Re: S-L campus survey

At 03:53 PM 06/21/2000 -0700, Alcantara, Ryan wrote:
>Hello everyone!
>
>We are looking at implementing a campus-wide survey of service-learning
>activities (# of faculty, classes and students, types of projects, etc.) 
>and
>I thought I would solicit the assistance of the listserv.  Could anyone
>share assessment tools and strategies they have used on their campuses?
>Additionally, we are looking to hire a graduate assistant to run the
>assessment program.  I would appreciate sample job descriptions for similar
>positions.
>

Ryan,

I searched the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse for you. Below is a
sample of what I found. There is also quite a bit of material on surveys of
the impacts of service-learning. 

You can replicate the search at this site:
http://nicsl.jaws.umn.edu/db/litsrch.htm
Just do a keyword search on survey. If you have any trouble tracking down
the materials listed, please give me a call and I'll see what I can do.

Hoep this helps!   Ann


Analysis of Practices in Academic Courses with a Service Learning Component
at Institutions of Higher Education (Community Service). 
Author(s): Lynn Rosebush Dutton 
Date Published: 993 
Number of Pages: 14 
Notes:
Doctoral dissertation, University of Missouri - Kansas City. 
Abstract:
The study was designed to describe and assess current academic courses with
a service learning component in terms of national standards set by the
Johnson Foundation at the Wingspread Conference on 1989. A service learning
component was defined as a service project undertaken as a course
requirement at an institution of higher learning. The course was taken for
credit, a semester in length, and offered in the spring or fall of 1992.
Faculty, students, and agencies were surveyed using instruments developed
by the researcher. Results suggest that agencies appeared to be adhering
more closely to the standards than the faculty. Overall, there was little
or no disagreement among faculty, students, and agency staff members about
factors critical to this course, positive aspects of the course or negative
aspects of the course. (UMI - AT) 
Where to Obtain this Resource: 
UMI Dissertation -- UMI Number is 9320548
*** some of the surveys in the appendix may be helpful

Challenges and Strategies for Success with Service Learning in Preservice
Teacher Education. 
Author(s): effery B. Anderson; Terry Pickeral 
Date Published: 999 
Abstract:
This study examines challenges to the use of service-learning in preservice
teacher education and also strategies used to overcome those challenges.
The authors surveyed 123 teacher educators, education deans, and state
department of education service-learning coordinators to gain their
perspective regarding challenges most critical to the use of
service-learning in teacher education. They then interviewed 42 of the
survey respondents to obtain detailed descriptions of specific strategies
used to overcome challenges. Results indicate the most critical challenges
relate to lack of time for teacher educators to plan and implement
service-learning, an already overcrowded curriculum, and a lack of
alignment of service-learning with faculty roles, rewards, and
institutional priorities. Results include 155 specific strategies that
address the most critical challenges as well as advice for teacher
educators new to service-learning. The study provides evidence that teacher
educators are able to devise and implement strategies tat can surmount some
of the barriers to the use of service-learning in preservice teacher
education. It also provides a rish source of ideas to stimulate the
thinking of teacher educators grappling with obstacles to the use of
service-learning. 
Where to Obtain this Resource: 
http://www.nationalservice.org/research/fellows_reports/99/andersonandpicker
al.pdf
** some of these questions may be modified to meet your needs

Evaluation and Assessment in Service-Learning. 
Author(s): anya Renner; Michele Bush 
Date Published: 997 
Number of Pages: 2 
Abstract:
Evaluation and Assessment in Service-Learning” is a resource for those
involved in service-learning who want to improve both their programs and
their awareness of the far-reaching as well as the immediate impacts their
programs have. This compilation includes both the why and the how of
assessing service-learning programs and impacts, including student pre and
post tests, surveys, and resources. Essays include: What are We Trying to
Evaluate in the Name of Service?; How are We Doing? Or What Good is
Evaluation Anyway? Observations from a Service-Learning Consortium;
Service-Learning Program Assessment: Quality Assurance and Survival;
Service-Learning Evaluation: The Mesa Community College Experience; The
WIN, WIN, WIN Relationship; The Compassion Connection: The Integration And
Assessment of Service-Learning Within A Learning Community; Once is Not
Enough: Assessing Service-Learning; Participatory Evaluation for Tutors and
Learners; and Counting With Care: Assessing Dimensions of Community
Development Focused Service-Learning. (author) 
Where to Obtain this Resource: 
Campus Compact National Center for Community Colleges
Lyvier Cross, Director 
145 N Centennial Way
Ste 108
Mesa AZ 85201
PHONE: 602-461-6280
FAX: 602-461-6218
EMAIL: conss@mc.maricopa.edu
URL: www.mc.maricopa.edu
Ann Treacy, Librarian   
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St. Paul MN 55108               ph 612-624-3653     fax 612-625-6277
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