Roles and
Responsibilities
Adapted from Boise State University
The Agency Partner will:
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Designate a SL
supervisor to serve as
the liaison with the
service-learning office,
the faculty, and
service-learning
students.
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Follow the recommended
agency checklist,
including:
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Provide SL project
descriptions to the
service-learning
staff.
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Schedule orientation
dates and times to
service-learning
office.
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Orient students to
the agency partner’s
rules, policies,
procedures, methods
and operations,
community issue, and
population served.
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Sign student
agreements and log
sheets, which
include opportunity
for you to evaluate the
students.
Students will supply
these forms.
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Check-in formally
with the students at
regular intervals
(recommended:
beginning, middle
and end of semester
AT THE MINIMUM).
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Notify the faculty
partner immediately,
preferably by phone,
on any cause of
dissatisfaction or
of misconduct on the
part of the student.
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Maintain good
communication with
students,
service-learning
staff and faculty.
-
Offer suggestions
and ideas for
improvement in our
procedures and
opportunities.
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Students
will:
- Attend
agency orientation at scheduled time.
- Sign
agreement with agency partner.
- Track
hours using hour log sheet, or another
method specified in the course syllabus.
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Maintain regular communication with
agency partner regarding service hours
and activities (recommended beginning,
middle and end of semester AT THE
MINIMUM).
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Respect rules, regulations, and
confidentiality standards of agency
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Participate in reflection activities and
assignments.
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Complete required amount of service
hours and/or service project.
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Evaluate SL experience and the agency
partner.
Faculty will:
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Set learning objectives for the service
experience that relate to course objectives.
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Identify community issues or service that
relates to the class.
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Contact agencies to clarify course goals
and service expectations (the service-learning program
office can help).
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Adapt syllabus, class assignments,
lecture examples and class discussion to include links
between course theory and service experience.
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Structure and schedule reflection
assignments or activities.
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Discuss service-learning expectations and
requirements, agency orientation dates, deadlines for
starting service and evaluation guidelines with
service-learners.
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Use written agreements, time logs and
evaluation instruments recommended by the
service-learning program.
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Maintain regular contact with agency
partners (recommended: beginning, middle and end
of semester).
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Evaluate student service-learner's
experience (service-learning staff can help).
LCSC Service-Learning Staff will:
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Recruit, support and facilitate faculty,
students and agency service-learning
partnerships.
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Find, screen and orient agencies whose
needs match class learning objectives.
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Provide orientations, trainings and
roundtable discussions about service-learning.
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Facilitate student placement through
classroom visits and agency referral lists, upon
request.
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Provide contracts and forms that clarify
responsibilities and increase accountability.
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Support and troubleshoot with
students, agencies and faculty.
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Evaluate the service-learning experience
for students, agencies and faculty.
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Maintain regular contact with agency
partners, faculty and service-learners (at beginning,
middle and end of semester).
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E-mail upcoming opportunities and
information.
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Seek and respond to feedback from agency
partners, students and faculty.
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