EKU Service Learning & Community-Based Research Faculty - PowerPoint Presentation

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EKU Service Learning & Community-Based Research Faculty and Staff Survey

Friday, April 01, 2016Slide2

Date Created: Thursday, February 18, 2016

85

Total Responses

Complete Responses: 78Slide3

Q1: Which of the following applies to you? (Select all that apply.)

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Q1: Which of the following applies to you? (Select all that apply.)

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Q2: How interested are you in professional development programming to learn about service learning and the scholarship of service learning?

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Q2: How interested are you in professional development programming to learn about service learning and the scholarship of service learning?

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Q3: Which of the following professional development topics would you be interested in?  (Select all that apply.)

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Q3: Which of the following professional development topics would you be interested in?  (Select all that apply.)

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Q3: Which of the following professional development topics would you be interested in?  

Specifications for respondents who chose “Other.”

H

ow

to convince my colleagues that service learning is appropriate curriculum for higher

education.

Assessment

of

SL.

None

of them.

How

to communicate effectively the need for service learning. The difference between service learning and course requirements, the value of service learning. Hard to do when not valued.

None

, since service learning doesn't make sense for the type of courses I teach.

Community-based

scientific research with students applicable to my science-related discipline rather than the science of teaching and learning. (We get slighted here as scientists as the university puts so much emphasis on educational research, which pays very little and is often low or no impact by peer-reviewed journal standards).

How

to encourage students to take service-learning courses.

None.

What

is 'service learning' and how can it be used to benefit our workplace and not take away from our personal time or from getting our work done? I don't think its understood how busy our group is.

What

role does SL in the EKU's service region play in the EKU Mission and Strategic Plan, and how is it valued and how should it be

reported?

None

. But there is no field for it.

How

to get additional funds to facilitate SL projects/courses.Slide10

Q4: If you were to complete 6 hours of professional development, which format would you prefer? (Select all that apply.)

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Q4: If you were to complete 6 hours of professional development, which format would you prefer? (Select all that apply.)

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Q4: If you were to complete 6 hours of professional development, which format would you prefer?

Specifications for respondents who chose “Other.”

Hybrid: Online content to provide basic information and compare other schools approaches to the issues followed by 3 hours of face to face discussion of issues and opportunities.

Mix

of all the above (self pace, brown bag and seminar

).

None

, since service learning doesn't make sense for the type of courses I teach.

(

Fridays are usually good - give us a nice lunch, and I'd go).

Combination

of web-based and face to

face.

How

to survive in a hostile university environment that practices blatant

favoritism.

This

is too much professional development for this process. It shouldn't take more than an hour to go over the basics.Slide13

Q5: Which of the following types of logistical and planning support are you interested in receiving? (Select all that apply.)

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Q5: Which of the following types of logistical and planning support are you interested in receiving? (Select all that apply.)

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Q5: Which of the following types of logistical and planning support are you interested in receiving? Specifications for respondents who chose “Other.”

Is there transportation even available? From what I hear, its virtually impossible to get.

Transportation

(or the lack of) is a major issue and prevents us from allowing critical out of classroom opportunities for our students. For a University such as EKU to have such an insufficient fleet of vehicles available to faculty is very frustrating.

None

of the

above.

Mechanisms

for assuring student participation, supervision, &

preparation.

None

of them.

None

, since service learning doesn't make sense for the type of courses I teach.

Don't

need

any.

N

ot

applicable to

me.

Again

, how is SL support by EKU's mission and SP?

Equity

in salary. The faculty in my department who teach SL courses are grossly underpaid compared to newly-hired faculty who have no interest in teaching SL courses. I cannot afford to teach SL courses because of the time and monetary resources required. My chair wouldn't even cover lunch as a thank you for our community partner. It is a disgrace and an embarrassment to EKU and I want no part of it.

The

university vans are terrible. Enterprise has trouble keeping up with demand and EKU pays higher rates than others for the vans/transport. Where else can we/do we go?Slide16

Q6: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

It would be beneficial to develop University-wide service learning outcomes and track student success according to these outcomes on an annual basis."

