Community Leadership & Service Learning

Instructor: Tony Filipovitch, Urban & Regional Studies, MSU

Office: 389-5035 e-mail: tony@mnsu.edu

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As one requirement of the Community Leadership & Service Learning course, students are expected to volunteer a minimum of 30 hours of time during the semester to a community-serving organization as part of their “service learning.” Service learning is defined as: “learning that begins in the classroom and moves out into the community.” Service learning is intended to meet community needs, be tied to academic goals, foster civic responsibility, and combine volunteering with learning.

Upon completion of their service learning experience, students are expected to demonstrate what they learned by writing a paper that:

• Researches the role/function of their volunteer organization
• Explains the role/functions of their volunteer experience within the organization
• Discusses the nonprofit’s niche within the broader range of societal services available in the community
• Analyzes their contribution to this service niche
• Articulates what the future of the organization will be in addressing future community needs
• Identifies strategies (steps) that can be adopted to achieve change
• Identifies resources (human and material) that will be required to achieve change
• Addresses ethical issues associated with private or public participation with the organization

By signing this document, the student agrees to provide 30 hours of service to your community organization and the representative agrees to provide supervision and mentoring to the student.

Upon completion of the service activity, the representative signs again to attest that the student satisfactorily completed a 30-hour service experience.

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Student’s Name (printed) Representative’s Signature (Start date)

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Organization Name

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Representative Signature (end date) Address

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Phone e-mail address