Fitz Center for Leadership in Community
Information for Faculty
Fitz Center staff support the University of Dayton faculty and staff in bringing active learning, reflective learning, and community building to their courses and research using the CEL pedagogy.
We offer the following resources and services:
- Support with initiating and developing community partnerships and meaningful CEL opportunities
- Assistance integrating active learning, reflective learning, and other innovative teaching strategies
- Curriculum development with the CEL pedagogy (course development, setting intentional learning goals, project design, reflection activity ideas, and evaluation tools)
- Class visits (facilitation of reflection activities, presentation on CEL principles, preparing for CEL training workshops)
- Workshops, trainings, mentoring to support faculty and staff efforts in CEL
Course Design
- Community Engagement Terms and Definitions (pdf)
- Best Practices, Principles and Values for Community Engaged Learning at UD (pdf)
- Principles of Good Practice for Combining Community Engagement and Learning (pdf)
- Ways to Include Community Engaged Learning in Your Classroom (pdf)
- Advancing the Learning Outcomes found in "Habits of Inquiry and Reflection" - The Potential of Community Engaged Learning (pdf)
- University of Dayton Community Engaged Learning Partnership Agreement (pdf)
- Community Engaged Learning: Foundational vs. Advanced (pdf)
- Taxonomy for Service Learning Courses: Instructor Centric for Course Design (IUPUI) (pdf)
Partnership Development
Risk Management and Liability
- Fitz Center for Leadership in Community Safety/Risk Management Orientation (pdf)
- Risk Management for Community Engaged Learning (pdf)
- Code of Ethics for Community Engagement (pdf)
- Key Points from the University's Minors Policy: What to Do and Not to Do When You're Around Children (pdf)
- Informed Voluntary Consent and General Release (pdf)
- Risk Management Aids (pdf)