The Virginia Tech Model for Student Engagement:

Forging Community Partnerships

Gail Billingsley, Jeri Childers,

Michele James-Deramo, Jim Dubinsky,

Andy Morikawa

  Student Engagement

what is it?  why is it important?  place in strategic plan?

CSECP: Center for Student Engagement & Community Partnerships

VT-Engage Service-Learning Community & Student

Leadership/Involvement

Forging community partnerships

Partnerships that change lives

What’s On Stage?

Social Entrepreneurs

Partnership Basics

Identify the ultimate goal Clarify the needs of each

partner Make it a win-win

Partnership Basics

   Identify a point person    Communicate!    Plan    Reflect and acknowledge

Nature of Partnerships

Mutually beneficial Reciprocal

Pitfalls and Possibilities

Physical—includes transportation, safety, etc.

Spiritual—burnout, loss of idealism

Credibility—students’, organization’s, faculty’s, university’s

Confidentiality Accountability Liability Ethical—human

subjects

Addresses needs Achieves desired

outcomes Meets expectations Increases

performance Develops

connections

[1] http://www.servicelearning.org/resources/fact_sheets/k-12_facts/partnerships/

The Epistemic Potential of Engagement

The View of the Academy

New Knowledge for Better Solutions

A Collaboration of Perspectives

The View of the Beneficiary

The View of the Agency

The "Problem"

Questions to Consider

Did this presentation reshape your view on partnerships?

What came from the presentation that will help you implement a strong partnership?

  What would help you approach Virginia

Tech about partnerships?