Community Partner Orientation
The Center for Community Engagement offers a Community Partner Orientation that provides an overview of the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of your organization and CSUCI, the nuts and bolts of service-learning, and an introduction to CSUCI resources that are available to your organization.
Based on 2020 service-learning evaluations from community partners, we removed several barriers to attending the yearly on-campus orientation, including time, parking, inability to leave work, etc. The Community Partner Orientation can now be viewed through a series of videos that are accessible to review when schedules permit. In addition, the video series can be shared with other site staff that will be supervising students and can be used as a refresher course to service-learning.
Module 1: Introduction to Community Partner Orientation (4:33). This video will introduce you to CSUCI, the Center for Community Engagement (CCE), students, and service-learning.
Module 2: What is Service-Learning? (7:23). This video will discuss what service-learning is and how it is different from volunteering and internships. You will also hear how service-learning can benefit you as a partner and provide examples of service-learning projects.
Module 3: Roles & Responsibilities of Community Partners as Co-Educators (5:35). In this module, you will understand the definition of co-educator, hear and learn about the different roles and responsibilities of community partners in service-learning, and identify the components of creating a meaningful service-learning project.
Module 4: CSUCI Serves Database (3:34). In this module, you will learn how to update site-specific service-learning opportunities within the database and understand which student forms need a site signature.
Module 5: Understanding & Preparing for Service-Learners (3:08). In this module, you’ll identify the steps on how best to prepare for service-learners and understand the importance of an orientation to support a successful service-learning experience.
Module 6: Resources for Community Partners (4:45). In this final module, you will learn about the different resources available to you and where to access them. CSUCI and the CCE believes in the power of service-learning to be reciprocally beneficial to the students, faculty, you, and the community at large. The CCE is dedicated to forming and maintaining this mutual partnership and do so by providing the following resources.
Videos developed in partnership with Chancellor's Office Consultant, Christina Gonzalez-Salgado, and Teaching and Learning Innovations.