Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships that Provide Deep and Integrative Learning Opportunities

Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships that Provide Deep and Integrative Learning

Opportunities

Dr. William J. Soesbe III and Dr. Daniel R. Kittle

Loras College (Dubuque, Iowa)Thursday, May 30th, 2013

@9:45-10:45 ARC 402

2013 Upper Midwest Civic Engagement Summit

• Assistant Professor of Education

• Leadership Fellow

• Iowa Campus Compact Engaged Scholar Faculty Fellow

• Former Director for the Office of Student Field Experiences and School

Partnerships Coordinator at Wartburg College

• Served as a middle school science teacher within the Waverly-Shell Rock CSD

Dr. William J. Soesbe III


• Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives

• Director, Center for Community Engagement

• Lecturer in Liberal Studies

• Leadership Fellow

Dr. Daniel R. Kittle


• Located in Waverly, Iowa (pop. of 10,000)

• Private liberal arts school

• 1,800 undergraduate students (about 90% residential)

• Affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

Saemann Student Center

Wartburg College

• Largest majors on campus are Biology, Communication Arts, Business and Education

• Largest minor is Leadership Education

• Internationally known for Civic Engagement

Wartburg College

Network with other educators and expand your Professional Learning Network (PLN)

Better understand how to develop and foster effective and reciprocal partnerships

Learn about ways to create opportunities for communities to engage in deep and integrative learning

Brainstorm possibilities of how to develop and further infuse meaningful partnerships into our communities

Goals and Objectives


Professional Learning Networks

Let’s not have these conversations in isolation or stop them once this session is over.

Follow Bill on Twitter at @drbillsoesbe

Use the hashtag #UMCES2013 to share information with others about this session and to continue our dialogue in the future.


Name, Institution, Position, Role(s)?


1. Why did you attend this particular presentation?

AND

2. What do you hope/need to gain from the presentation?

Two Questions…


What did you take away from the Ted Talk?

So Why Are We Presenting to You?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHfo17ikSpY




What Do We Want/Need our Students to Experience and Accomplish? Deep and integrative learning

We are not doing enough for our students and we need to. Deep and integrative learning is not the only answer, but is ONE of the answers.


Deep Learning AAC&U LEAP/Kuh High Impact Practices

• Work closely with faculty and staff• Common intellectual experiences• Learning communities• Writing intensive courses• Collaborative assignments• Service-learning• Capstone courses that integrate and apply

previous learning


Deep Learning: Effective Conditions and Practices

• Academic challenge• Active and collaborative learning• Student-faculty interaction• Supportive campus environment• Enriching educational experiences

Civic engagement Co-curricular leadership Experiential learning

• Shared responsibility for educational quality

Kuh, G., Kinzie, J. Schuh, J. Whitt, E. (2005). Student success in college; Creating conditions that matter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Deep vs. Surface LearningDeep Learning Surface Learning

Focus is on “what is signified” Focus is on the “signs” (or on the learning as a signifier of something else)

Relates previous knowledge to new knowledge

Focus on unrelated parts of the task

Relates knowledge from different courses Information for assessment is simply memorized

Relates theoretical ideas to everyday experience

Facts and concepts are associated unreflectively

Relates and distinguishes evidence and argument

Principles are not distinguished from examples

Organizes and structures content into coherent whole

Task is treated as an external imposition

Emphasis is internal, from within the student

Emphasis is external, from demands of assessment

http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/deepsurf.htm

http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/deepsurf.htm

How Do We Accomplish D & I Learning?

Through the pedagogy of triangulated learning


• Comprised of three key components:1. Traditional learning2. Peer (collaborative) learning3. Experiential learning

**Intent is to forge links between deep thinking and leadership education

Triangulated Learning

Waldstein, F. (2009). Triangulated learning: A bridge for deep impact pedagogy and leadership education.

Triangulated Learning

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Experiential

Tabb, M. (2011). The Sacred Acre: The Ed Thomas Story. Zondervan: Michigan.Heifetz, R. and Linsky, M. (2002). Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading. Harvard Business School Press: Massachusetts.

