Academic Service-Learning Timeline

Six to Eight Weeks Before the Semester Begins:

  • Fill out a Faculty Intake Sheet and submit it to Lynn Stravino or Valerie Kutcher in the Office of Academic Service-Learning.
  • Schedule a meeting with the Office of Academic Service-Learning to discuss how to best incorporate AS-L into your course, what type of service and which community partners are most appropriate to work with, and how your students can reflect on their service.
  • Set a deadline for your students to complete their AS-L projects. The deadline to complete service is on the University Study Day but we encourage you to set an earlier deadline if possible.
  • If AS-L is going to be optional for the students in your class, develop a comparable assignment for the students who will not be participating in the AS-L project. Make sure the assignment is equally as rigorous and will take the same amount of time to complete.
  • Include AS-L in your course outline and be prepared to let your students know about their assignment at the start of the semester.
  • Schedule an AS-L orientation for your students in your classroom during the first few weeks of the semester.
  • Plan to visit the community partner(s) that your students will be serving with (optional).
     

Mid Semester Point

  • Check in with your students to ensure they have all made a connection with a service site and have started their service. Ask to check student’s time log forms to ensure that they have begun their service (optional)
  • If students finish their service early in the semester, submit completed time log forms to the Office of AS-L in Lourdes Hall in person or via interoffice mail as soon as you receive them.
     

End of Semester

  • Collect the signed Time Log/Agreement Form from your students and send them to our office via the interoffice envelope provided in your classroom orientation packet. If the forms are not returned to our office, your student’s hours will not be recorded in our database.
  • Fill out the online AS-L evaluation form which will be sent to you via email towards the end of the semester.
  • Evaluate the AS-L assignment to see what worked and what could be improved upon going forward. Contact Lynn Stravino or Valerie Kutcher to discuss plans for the next semester.