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Associate Director, Center for Experiential Learning (Service-Learning), Loyola University Chicago

Responsibilities (not an exhaustive list)

The Associate Director will assist the Director with the overall operations of the Center for Experiential Learning, including service-learning, academic internships, undergraduate research, and learning portfolios. Primary responsibilities for the Associate Director will be to:

– Supervise community-based learning initiatives in the Center for Experiential Learning, including the Service-Learning Program
– Supervises other community-based learning initiatives (academic internships and community partnerships) working with other CEL personnel closely
– Administers Service-Learning Program, including developing community placements or projects, cultivating and maintaining relationships with faculty and academic departments, and student development staff, supporting students enrolled in service-learning courses, and communicating with key constituents on service-learning policies and procedures university-wide.
– Advances community-based learning across the university as part of academic courses and the curriculum, connected to the Engaged Learning University Requirement.
– Contributes to community partnership development, relationships maintenance, and tracking of campus-community partnerships.
– Develops and facilitates community-based learning workshops and other resources for faculty instructors to foster best practices and communicate policies and procedures for service-learning.
– Meets with faculty, departments, and schools to aid in implementing service-learning in their course or curriculum.
– Supports the Director in representing the Center for Experiential Learning with key civic, community, cultural, and business organizations to advance community development goals through experiential learning partnerships.
– Advises undergraduate students from all majors on community-based learning opportunities, particularly service-learning courses and other experiential learning-related opportunities, through individual consultation, class-based presentations, workshops, and online resources.
– Develops and presents service-learning workshops and other resources to prepare students for service-learning and other community-based learning opportunities.
– Serves as a resource to faculty for developing reflection structures to enhance student learning in all community-based courses.
– Coordinates, tracks, and reports on students’ community-based learning, attainment of learning outcomes, and achievement of community outcomes for engaged coursework through establishment and maintenance of University data management system.
– Implements course- and site-based assessments of community-based learning experiences, and other program evaluation tools for students, faculty instructors, and community partner organizations.
– Coordinates promotion of and special events related to service-learning, community engagement, and other community-based learning opportunities for students, including workshops, panels, site visits, or other programs.
– Coordinates community-based learning exhibitions at the Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium , a symposium of community-engaged learning featuring students, faculty and staff work in the community, as part of the Weekend of Excellence.
– Continually evaluates new and ongoing community sites/partnerships as suitable for student placements, projects and research through service-learning classes and other community-based learning experiences.
– Builds CEL on-line tools and resources for students, faculty, and community partners engaged with experiential learning.
– Offers and facilitates EXPL 290 Seminar course each semester (Fall, Spring, Summer) to provide students with a general elective Engaged Learning course for service-learning engagement in the community.
– Performs other duties as required.

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