This event is postponed. Please get in touch with Nicole Springer at nspringer@compact.org to find out more about future curriculum development opportunities.

Kickstart your work on next year's curriculum during this week-long institute that dives deep into community-engaged teaching and learning practices.

During this institute you will:

• Get in-person, individualized learning opportunities. Leverage expert facilitators and curriculum development consultants in-person to gain insight into developing your curriculum. The institute will feature Dr. Star Plaxton-Moore, who will facilitate sessions on community-engaged teaching and learning.
• See the work in action. Dive deep into Aquinas College's and Grand Valley State University's community partnership practices with site visits with local community partners.
• Find much-needed time to intentionally focus on course development.

This institute is intended for educators who are developing new or honing existing community-engaged learning courses. Find out how to take your curriculum to the next level. Participants will leave the experience with a draft community-engaged course syllabus or course proposal, pedagogical resources, and a plan for course implementation.

Upon completion of the series, participants will:

• Develop and apply community-engaged teaching competencies, including integrating community-rooted learning experiences, collaborating with community partners, crafting engagement-specific outcomes, designing and facilitating reflective activities and assignments, and assessing learning and community impact
• Locate your community-engaged work within the broader context of higher education, your discipline, and your community
• Design and implement a high-quality community-engaged course grounded in a critical perspective
• Build a community of support with colleagues across institutions and disciplines

This Campus Compact Faculty Development Series brings together faculty from across institutions, disciplines, and varying levels of community engagement expertise to participate in an intensive interactive learning community. Drawing on Welch and Plaxton-Moore’s, The Craft of Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning (2019), the workshop series fosters faculty learning about community-engaged principles, pedagogies, and practices; nurtures supportive and reciprocal relationships with peers and community partners; facilitates critical dialogue about the nature of community engagement and the public purpose of higher education; and cultivates high-quality community-engaged learning courses. Content is shared and processed through readings, discussions, interactive activities, presentations, guest speakers, and written reflections. Participants will leave the experience with a draft  community-engaged course syllabus or course proposal, pedagogical resources, and a plan for course implementation.

Questions? Get in touch with Nicole Springer at nspringer@compact.org.