Faculty Resources for Community Learning

Trinity faculty offer more than twenty Community Learning courses each semester. Faculty can find resources to help with new or existing Community Learning courses on this page.

Resources for designing a new course or adding a new assignment or partnership to an existing course:

• Erica Crowley, Director of Community Learning, is available to meet with faculty to discuss preliminary ideas, designing assignments, choosing readings, or building partnerships.
• Join Community Learning Faculty Fellows (CLiFF). Learn more about Community Learning and workshop ideas in a group setting.
• Visit the Community Learning Faculty Toolkit for readings and resources that can aid faculty in course planning and/or be incorporated into a class as student readings
• View recent undergraduate community-engaged research projects in the CHER research archive
• View digital storytelling resources and hardware available for check out from Community Learning here
• Looking for a partner? View the CHER database of recent partners here.

Community Learning course assistance funds

Community Learning offers up to $500 in course assistance funds for approved Community Learning courses. See allowable expenses and how to apply here.

Scholarly resources

• The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning A national, peer-reviewed journal focusing on research-driven articles about community-based research and teaching.
• Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. A national, peer-reviewed journal that includes research articles, reflective essays, and discussions of projects in progress.
• ​Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship A national, peer-reviewed journal that offers essays devoted to field notes, community perspectives, and student voices as well as traditional research articles.
• National Service-Learning Cooperative Clearinghouse  A large, searchable database of publications.

• Campus Compact Service-Learning Syllabus Project Over 200 service-learning syllabi for courses from Biology to History are available on this national website.
• Writing Initiative for Service and Engagement A detailed web resource from the University of Colorado, Boulder discussing course planning, partnership building, and a bibliography of readings  and resources for service-learning.

• 101 Ideas For Combining Service & Learning: a compendium of capsule course descriptions and academic service projects, from Anthropology to Zoology.