Support for Service Learning Courses

• Assistance identifying local community organizations to establish new campus/community partnerships.
• Assistance with student registration for optional fourth-credit or independent study credits.
• Assistance for students enrolled in the course, including a course-specific page on our website with potential community partners for them to contact.
• Provide the forms and process the paperwork required to assure appropriate risk management and liability coverage (students can download a packet from our website).
• At your request, contact community partners mid-semester to identify any potential problems.
• Collect end of semester evaluations from community partners and students.
• Promotion of service-learning courses on website and social media. 
• Consultation on course design and integration of learning reflection into course assignments.
• In-class presentations about community-based learning goals and responsibilities, how to find community organizations, and reflection practices.
• Faculty can receive the following reports:
• Beginning of semester spreadsheet of community organization placement for each student and site supervisor contact information.
• Mid-semester notification of any problems
• End of semester evaluations of the students by their site supervisors.
• End of semester evaluations of the service-learning placement by students.

The Center for Field Studies assists faculty with planning and logistics involved in incorporating off-site work in Mason classes.  The center is an excellent resource for faculty using any kind of experiential learning that takes students beyond the campus, including Community-Based Learning.