Faculty Award

A few months ago I requested language for local awards for faculty who
teach service-learning.  I was asked to share what we've come up with at
Indiana University for this new award, and with help from Bob Bringle,
we've created the following:

General Guidelines: The recipients of this award must provide evidence
they have implemented service-learning in a manner consistent with good
practice, improved the course, reflected upon it, taken on leadership in
their department, campus, and/or discipline and had an impact on students
and the community both in and out of the classroom.

The candidate's dossier should include 1) peer evaluations on the
influence of this instructor's work in service-learning on other
departmental offerings and curriculum; 2) letter from community-based
organization(s) describing the contribution made by the students'
community service and faculty member's professional service; 3) a listing
of all courses taught, with service-learning classes indicated; 4)
evidence of the kind of reflection students perform on the community
service, i.e. regular, structured, dealing with values, making academic
connections. 

Outstanding candidates will have supported the integration of community or
public service into the curriculum and made efforts to institutionalize
service-learning. Additional evidence of the candidate's impact might
include invitations to be a guest speaker in this area of expertise,
leadership in curriculum or course development, publications bearing on
teaching service-learning, positive student evaluations, sustained
contributions to a body of knowledge about service-learning, imagination,
creativity and innovation in doing service-learning, analysis and
reflection on the experience.

The recipient of the IU Ehrlich Award for Teaching Service-Learning will
become the Indiana University nominee for the national Campus Compact
Thomas Ehrlich Award for Service Learning the following year.


JoAnn Campbell                                  Phone: 812/856/6011
Director, Office of Community Partnerships      Fax: 812/855-8404
in Service-Learning &
IU Community Service Associate
Franklin Hall 004
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405