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Q6: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

It would be beneficial to develop University-wide service learning outcomes and track student success according to these outcomes on an annual basis."

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Q7: It would be beneficial to me to showcase service learning in the following ways: (Select all that apply.)

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Q7: It would be beneficial to me to showcase service learning in the following ways: (Select all that apply.)

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Q7: It would be beneficial to me to showcase service learning in the following ways:

Specifications for respondents who chose “Other.”

Accreditation requirements.

It

wouldn't really benefit me.

S

tudent

recruiting events, press releases, advertising EKU to build our brand as a school committed to community engagement.

None

of them.

I

have no doubt that service learning is a great idea for some disciplines and courses, but it doesn't make sense for all. I'm not interested in any of the above.

Recognition

by provost for great projects - an award possibly.

N/A.

I

don't know that any would benefit

me.

Maybe

other types of scholarship would "count" for me, but they are not practiced in my department to my knowledge.

The

ability to use grant contract money in a way that benefits our project but we're unable to because of EKU restrictions.

Monthly

EKU Newsletter and dedicated EKU web space.

Again

, EKU wants more out of employees without compensating them.

I

do not need any type of showcase for this at this point in my career. I see this as a benefit to the student. Less so for me, but I am doing my job which is to provide students with meaningful learning opportunities.Slide21

Q8: It would be beneficial to students to showcase service learning activities in the following ways: (Select all that apply.)

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Q8: It would be beneficial to students to showcase service learning activities in the following ways: (Select all that apply.)

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Q8: It would be beneficial to students to showcase service learning activities in the following ways: Specifications for respondents who chose “Other.”

S

tudent

recruiting, local community government and non-profit organizations.

None

of them.

Share

with other students and faculty the

benefits.

An

outstanding student award for community-based research or an outstanding class award for community-based research (or service

).

P

resentations

to professional and community groups impacted by service

learning.

I

don't know that any would benefit my nursing

students.

The

ability to use grant contract money in a way that benefits our clients-students but we're unable to because of EKU restrictions.

Local

Newspapers, Radios and TV in addition to the Others in question 7.

Resumes

for future

positions.

I

have no clue. The one time my students did showcase their hard work, nobody showed.

I

encourage these, unsure all students would benefit, but some certainly will.Slide24

Q9: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

EKU should develop a mechanism to capture service learning activities on student transcripts."

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Q9: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

EKU should develop a mechanism to capture service learning activities on student transcripts."

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Q10: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

Capturing service learning on transcripts would be beneficial to majors in my department/program."

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Q10: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

Capturing service learning on transcripts would be beneficial to majors in my department/program."

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Q11: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

Capturing service learning on transcripts would be beneficial to non-majors who take classes in my department/program."

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Q11: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

Capturing service learning on transcripts would be beneficial to non-majors who take classes in my department/program."

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Q12: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

Course-embedded service activities should be rated at varying intensities (e.g., required time commitment/number of service hours, level of student independence, amount of faculty direction, etc.)"

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Q12: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

Course-embedded service activities should be rated at varying intensities (e.g., required time commitment/number of service hours, level of student independence, amount of faculty direction, etc.)"

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Q13: At some schools, the “service learning” designation is tied to a specific course (like EKU’s “S” courses); at other schools, the faculty member requests the designation on a semester by semester basis; and at others, it follows the student (e.g., in a class of 20 students, it is possible that only 4 would be taking the course for “service learning” credit.)At EKU, I think that it would be best if the “service learning” designation:

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Q13: At some schools, the “service learning” designation is tied to a specific course (like EKU’s “S” courses); at other schools, the faculty member requests the designation on a semester by semester basis; and at others, it follows the student (e.g., in a class of 20 students, it is possible that only 4 would be taking the course for “service learning” credit.)At EKU, I think that it would be best if the “service learning” designation:

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Q14: How interested are you in professional development programming to learn about community-based research?

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Q14: How interested are you in professional development programming to learn about community-based research?

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Q15: Which of the following professional development topics would you be interested in? (Select all that apply.)

