Community-Engaged Learning

What is Community-Engaged Learning?

Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) is at the very heart of ETSU's mission "to improve the lives of the people of our region and beyond." Our faculty and staff work to facilitate these experiences with our students and community partners to make each moment they are collaborating a meaningful opportunity to learn or grow. We have a growing group of engaged faculty and staff that work to support over 45 different CEL experiences each semester. To learn more about this meaningful pedagogy see the videos and links below. 

What is CEL pedagogy?

CEL Workshops and Events

The Office of Community Engagement in collaboration with the Center for Teaching Excellence offers a myriad of professional development opportunities for Community-Engaged Learnings. Examples include the 2-day summer CREATOR, monthly Circle Chats to explore strategies to facilitate critical reflection, CEL Symposia highlighting faculty and instructors teaching CEL Courses, and signature events highlighting nationally known scholars in the field of Community Engagement. Visit the CTE Events website for the full listing. 

CTE Events

CEL Sharing Lunch Highlights

Hear directly from our faculty about their CEL teaching experiences.

• Spring 2024

  CTE Sharing Lunch (04/18/24) - Teresa Boggs: 

   

  CTE Sharing Lunch (04/18/24) - Angela Flemmer: 

   

  CTE Sharing Lunch (04/18/24) - Meghan Heimbach and Daniel Hedden: 

   

  CTE Sharing Lunch (04/18/24) - Michele Joyner:

   

  CTE Sharing Lunch (04/18/24) - Karla Leybold:

   

  CTE Sharing Lunch (04/18/24) - LeAnn Olson:

   

  CTE Sharing Lunch (04/18/24) - Jacy Richardson:

   

  CTE Sharing Lunch (04/18/24) - Angela Shelton:

   

  CTE Sharing Lunch (04/18/24) - Natalia Ward:

CEL Resources and Support

• Teaching

  Teaching Essentials Guides:

  • New Faculty Orientation Intro to CEL
    • McCracken, S., & Jenkinson, S. (n.d.). New Faculty Orientation: Introduction to CEL [PowerPoint slides]. PowerPoint. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B29wsENGTjiWYXbolT-7_-QtOsIgRmqt/view?usp=sharing
  • CEL Designation Process Overview
    • McCracken, S., & Jenkinson, S. (n.d.). CEL Designation Process Overview [PowerPoint slides]. PowerPoint. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L_Svc6NmQ9C0EX1jxRYBlpe_rrhGFfdq/view?usp=sharing
  • Critical Reflection for Deeper Learning 
    • Jenkinson, S. (n.d.). Critical Reflection for Deeper Learning [PowerPoint slides]. PowerPoint. https://drive.google.com/file/d/18TD7w_cDgd4jMx9qS7e-56sOfwiLGbNF/view?usp=sharing

   

  Teaching Tips:

  • What is Critical Reflection?
    • Jacoby, B. (2010). What is Critical Reflection?. University of Maryland.
  • Integrating the DEAL Model in Critical Reflection
    • Jenkinson, S. (n.d.). Integrating the DEAL Model in Critical Reflection in Instruction [PowerPoint slides]. PowerPoint. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1soWDwge0Zeir0CAUFwrzxBOy8ab-zbhi/view?usp=sharing
• Additional Resources

  Websites: 

  • Campus Compact
  • Association of Experiential Education
  • Engagement Scholarship Consortium
  • Dr. Patti Clayton & Curricular Engagement 
  • Community Engagement at Vanderbilt University
  • Liberating Structures
  • Amizade
  • Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative

   

  Articles:

  • Generating, Deepening, and Documenting Learning: The Power of Critical Reflection on Applied Learning
    
    • Ash, S., & Clayton, P. H. (2009). Generating, Deepening, and Documenting Learning: The Power of Critical Reflection in Applied Learning. Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education, 1, 25–48. https://doi-org.iris.etsu.edu/10.57186/jalhe_2009_v1a2p25-48
  • Partnerships in Service Learning and Civic Engagement
    • Bringle, R. G., Clayton, P. H., & Price, M. F. (2009). Partnerships in Service Learning and Civic Engagement. Partnerships: A Journal of Service Learning & Civic Engagement., 1(1), 1–20.
  • A Practitioner's Guide to Reflection in Service Learning
    • Eyler, J., Giles, D. E., Jr., & Schmiede, A. (1996). A Practitioner's Guide to Reflection in Service-Learning. Vanderbilt University.
  • The Limits of Service Learning in Higher Education 
    • Butin, D. W. (2006). The Limits of Service-Learning in Higher Education. The Review of Higher Education, 29(4), 473–498.

   

  Video Resources:

  • Fair Trade Learning
    • Kindea Labs. (2016, January 27). Fair Trade Learning [Video]. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/153249405

CEL Course Designation

Learn more about CEL course designation

CTE Faculty Fellow in Support of the QEP

Dr. Scott Jenkinson

Faculty Fellow for Community-Engaged LearningAssistant Professor, Educational Foundations and Special Education, Clemmer College

• jenkinson@etsu.edu
• 423-439-7543
• 423 Warf-Pickel