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Community Service Learning (CSL) is a teaching method that incorporates academic study with hands-on service in the community. Students taking CSL courses are generally required to serve a minimum of 30 hours over a ten-week period during the academic year.

For more information, please contact:
Perla Barrientos
Director of Community Service Learning
Ph: 415-338-3282
email: barrient@sfsu.edu

Michael Bennett, Program Coordinator of the Visitacion Valley Weed & Seed Safe Haven program is winner of ICCE's 2009 Commitment to Excellence Award. Mr. Bennett's commitment to the City's youth and homeless, along with his efforts towards preventing violence has paid off: numerous students from economically disadvantaged communities have accessed higher education because of Michael's encouragement and support.

Last Update: November 9, 2009

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Partnering with ICCE

 

Welcome

The Institute for Civic and Community Engagement (ICCE) has earned a national reputation for community service learning, leadership development, and civic engagement. Our mission is to bring faculty and students together with city and county agencies, nonprofit service providers, policy makers, other educational institutions, and neighborhood residents to address the most critical social justice issues of San Francisco and the Bay Area.

 

During Academic Year 2008-2009, SF State students enrolled in 527 course sections in which CSL was an integrated course element. These sections enrolled a total of 11,261 students or 38% of the total student population. Of those who opted to participate in a community service learning course, they provided over 506,760 hours of service. At the City of San Francisco's minimum wage of $9.79 per hour, this represented nearly $5 million in services to the City and County of San Francisco.

 

We are eager to work with you in developing high-quality projects that meet the needs of your organization, the clients you serve, and the learning goals of our students.

 

Benefits of Partnering with ICCE

The goal of collaborating with community agencies is to significantly address community needs while supporting student learning. The heart of this effort is the creation of vibrant and sustainable community based organizations that serve the public good. Additionally, "an organization's assurance to the community that they will always be able to count on its work to make life better for them” )is a definition of sustainability (Hildy Gottlieb, 2005)that partnering with ICCE can enhance. Community service learning partnerships foster sustainability, through:

Enhanced capacity: Students working with your agency can enhance your ability to provide services.

 

Knowledge: Students often share knowledge from recent studies on topics that can impact your ability to succeed and sustain your organization's presence in the community. Faculty can help you evaluate your organization's programs and goals.

 

Future staff: Students often choose to work as professional staff with organizations where they performed service. If you hire them after graduation, they're already trained.

 

Future volunteers or donors: Students can promote your causes to their networks of friends, family, and other students. CSL students may become your biggest boosters!

 

In-kind contributions: You can list student services as an in-kind contribution in grant proposals. Last year, total service learning hours were valued at $3.9 million to surrounding communities!

 

Recognition: Community partners can be nominated annually by students and faculty for the Community Partner Recognition Award, which recognizes the outstanding work and the impact a community partner has on student learning outcomes. Awardees will receive a plaque and a gift certificate.

CSL Award Guidelines- 2009-2010

CSL-CE Nomination form 09-10

 

 

 

First SF State Staff Community Engagement Award

A Trash Mash-up bash

Bridget McCracken, academic coordinator for SF State's Department of Public Administration, is the winner of ICCE's first Staff Community Engagement Award for her work in Trash Mash-Up (TMU), a socially and environmentally conscious art project that utilizes disposable materials to create masks and costumes that are inspired by cultural traditions from around the world. TMU's "Maskostumes" are modeled by community members during a public pageant each year. TMU partners with more than a dozen community organizations to promote environmental awareness and sustainability in and around San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood.

 

 

Jefferson Awards for Public Service

In January, 2005, the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement (ICCE) became one of 49 organizations in the Bay Area to join the Jefferson Awards for Public Service Civic Engagement. This initiative recognizes individuals who make a difference on a daily basis in their local communities. For questions regarding the award, please contact Perla Barrientos barrient@sfsu.edu or call Ext 8-3282.

 

 

How to Begin Building an Association with ICCE

If you wish to become a community site for SF State service learning students, the first step is to register in our Community Connections Database (CCDB).

Instructions for Registering in the CCDB

For more information about service learning and other ICCE services, such as evaluation and research, please phone ICCE at 415-338-6419 or write to us at icce@sfsu.edu.

 

We look forward to working with you.