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Q15: Which of the following professional development topics would you be interested in? (Select all that apply.)

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Q15: Which of the following professional development topics would you be interested in? Specifications for respondents who chose “Other.”

None of the

above.

None

of them

.

Not

interested.

Identifying

faculty at EKU who would want to be partners in community-based research (and having administrative support at the college-level to manage any grants to fund this type of work). *Why apply for a grant that is going to create an administrative headache for me? Should PhDs be using their skill sets as accountants or educators/researchers?

None.

Not

really

interested.

Don't

forget about grants/contracts.

How

to get EKU to appreciate community partners.Slide39

Q16: It would be most important to me to publish/present my community-based research in/at the following conferences and publications. (Select all that apply.)

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Q16: It would be most important to me to publish/present my community-based research in/at the following conferences and publications. (Select all that apply.)

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Q16: It would be most important to me to publish/present my community-based research in/at the following conferences and publications. Specifications for respondents who chose “Other.”

None.

None

of them.

Not

interested.

N/A.

Although

we already provide reports to EKU and to our grant funders it would be nice to present our data analysis on a higher lever/broader scale.

See

Question 7 and 8.

None.Slide42

Q17: Which of the following types of logistical and planning support are you interested in receiving? (Select all that apply.)

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Q17: Which of the following types of logistical and planning support are you interested in receiving? (Select all that apply.)

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Q17: Which of the following types of logistical and planning support are you interested in receiving? Specifications for respondents who chose “Other.”

Like I mentioned earlier that fact that EKU has insufficient transportation for faculty to allow critical out of classroom opportunities for students is really frustrating. Enterprise does not help either as they always seem to be out of vehicles (even though we supposedly have a contract with them). We need a much larger university fleet or better yet, Departmental vehicles like Campus Recreation has.

Finances

to help pay for supplies and travel. Also, where do we get vehicles? Enterprise is a pain to work with.

None

of the

above.

Some

of these questions are repeated

.

None

of them.

Not

interested in community-based research.

N

one needed.

None.

Recognition

of community

partners.Slide45

Q18: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

My department values community-based research."

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Q18: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

My department values community-based research."

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Q19: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

My college values community-based research."

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Q19: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

My college values community-based research."

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Q20: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

EKU’s Division of Academic Affairs values community based research."

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Q20: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

EKU’s Division of Academic Affairs values community based research."

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Q21: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

It would be beneficial to me to document and report community-based research on an annual basis."

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Q21: To what degree do you agree with the following statement:

"

It would be beneficial to me to document and report community-based research on an annual basis."

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Q22: How can EKU best incentivize community-based research? (Select all that apply.)

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Q22: How can EKU best incentivize community-based research? (Select all that apply.)

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Q22: How can EKU best incentivize community-based research? Specifications

for respondents who chose “Other

.”

Neither community-based research or service learning will exist in a robust manner at EKU until it is integrated routinely into curriculum, RTP and merit (Does EKU still have merit?) the faculty needs strong and consistent leadership to make the case for service learning as a critical tool in higher education.

Again

, transportation can not be mentioned enough. It is by far one of the major roads blocks for faculty to allow service learning opportunities for our students.

Recognition

for promotion and tenure, with extra points given for research that fits definition of community engagement Extra points for teaching SL classes.

None

of them.

The

four/four teaching load is a substantial barrier to research productivity, in general.

Share

a portion of research

in-directs

with the faculty member as a reward for doing the grant writing. Schools that do this work well do it with grant dollars. Take care of your faculty who are grant writers and protect them and we will see magical things happen. *Make it easier to help or pay community partners too. (their time is money too).

Funding

for the

project.

If

this is part of our mission, it should be a condition of employment!

Have

it tied to Tenure and

Promotion.

All

of these would be great, but the time it takes to this stuff is sometimes a LOT. If it is during a normal semester, give reassigned time. If outside of normal semester, provide funds (so I

don't

have to teach or find a summer job).Slide56

Q23: Which one of the following applies to you?

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Q23: Which one of the following applies to you?

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