Campus - Community Partnerships
The focus on student success is driving changes in higher
education toward high impact educational practices such
as service-learning. Meanwhile, community members are looking
to connect with campuses to enhance their organizations.
Higher education is a system, when navigated well, can open
up a flood of college resources into the community. How
do you develop a successful campus-community partnership?
The resources
and information on these pages can help.
Looking for some inspiration? Read about past VCC
award winners and their projects.
5 Things You Can Do to Strengthen a Campus Relationship
- Identify and stop by or call the specific college
office that handles outreach.
- Check in with the college in the beginning of the
academic year to make sure contact names and information
are current for both your organization and your college
contacts.
- Identify specific needs for your organization
and how the college can fill those needs (volunteers,
service-learning courses, event support, special projects...)
- Post a volunteer information page on your website
to help college staff, students, and faculty contact
your organization and understand you needs.
- Make sure you have a current, interesting, and inviting
website to attract involvement!
Check out:
Creating,
Running, and Sustaining Campus-Community Service-Learning
Partnerships: Lessons from Practitioners
This handbook addresses "good" partnerships by
drawing on the experience of dozens of individuals from
colleges and universities and from community organizations
in northern New England who have been involved in service-learning
partnerships for several years or more.
CommonGoodVT.org
CommonGoodVT.org convenes a human and electronic network
designed to raise the visibility of Vermont's independent
sector and improve the capacity of its nonprofit organizations
to deliver efficient and effective service.
Swinging
Doors: Making Community - College Partnerships Work
from the New England Resource Center for Higher Education.
It is the outline for a workshop but an organization can
go through the exercises as an individual. All the handouts
mentioned are included at the end of the outline.
Building
Community Through Service-Learning: The Role of the Community
Partner
from the Education Commission of the States. This article
explains the the basics of being involved in a service-learning
project from the community partner's viewpoint.
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