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Leadership on the Line & The Sacred Acre ,

worksheets

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Deep and Integrativ

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Traditional Learning


Peer (Collaborative) Learning


Individualized Service Projects (ISP’s)

Experiential Learning (Service-learning)

http://www.wartburg.edu/cb/


http://www.wartburg.edu/cb/

http://www.tufts.edu/talloiresnetwork/?pid=312

What is One Way That D & I Learning can be Attained?

Reciprocal, significant, and meaningful partnerships


Arrange yourself into five diverse groups.

Let’s Create Groups

Do not open until 5/20/2013


Satisfy a community need Reciprocal and beneficial Common goals established Expectations clearly articulated Resources allocated appropriately Expenses and costs “shared”

Invest in social capital Transparent and frequent communication Continuous assessment AND evaluation Admit and “accept” failures Celebrate and promote successes

Essential Characteristics of Effective and Meaningful Partnerships….


Director of CCE – Dr. Daniel R. Kittle

School Partnerships Coordinator – Mrs. Mandie SandermanInternship Coordinator – Ms. Jo DorranceService-Learning Coordinator – Miss Renee Sedlacek Coordinator of Church Relations and Faith Community Outreach – Mrs. Gail Sexton

Office Coordinator – Mrs. MaryBeth Koberna

Five work study students

Center for Community Engagement


• Began in 2000• Intergenerational S-L project involving 6th graders, Wartburg students, and Adult Volunteers • Embedded within a leadership course (ID 315) and the Institute for Leadership Education (ILE)• Uses Triangulated Learning as a pedagogy• Service-learning component of ID 315• Awarded McJannet Prize for Global Citizenship in 2010• Involves an assortment of local & national partnerships

Overview of Community Builders – an exemplary program and partnerships


School Partnerships

Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District and St. Paul’s Elementary

• All 6th grade students• Utilize district standards and benchmarks for academic objectives (http://www.wsr.k12.ia.us/site_District/info_curriculum.html)

• Utilize Iowa Core standards (www.educateiowa.gov)


http://www.wsr.k12.ia.us/site_District/info_curriculum.html

http://www.educateiowa.gov/

http://stpaulswaverly.org/

Local Partnerships

• Waverly Police Department• Self Help International• Waverly City Hall• Waverly Recycling Center• KWAY Radio station• Trinkets and Togs• Bartels Lutheran Home

• Waverly-Shell Rock SportsBooster Club

• The W (Wartburg)• Waverly Public Library• Shell Rock Public Library


http://northstarcs.org/main/page.asp?NavID=120

http://www.waverlyhealthcenter.org/

http://retrievingfreedom.org/index.shtml

Local Partnerships

Trinket and Togs The W – recreation center

Volunteer Action Center

Public LibraryRecycling CenterKWAY Radio Station


Local Partnerships

Goodwill Industries Sports Booster Club Self Help International

Waverly Police Department

Waverly Health Center

North Star Community Services

International Partnerships

www.watertothrive.org (3 minute video)

• Self Help Internationalwww.selfhelpinternational.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4KaEX8tOoU (2 minutes)


http://www.selfhelpinternational.org/

Future Partnership

Retrieving Freedom, Inc.

Retrieving Freedom, Inc. is an organization that trains service dogs for disabled veterans and children with autism.

http://www.kwwl.com/story/22034461/2013/04/21/scott-dewey-trains-service-dogs-through-retrieving-freedom-in-waverly?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8800617#.UXaIdHP-gPw.facebook (3 minutes)

RFI will serve as a local community site for Community Builders as well as a site for students wanting to complete an Individualized Service Project.


How were/are Partnerships Established? Maintained? Assessed?

Personal relationships Communication through websites, email, phone, letters Verbal contact between collegiate participants and site supervisors Successes with other initiatives Luncheons and celebratory events Reciprocal nature and meets a community need

Assessment is often times very organic and anecdotal

Combination of both quantitative and qualitative data 2013 Upper Midwest Civic Engagement Summit

1. What are you currently doing in your position/role to help foster and improve partnerships?

2. What do you want/need to do to further develop partnerships?

Peer Learning Experience


What External Entities Influence Your Partnerships and Programs?


Questions and

Comments?


Thank you for your attention and insight.

Dan Kittle [email protected] Bill Soesbe [email protected]