How can universities, colleges, nongovernmental and related organizations participate?
How can universities, colleges, nongovernmental and related organizations participate?
There are a variety of ways in which to affiliate with the International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership:
Become a Distinguished Partner. Institutions that have instituted service-learning programs and are committed to extending and deepening these programs form a local chapter of IPSL, enabling them to fulfill their goals for the development of service-learning. Each Distinguished Partner is entitled to award the Certificate for Distinguished Leadership in Service-Learning, issued in the name of IPSL, to two students, one faculty member, and one local service agency annually. IPSL will be adding new features to this program during the 2007-08 academic year; details will be posted as they become available.
Send students on IPSL programs. Institutions around the world use IPSL programs to make service-learning available to their students in a wide variety of locations. IPSL programs create a powerful dynamic between direct cultural exposure and academic learning. Interaction with the community teaches students how the culture functions; time in the classroom teaches them why it functions as it does. By testing theory with practice, IPSL students find their learning takes on greater depth and meaning.
Commission special programs. Institutions and organizations often ask IPSL to design and administer international service-learning programs especially designed for their students, teachers, or members. IPSL can make special arrangements in many of our program locations to respond to particular institutional needs for an international service-learning experience. Please contact the IPSL Dean of Academic Programs, Martha Merrill, to discuss.
Participate in and/or cosponsor activities such as the biennial conference, training workshops for faculty members and/or service-learning and study-abroad officers on campus, and related meetings sponsored or co-sponsored by IPSL.
Use—and possibly write for—IPSL publications such as the newsletters, textbooks, and training materials.
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