Information for Faculty

Faculty are the driving force behind service learning.  As a pedagogy, it is faculty who initiate and tailor the experience to fit their course curriculum.  Although designing a course often takes extra time and thoughtful planning, faculty find that service-learning allows them to:

• enrich their teaching and to develop new relationships with students and a new understanding of how learning occurs
• gain a greater awareness of community issues as they relate to their own academic areas of interest.
• identify new areas for research and publication.

Powell Center Support for Faculty

The Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship Program 
The Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship Program forms the cornerstone of the Center's Service-Learning Program. Recognizing the extra time time and effort service-learning requires, the Center initiated this comprehensive support program in Fall 2005. 

Since this time, 20 faculty from across a range of academic disciplines have participated. The Fellowship provides CCNY faculty with both financial support and technical assistance as they begin to incorporate service-learning pedagogy into their course curriculum. 

Click here for 2008 Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship information and application guidelines

Service-Learning Course Assistant Grants for Faculty
Provides $750 stipends to students to serve as course assistants for service-learning faculty. Faculty are encouraged to choose a student who has recently completed a service-learning course and who is available to assist in the same course during a subesquent semester. 

Click here for 2008 Service-Learning Course Assistant Grant information and application guidelines

Service-Learning Project Grants
Faculty can apply to receive up to $1,000 to support project support specific service-learning project expenses. 

Click here for Service-Learning Project Grant information and application guidelines