Community-Engaged Learning and Service-Learning
About
Service-learning is an academic course where a service project or service experience is part of the overall grade. In the spirit of learning by doing, Cal Poly Pomona faculty, staff and students actively support and engage in service-learning activities that build meaningful and sustainable community partnerships.
What is Service-Learning?
Service-learning gives students structured opportunities to learn, develop and reflect through community involvement that meets shared student, faculty and community partner needs. Assessments and reflection connect course objectives with community issues, enriching academic learning and building civic competence and engagement.
How can faculty benefit from a service-learning course?
Service-learning integrates teaching and research to generate scholarship on teaching (teacher-scholar). In addition, it fosters an environment that engages and motivates students by providing an environment that allows them to demonstrate their application of academic material. Lastly, it promotes awareness of community involvement among faculty.