Community Engagement: A Continuum from

Outreach to Engagement

Lynnette Young Overby, Sue Serra, Kate Colyer, Yasser Payne, Jon

Cox, Jules Bruck, and Ed LewendowskiUniversity of Delaware

Community Partner

StudentsFaculty

• Boyer – Scholarship Reconsidered (1990)• The Scholarship of Discovery• The Scholarship of Integration• The Scholarship of Application –

Engagement• The Scholarship of Teaching

• Scholarship Assessed (Glassick, Huber & Maeroff, 1997)• Standards of Scholarly Work

• Clear Goals• Adequate Preparation• Appropriate Methods• Significant Results• Effective Presentation• Reflective Critique

Community Engagement Classification

• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching – 2015

• Excellent alignment among campus mission, culture, leadership and resource

More work needed

• Assessment, reciprocal partnerships, faculty awards and alignment with other institutional initiatives

Carnegie Foundation for the

Advancement of Teaching

• Community engagement describes the collaboration between higher education institutions and the larger communities (local, regional/state, national and global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity

Community-Based Research/Creative

Activities Principles• Community-based research/Creative

Activities takes place in community settings and involves community members in the design and implementation of the projects.

• Such activities should demonstrate respect for the contributions of success which are made by community partners as well as respect for the principle of "doing no harm" to the communities involved.

Research/Creative Activities Examples

• Research and Creative Activities• Applied research• Performances• Exhibits• Needs Assessments• Evaluation

Academic Service Learning

• Service Learning is a method of teaching that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection.

• Students improve their academic, social and analytical skills by applying what they learn in the classroom to the real world.

• Reciprocal and balanced emphasis exists to ensure both student learning and a focus on the real needs of the community.

Service Learning

Service Learning Characteristics

• Lasts at least one semester

• Students involved in project planning

• Academic content combined with structured reflection

Teaching Examples

• Service Learning

• Study Abroad

• Participatory Curriculum Development

Service Examples

• New business ventures

• Clinical services

• Policy analysis

• Expert testimony

• Commercialization of discoveries

Community ServiceVolunteerism

• Focus is on the service provided and the service recipient

• Specific service goals are achieved

• Little emphasis on processing the experience

• Not directly connected to a class

• Pathway to employment

Community ServiceVolunteerism

MLK Day of Service

BHLP Alternative Break

UD Day of Service

A Continuum of Community Engagement

• Community engagement describes the collaboration between higher education institutions and the larger communities (local, regional/state, national and global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity

Benefits for Students

Civic Engagement

Application of disciplinary knowledge

Focus on finding solutions to societal problems

Gain critical thinking skills

Learn to interact with diverse populations

Benefits to Faculty

Research by Kelly Ward and Tami Moore, Washington State University

Reclaiming the role of the educator• Lines between teaching, research and service become

blurred when education is at the center

• Education is not limited to the classroom

• Pursuing Passion• Passion about community issue fuels faculty purpose.• Making a difference in the lives of community• Social justice orientation keeps passion

Benefits to Communities

• Collaboration with the University to solve a problem

• Access to university resources

• University values community assets

• Valued contributors to educational experience of future leaders

Beneficial to All PartnersFaculty, Students,

Community •Knowledge is:

•co-generated•co-disseminated•co-preserved•co-applied

Workshop 1

• Examples of outreach – engagement projects• What makes them outreach?• What makes them engagement?

• Brainstorm an idea for a community engagement project

Workshop II

• Presentation – Sustainable Coastal Communities – How to develop Community Engagement – Jules Bruck and Ed Lewendowski

• Application – Developing a community engagement project

• Share ideas – next steps

Scholarship of Engagement

• The University has determined that community engagement is an important area of scholarship for all faculty and students• In your group, identify one social/community

problem• From your disciplinary perspective, consider a

scholarly approach to solving the problem• Use the template to design a teaching,

research or service project• Use the rubric to check the level of

engagement

Sharing Examples

• How is community engagement viewed in your department/college?

• Do you feel that it is important to change the culture of higher education to recognize the benefits of community engagement?

• What aspects of your research/teaching/service connect with problems in society?

UD Engage Website

• UD Engage website.