Practice

Program Information

Department Offering Community: C. Raymond Marvin Center for Student Leadership & Civic Engagement

Community Duration: Spring Semester 2025

Meeting Start Schedule, Modality & Location: TBD

Community Participants: The Service-Learning Community of Practice is open to all BGSU members of the teaching community, including full-time faculty members, adjunct instructors, graduate student instructors, and staff (classified and administrative). 

Community Description:

In the Service-Learning Community of Practice, we will examine the transformative power of service-learning as an educational tool and provide you with actionable strategies to integrate this approach into your classroom. The service-learning pedagogy challenges traditional methods of lecture and knowledge consumption toward an experiential-learning pedagogy. This emphasizes the importance of integrating meaningful service into the curriculum, the careful selection of community partnerships, and the incorporation of critical reflections on the impact and experience of serving a community.

Join the Service-Learning Community of Practice for a series of session that bridge the gap between theory and practice for the public good.

Community Learning Outcomes:

By participating in this community, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the core concepts and theories of service-learning, including its historical roots, pedagogical foundations, and its relevance in today’s higher education landscape.
• Design service-learning structures that integrate within your curriculum’s learning outcomes.
• Understand the importance of building and maintaining reciprocal partnerships with community organization to support service-learning initiatives/
• Connect your service-learning course to the University Learning Outcomes.
• Understand the BGSUserves platform to track service-learning impacts for your courses.

Participant Expectations:

As a member of this community, you are expected to:

• Meet the community learning outcomes.
• Actively participate and attend at least 80% of the community's meetings.
• Complete deliverable activities and assignments assigned by the facilitator.
• Complete all assigned readings and review previous readings prior to sessions.
• Submit an application for your course to be designated as a service-learning course.

Community Registration

Use the link below to register for this community. Registration is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Participation for some communities may be limited; registrations will be fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis. If a community reaches capacity, any new registrants will be placed on a waitlist and notified if a spot opens up. 

To individuals with disabilities, please indicate if you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event either on the registration form form or by contacting Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the start of the program.

Spring 2025 CFE Community of Practice Registration Form