The Campus Compacts of Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire
offer a consulting program to support campuses as they integrate
service-learning and civic engagement programming into their curricula.
The goals of this program are:
To assist colleges and universities and their faculty
in implementing high quality, academically-based service-learning
as a teaching and learning strategy, and
To support campuses in their efforts to infuse civic
engagement into their curriculums.
Consultants
are available to provide training and development designed to
meet the needs of faculty, administrators, or Service-Learning/Community
Service Directors through:
Campus workshops
Faculty development seminars
Departmental retreats or Institutes
One-on-one consultations
Individually tailored sessions
Faculty Consultants Can Assist Faculty in:
Introducing service-learning as a pedagogy
Developing community partnerships
Redesigning a course and creating syllabi
Devising strategies to develop student skills and
capacities for community work
Developing service-learning research programs
Providing access to external service-learning resources
Faculty Consultants Can Assist Administrators
and Service-Learning/Community Service Directors in:
Setting up campus-wide service-learning programs
Building campus infrastructure for service-learning
Infusing service-learning into the curriculum
Offering faculty development in service-learning
Promoting the benefits of service-learning
Identifying external funds available for service-learning
programs
To Arrange a Consultation
To arrange a consultant visit to your campus, contact your state
Campus Compact office. You will be asked to complete a consultant
request form (128 K pdf), providing information that will assist
in identifying the faculty consultant who best suits your needs
and informing the consultant of those needs. You may also request
a specific consultant.
Fees for consultant services are $500/full day;
$250/half-day.
For Campus Compact member institutions, financial
support may be available to cover travel expenses or provide partial
fee scholarships.