Engaged Campus Institutional Level and Department Level

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Engaged Campus Institutional Level and
Department Level
presented to Engaged Department Summit CSU Chico
May 5, 2006
Season Eckardt, Administrative Director, CSU
OCSL Gerald Eisman, Service-Learning Faculty
Scholar, CSU OCSL
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CSUs Vision and Leadership

• Our vision Every student has the opportunity to
  participate in a service-learning experience
  prior to graduation.
• The CSU is the only system in higher education
  that has a connected and coordinated
  service-learning network.

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CSUs Initiatives

• Media Campaign on service learning CSU Chico is
  one of six campuses chosen.
• Math and Science, Teacher Preparation and Service
  Learning
• Teacher Shortage
• In 2002-2003, California met only about a third
  of its need for fully credentialed math teachers.
• Student Performance on 8th grade Math (2005)
• National Average 46
• African Americans (9), Caucasians (34)
  Hispanics (7)
• Service learning has a role to play.

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Civic Engagement

• Evolving Context Going beyond service learning
  and into civic engagement.
• Key Question How does CSU Chico collaborate
  with its larger communities (local,
  regional/state, national, global) for the
  mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and
  resources in a context of partnership and
  reciprocity? (Carnegie Classification, 2006)

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Scholarship of Engagement
The scholarship of engagement means connecting
the rich resources of the university department
to our most pressing social, civic, and ethical
problems.
- Ernest Boyer (1996), The Journal of Public
Service and Outreach
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What are the resources of a Department?

• curricular resources

• intellectual resources

• service resources

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Components of an Engaged Department
Engaged Department Mission
Civic Learning Outcomes
HRTP Policies
Civic Research /Service Agenda

• Community partnerships
• Civic programs
• Co-educators
• Grant activity
• Public Relations

• Co-curricular
• student organizations
• student leadership
• student voice

• Curriculum
• CE courses
• SL opportunities
• Sequence of courses
• Freshman experience
• Capstone courses

• Faculty
• Teaching Assignments
• Teaching methods
• Research focus
• Professional service to community

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Components of an Engaged Department
MISSION
Engaged Department Mission Statement to connect
the rich resources of the department to our most
pressing social, civic, and ethical problems
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Components of an Engaged Department
POLICIES
Civic Learning Outcomes
Research/ Service Agenda
HRTP Policies
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Components of an Engaged Department
ACTIONS (Curricular)

• Design CE Courses
• Create SL Opportunities
• Develop Sequence of Courses
• Construct Freshman Year Experience around
  civic theme
• Create Capstone Course with civic component

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Components of an Engaged Department
ACTIONS (Co-Curricular)

• Provide student voice in departmental
  discussions
• Support student organizations with civic purpose
• Develop student leadership in civic engagement

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Components of an Engaged Department
ACTIONS (Faculty)

• Develop teaching methods for CE
• Share teaching assignments
• Conduct research on service learning outcomes
• Focus research on civic issues
• Provide professional service to community

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Components of an Engaged Department
ACTIONS (with Community)

• Develop civic programs
• Involve as co-educators
• Perform joint grant writing
• Share public relations

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Components of an Engaged Department
Group Discussions
Developing an Engaged Curriculum (Terri Davis)
Faculty Roles Rewards (Jerry Eisman)
Institutional Partnerships (Season Eckardt)
Creating Co-curricular Activities (Deanna Berg)
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Discussion Question
How can faculty leaders move - Curriculum,
Co-curricular Activities, Faculty Roles and
Rewards, Institutional Engagement - forward at
Chico?

• REPORT BACK
• Two exemplary current efforts
• Two ideas on how leaders can move the agenda
  forward

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Departments that Work (Wergin, 2003)

• Recognize the power of the faculty as a
  collective characterized by
• Work that is in alignment to institutions
  identity and priorities
• A balance between faculty autonomy and social
  responsibility
• Awareness of the danger of a faculty dominated by
  specialization, isolation and privatization.

Department Chairs and Faculty What role are you
playing in crafting a shared vision for the
department? Does that vision include service
learning, civic engagement, and why? What
conversations need to happen to have a shared
vision, a clear picture of the opportunities, and
an individual and collective practice of critical
reflection?
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In Closing
"We don't even know what skills may be needed in
the years ahead. That is why we must train our
young people in the fundamental fields of
knowledge, and equip them to understand and cope
with change. That is why we must give them the
critical qualities of mind and durable qualities
of character that will serve them in
circumstances we cannot now even predict."
--John Gardner, "Excellence"