The Community Involvement Center facilitates a Community-Based Learning Faculty Fellows Program to train faculty members in service-learning (S-L) and community-based research (CBR) pedagogies.
The fall semester of each academic year is used to train the faculty members in the pedagogy and assist them in course construction via structured workshops. Each CBL Faculty Fellow is paired with an experienced CBL practitioner as their mentor. By the end of the fall semester, the CBL Faculty Fellow will have a revamped course containing a community-based learning component. The newly enhanced course is then taught in the spring semester.
Typical Program Schedule
| August | Attend statewide CBL faculty retreat (Sponsored by Utah Campus Compact) | |
| Sept-Nov | Attend 5 workshops approximately every other week. Apply for Temporary CBL Designation on course (September). Meet and discuss with your mentor plans for your CBL course (approximately twice). |
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| December | Group Social | |
| Jan-April | Teach newly revamped course. Apply for CBL Designation on newly revamped course (February). Meet with CBL fellows and mentors approximately 3 times for shared book discussion and troubleshooting CBL teaching experience. |
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| May-July | Select new CBL Faculty Fellows |