CORE SUBJECT
Brace yourself for a life-changing adventure of service and community impact! Dive into societal change, harness cultural intelligence, and leave your mark on the world.
Embark on an enriching journey as you explore the impact of service within the community. In the Service-Learning course, you'll master the art of designing and executing service projects, from setting goals to adjusting plans in real-time. Through a range of personal projects aligned with your strengths, interests, and passions, you'll gather evidence and evaluate the transformative effects of your actions. Collaborate with peers on meaningful initiatives, using cultural intelligence to maximize effectiveness. Focus on service-learning essentials and best practices to develop critical reflection skills, track progress, manage logistics, and foster valuable partnerships. From trip preparation to spiritual formation, you'll put theory into practice, impacting the lives of others while growing personally. Unleash your potential and leave a lasting impact as you embark on this inspiring adventure of service and learning!
Learning Outcomes
- Research and design a service project including establishing goals, success criteria and steps to impact a target group, and outline ethical considerations for service
- Implement, monitor and adjust your service project, collecting evidence of impact
- Evaluate and report on your service project
- Collaboratively design and implement meaningful service, applying knowledge of serving others and evaluating the extent service actions transformed others and were personally meaningful
Assessments
- Minor project 1
- Minor project 2
- Individual presentation
- Trip 3: Preparation and reflection
- Community spiritual formation project
Subject Content
- Service-learning essentials
- Tracking process
- Research and needs assessment
- Understanding others
- Strengths assessment
- Designing service projects
- Measuring and monitoring success
- Managing the project