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Service Learning Labs: Integrating experiential learning across a BSW Curriculum – #BPDTX16
The document outlines a workshop focused on implementing service learning labs within the social work curriculum at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Participants will learn strategies for community engagement and how to replicate service learning projects in their institutions, while the curriculum incorporates various courses emphasizing volunteer work and interprofessional collaboration. Challenges such as administrative delays and logistical coordination are acknowledged, along with the next steps for enhancing student learning outcomes.
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Service Learning Labs: Integrating experiential learning across a BSW Curriculum – #BPDTX16
- 1. Implementing Service Learning LabsAcross a Social Work Curriculum D. Scott Batey, PhD, MSW Assistant Professor & Laurel I. Hitchcock, PhD, MSW, MPH Assistant Professor Department of Social Work University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2. Objectives By the endof the workshop, participants will be able to: Understand strategies to plan & engage multiple partners in developing a community-based service learning project to support student & community outcomes Demonstrate how educators can duplicate the planning process for curriculum-based service learning projects at their institutions Appreciate the role of professional collaboration in the planning and development of service learning projects across a curriculum
- 3. Background “Pedagogy of ServiceLearning” Public scholarship Community-based participatory research (CBPR) Service learning pedagogy Bringle, Games, & Malloy (Eds.), 1999; Furco, 2003
- 4. Challenge To incorporate servicelearning into a social work curriculum
- 5. Campus University ofAlabama at Birmingham (UAB) Enrollment Urban Campus Medical Research Emphasis Many Community Partners (internal & external) Unmet needs on our own campus Setting
- 6. Department of SocialWork Student demand for more hands-on experiences Accreditation Strong ties between adjunct & full-time faculty Departmental Curriculum Committee Setting
- 7. Service Learning Campus-wideOffice of Service Learning Engaged Scholar Fellowship Program for Faculty Carnegie Community Engaged Institution Setting
- 8. From Course toCurriculum Service Learning Labs in Practice Course Sequence Social Work Values Laboratory (SW 222) Social Work Practice I (SW 322) Social Work Practice II (SW 422)
- 9. From Course toCurriculum New & Strengthened Roles with Community & Campus Partners UAB Townhouse United Way of Central Alabama UAB Department of Occupational Therapy Center for Interprofessional Simulation & Education
- 10. From Course toCurriculum SW 222 Social Work Values Lab 30-hours of volunteer time at UAB TownHouse In-class orientation Self-guided Tour Two Self-Reflections IP Meetings with OT students Group Work – Community Resource Guide, Group Event & Poster Presentation 2-hours of poverty simulation Group de-breifing Self-Reflection Start of Service Learning Portfolio
- 11. From Course toCurriculum SW 322 Social Work Practice I 32-hours of volunteer time with United Way of Central Alabama’s 2-1-1 community referral hotline In-class Orientation Two Self-Reflections Adding to Service Learning Portfolio
- 12. From Course toCurriculum SW 422 Social Work Practice II Hours in Field Practicum Agency Self-Reflections Agency Assessment (Podcast) Community Assessment Group Participate in a two-hour of interprofessional simulation experience 2-hours of poverty simulation Group de-breifing Self-Reflection Submit Final SL Portfolio
- 13. Strengths Enhanced interprofessionalcollaborations of faculty & students All social work students complete at least 64 hours of service learning (across two courses) Increased number of service learning courses in social work Approved IRB to assess student learning
- 14. Challenges Delays dueto administrative timelines and policies Developing interprofessional simulations Monitoring Student hours Coordination and logistics
- 15. Next Steps Implementfinal service learning lab Finalize student portfolio assignment Enhance assessment of student learning outcomes Cultivate more interprofessional opportunities Collect and analyze data
- 16. Questions? For a copyof these slides: http://goo.gl/iZhE8H Laurel Iverson Hitchcock, PhD, MPH, MSW lihitch@uab.edu 205.934.8673
- 17. Thank You! Libba Vaughan DeekCunningham Chris Eidson Sarah Tucker Amanda DuBois Harry Brown Shayne Rittmann Karla Lawrence Laura Johnson
Editor's Notes
- #4 Educators who define their work within the scholarship of engagement movement tend to draw from public scholarship, community-based participatory research, and service learning pedagogy as powerful strategies for collaboratively generating knowledge and practices to alleviate social problems affecting communities. – Sandmann, 2006 [CLICK] Service learning pedagogy has evolved considerably since the 1985 Campus Compact which was created to help colleges and universities create environments that “promotes public and community service that develops students’ citizenship skills, helps campuses forge effective community partnerships, and provides resources and training for faculty seeking to integrate civic and community-based learning into the curriculum. Most recently, in 2003, this service learning pedagogy was espoused by Furco, and it represents the distinctions among service programs as shifting away from a completely balanced design depending on the primary emphasis placed on the beneficiary and focus.
- #6 Community University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Enrollment: 18,698 23.5% (11,679) Undergraduate 34.0% Part-time ~60.0% from outside of Jefferson County 68.2% In Campus Housing Urban Campus 95 city blocks in Alabama’s largest municipality Medical Research Emphasis Over $454 million in NIH research funding 11th among public universities 3rd largest hospital in the U.S. Alabama’s only Level 1 adult trauma center World Comprehensive Transplant Institute Many Community Partners (internal & external) State’s largest employer (23,000) Yet, Unmet needs on our own campus
- #7 Department of Social Work Student demand for more hands-on experiences Accreditation Strong ties between adjunct & full-time faculty Departmental Curriculum Committee
- #8 Service Learning Campus-wide Office of Service Learning Faculty Development Support Engaged Scholar Fellowship Evidence-based Teaching Practice
- #9 Service Learning Labs in three practice courses (Social Work Dept.) Three Practice Courses – skills and values development SW 222 Social Work Values Lab SW 322 Social Work Practice I SW 422 Social Work Practice II
- #10 New and Deepened Roles with Community Partners Examples – continued interprofessional meetings, student field placements, new partners UAB TownHouse Department of Occupational Therapy UAB Hospital Chaplain Services United Way of Central Alabama
- #11 Service Learning Labs in three practice courses (Social Work Dept.) Three Practice Courses – skills and values development SW 222 Social Work Values Lab SW 322 Social Work Practice I SW 422 Social Work Practice II
- #12 Service Learning Labs in three practice courses (Social Work Dept.) Three Practice Courses – skills and values development SW 222 Social Work Values Lab SW 322 Social Work Practice I SW 422 Social Work Practice II
- #13 Service Learning Labs in three practice courses (Social Work Dept.) Three Practice Courses – skills and values development SW 222 Social Work Values Lab SW 322 Social Work Practice I SW 422 Social Work Practice II
- #14 Community Partners – trend toward formalized Social Work – all students are completing at least 64 hours of service learning Service Learning – from 1 to 3 service learning courses
- #15 Community Partners – trend toward formalized Social Work – all students are completing at least 64 hours of service learning Service Learning – from 1 to 3 service learning courses
- #16 Engaged in Service Learning across campus New ways of working with service learning across our campus Service Learning Faculty Mentors Interprofessional Education Team with focus on Service Learning