Request for ProposalThe Service-Learning Program (SLP) is currently seeking six full-time IUB faculty members to participate in Project Engage, a summer course development program beginning in 2013.

Project EngageThe purpose of Project Engage is to promote the creation of new high quality service-learning courses in response to the Enriching Educational Experiences in the Shared Goals section of the IUB General Education Requirements. The program is composed of three stages:

Stage I: Introduction to Service-Learning and the Community May 13 – 17, 2013Project Engage Fellows will attend a half-day, week-long workshop where they will explore the theory and practice of service-learning; and they will visit community partner agencies in the greater Bloomington area to learn more about the agencies, service populations and community needs.

Stage II: Developing a Pedagogically Sound Service-Learning Course Summer, 2013Working closely with community partners, their respective mentors and the Director of the SLP, fellows will conceive and plan integration of a service-learning component in an existing course or develop a new service-learning course. Fellows will schedule meetings individually with their faculty mentor, agency representatives and the Director of SLP to work on their course design.

Stage III: Presentation of Course SyllabiAugust 12 – 14, 2013Fellows will convene on three half days to share final drafts of their annotated syllabus and their plans for departmental presentations.

As a result of this program, Project Engage Fellows will have1) developed a new service-learning course which would be taught once before the year

2015 and twice between the years 2015 and 2020,2) written an annotated syllabus of a new service-learning course, and 3) demonstrated plans to present information on service-learning and their course within

their department.

Project Engage Fellows will receive a $2,500 award to assist with the development and implementation of their service-learning curricula.

ApplicationsApplications are available online and should be submitted to the Service-Learning Program, by Friday, February 15, 2013. If you have any questions, please contact Nicole Schonemann, the Director of the Service-Learning Program at (812) 855-7849 or nschonem@indiana.edu.

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