About Service Learning

CONTACT, HOURS & APPOINTMENTS

 

Upcoming Events

Service Learning Success Seminars

  • Wed., Sep. 3 from 1-2p Service Rm 14286
  • Wed., Sep. 11 from 3-4p Zoom

Spartan Service Saturday, Boys & Girls Club of Vista

  • Sat., Sep. 6 from 10a-12p

Service Learning & Volunteer Fairs

  • Tue., Sep. 9 from 11:30a-1p
    San Elijjo Campus, 3333 Manchester Ave., Student Center Quad

and

  • Thu., Sep. 18 from 12-1:30p
    Oceanside Campus, 1 Barnard Dr., Clock Tower Area

Staff Contact Information

What is Service Learning?

Service learning is a form of experiential education that partners academic instruction with community service. Students learn through participation in thoughtfully organized service activities that are course relevant and meet actual community needs.  Each year, over a hundred students at 美姬社区 participate in service learning either as an option or a requirement for classes. Students are placed in non-profit organizations and public schools where they provide a variety of support services. These placements allow students to apply course concepts in real world settings while making valuable community contributions. Start by for the current semester, this is service assignment for a specific class. View a list of courses and instructors that have offered service learning. . 

My course currently does not offer Service Learning - what can I do?

A student may request credit and must obtain prior email consent from their course instructor before participating in service learning with a pre-approved, non-profit organization. The student and course instructor must notify the Service Learning department prior to student's participation in any service learning activity. Joint approval of the course instructor and the student requesting credit must include number of hours agreed upon, the pre-approved non-profit organization, description of duties, and a critical reflection component. Student must follow-through with all steps and forms outlined in "Student Forms" section for service learning.

What is the Volunteer Program?

The volunteer program is any service not connected to a particular class. Students can participate in co-curricular service opportunities for many reasons: explore career paths, learn about your community, build your resume, civic engagement, scholarships, transfer applications and to build your culture and social capital. We offer two different certificates of participation when students complete 50-99 hours or 100+ hours. Learn more about about this program, or you can . Students can volunteer at any non-profit organization or school, check out our current .

Mission Statement

The mission of the Service Learning and Volunteer Center is to support and promote student success and student engagement through curricular and co-curricular community service. The center facilitates applied learning opportunities that enhance student learning while increasing personal civic responsibility, community awareness, personal growth, and cultural humility.

Our foundation is CASE: Community, Advocacy, Service, and Education.

Student Advocates

The center hires Student Advocates, a student leadership team of service-oriented students who are passionate about education, community, advocacy, social justice, and equity. Student Advocates are assigned to a local Title I school or non-profit prganizations whose mission aligns well with our institutional and program mission. Their role is to assist the school or non-profit organization with their community programs, literacy, STREAM activities, and/or activities that promote higher learning. Advocates also work in the center, assist in the Food Pantry with CARE (Campus Assessment, Resources and Education) staff, and use their paid office hours as an opportunity to share service opportunities with other college students. Advocate tasks include: social justice curriculum, office and food pantry coverage, leading team meetings, educational presentations, promoting program services, and raising awareness about community partnerships and service opportunities. They also gain employability skills by helping coordinate service projects that raise awareness on issues connected with education, community, social justice, and equity.

How does Service Learning support Intersectional Equity work?

Service Learning is a teaching and learning methodology and for culturally responsive teaching across interconnecting identities. Through community-based placements, both in person or virtually, students鈥� experiences facilitate them to think critically about the structures of social inequity, power, and privilege. Critical Service Learning requires that students examine diverse, cultural perspectives as a means to examine their own agency and expand their social and cultural capital. Through these actions students are encouraged to think and develop their own counter stories to historical ideologies that contribute to systemic inequities and the status quo. Service Learning rejects ideologies of 鈥渟aviorism鈥� and 鈥渃harity鈥� as a means for academic learning and civic engagement. A critical component of service learning is self-awareness. This provides students an opportunity to make meaningful links between course content and their experiential learning.