Objectives/Outcomes/Tasks--Learn and Serve TSTC

Project #2--Service Learning Program

1. Restate each objective as an outcome

Goal I: Provide unique educational experiences to college students through service learning
Objectives
A. Increase student participation in service learning by having at least 200 students per semester participate in service learning projects which highlight critical thinking skills
Outcomes
A 200 students will participate in a service learning activity which highlights critical thinking skills each semester
2. See if answers "So what?"
3. If not, identify secondary outcomes
A1 Four faculty members will commit to working with service learning in their classes by the end of the semester
A2 All faculty will have access to online resources which detail service learning project expectations and examples of several course projects
4. What level of attainment would make these outcomes successful?
5. Kinds of monitoring or reporting supporting achievement of outcomes
6. Describe outcomes and explain how they will be monitored and reported
7. Tasks or activities to perform to monitor secondary outcomes
Tasks
A-1: Identify faculty members interested in participating in SL project.
A-2: Develop course and project expectations
A-3: Develop rules for participation
A-4: Develop evaluation methods

B. Develop a service learning program which provides support to on-campus and online students, faculty and community organizations
B-1: Make contact with community members to devise community projects
B-2: FAQ for faculty, students and community orgs--website
B-3: Hire 2 ½-time directors; one faculty; one student development
B-4: Develop system to track student involvement
B-5: Develop system to track faculty involvement
B-6: Develop system to track community org. involvement
B-7: Advertise program in the community

Outcomes B
All students, faculty and community organizations will have access to a service learning program office staffed by two directors which provides support for involvement in projects.
B1 A list of community organizations interested in working with students will be available to students and faculty through the website by the end of Fall 2007
B2 A website will be available for all students, faculty and community organizations which has a FAQ page for each population
B3 System to track student, faculty and community involvement will be implemented by Fall 2007
B4 one story in the community newspaper will be published per semester to help gain community support

C: Train at least 4 faculty members annually to design and develop service learning projects which complement their existing syllabi requirements
C-1: Awards to promote faculty involvement
C-2: Devise and develop training for faculty
C-3: Help faculty identify service learning projects which complement existing syllabi
C-4: Advertise program to gain support and interest from faculty and students and community
Outcomes C
At least four faculty members will be trained to develop and design at least one service learning project for one of their courses
C One award annually will be given to a faculty member who develops and implements an exceptional service learning project
C Training to develop service learning projects will be available to all faculty members who request it
C A database of past and present projects will be available to faculty to help them identify ideas for projects which they can implement
C4 Have 4 stories in the student newspaper published in the Fall semester and three stories in the Spring semester and one story per semester in the staff newspaper ; one story in the community newspaper will be published per semester