position announcement

Dear colleagues.
    Berea College's new service learning initiative is one of the most unique in
the country, since it builds upon the college's longstanding traditions of
serving Appalachia and providing interracial education to students of limited
economic means.  As its title states, the Center for Excellence in Learning
Through Service (CELTS) places service learning front and center.  The
Coordinator will have primary responsibility for developing and sustaining the
partnerships among faculty, students, and community that make service learning
possible.  This is a chance to participate in creating and institutionalizing
service learning in the context of a strong, campus-wide commitment.  Thank you
for helping to spread the word, and direct any questions to me.  Sincerely, Meta
Mendel-Reyes, CELTS Director and Associate Professor, Berea College,
meta_mendel-reyes@berea.edu.  

Service Learning Coordinator, Berea College
The Berea College Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service (CELTS) has
an immediate opening for a Service Learning Coordinator. CELTS promotes and
coordinates service learning in Berea's curricular and co-curricular activities,
based upon Berea's distinctive commitments to interracial equality and service
to Appalachia. The Service Learning Coordinator will work closely with the
faculty and the community to develop and support opportunities for service
learning through community partnerships.

Position responsibilities:  Assist faculty in the development of service
learning and community based research components of academic courses; act as
liaison between faculty and community in placing, monitoring, and evaluating
students; design and conduct workshops and training sessions for faculty, staff,
and students in service learning; develop and maintain a volunteer
clearinghouse; prepare and submit grants in support of service and service
learning; create and maintain a resource library and web site for service
learning and community based research.

Skills and qualifications:  Master's Degree in a liberal arts discipline or
service learning field and 3 years experience in service learning or community
based research, in a college or community setting. The successful candidate will
have strong collaborative and organizational abilities. Salary commensurate with
experience.

Workplace Expectations: Berea College expects each worker to: exhibit enthusiasm
for learning, serve others, work as a team, value all people, act with integrity
and caring, encourage plain and sustainable living, and celebrate work well
done.

Berea College is a well-established undergraduate institution distinguished by
its student labor program, history of interracial education, service to the
Appalachian region, continuous integrated learning environment and emphasis on
perspectives and values deeply informed by the Christian faith.

As a continuous learning environment built upon Berea's Great Commitments and
Common Learning Goals, Berea College expects all workers "to be active learners,
workers, and servers," and seeks to be a place where the Christian values of
human compassion, dignity, and equality are expressed and lived.  A full tuition
scholarship for each student and a labor program in which all students
participate have long been distinctive features of a Berea education.  The
campus is located in the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains, 30 miles south
of Lexington, Kentucky in the town of Berea (pop. 10,000).

Applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and at least
two letters of recommendation to Renee Bullock, Berea College, CPO 2189, Berea,
KY 40404. Review of applications will begin on March 1 and continue until the
position is filled. For information on current vacant positions, please call the
Berea College Jobs Line at (859) 985-3053.