SCC’s Service Learning Program combines academic course work with community engagement. The program allows students to volunteer in the community outside of the classroom in nonprofit organizations that are underfunded and understaffed.
Bryonie Carter is the Faculty Coordinator for the Service Learning Program and is heading into her 4th year in the program. Professor Carter advertises to faculty and students upcoming events for the program, recruits new faculty for Service Learning classes, helps get resources to faculty for successful classes, holds orientation at the beginning of each semester informing students of how the program works, and makes sure the program runs smoothly in all aspects.
“The most important part of Service Learning is that the community service aspect should intersect with course work,” Carter says. For example, her English 101 class is using a textbook called Writing Communities. The focus of the class is coming together to understand and support the community. Students picked from a list of five agencies to volunteer at and will share their experiences back in the classroom.
There are many different types of Service Learning projects. According to Professor Carter, students …show more content…
Charles County Juvenile Justice Center, Youth in Need, and St. Charles County Pet Adoption Center, all located in St. Louis and the surrounding areas. When choosing a Service Learning site, the students must fill out a contract with the agency stating what kind of work they will be doing and turn it into their
Bryonie Carter is the Faculty Coordinator for the Service Learning Program and is heading into her 4th year in the program. Professor Carter advertises to faculty and students upcoming events for the program, recruits new faculty for Service Learning classes, helps get resources to faculty for successful classes, holds orientation at the beginning of each semester informing students of how the program works, and makes sure the program runs smoothly in all aspects.
“The most important part of Service Learning is that the community service aspect should intersect with course work,” Carter says. For example, her English 101 class is using a textbook called Writing Communities. The focus of the class is coming together to understand and support the community. Students picked from a list of five agencies to volunteer at and will share their experiences back in the classroom.
There are many different types of Service Learning projects. According to Professor Carter, students …show more content…
Charles County Juvenile Justice Center, Youth in Need, and St. Charles County Pet Adoption Center, all located in St. Louis and the surrounding areas. When choosing a Service Learning site, the students must fill out a contract with the agency stating what kind of work they will be doing and turn it into their