Leeward Community College is committed to strengthening our community and our student body through Service-Learning opportunities.  Service-Learning is about partnerships and about bringing campus life and practice into the communities surrounding it.  It is also about providing students with a different type of knowledge - civic knowledge that is socially responsive.

As we strive to be a dynamic, academic, and community-centered college, faculty should look at how Service-Learning opportunities can help us reach this goal.  The benefits are:

• Students have a chance to experience learning in an innovative way outside the classroom.
• Students are able to see connections between their individual actions and the larger community as a whole.
• The college has the opportunity to develop valuable partnerships and take on the leadership role in the community.

Students and the community appreciate the efforts of faculty who are currently providing community-based learning opportunities.  I encourage those who haven't yet explored this avenue to add a Service-Learning component to a class.

Here's how we can help.

A Faculty Service-Learning handbook is now available, please click here for a  PDF version.  PDF files require Adobe® Acrobat Reader, click here to download a free copy from the Adobe® Systems Inc., Website.

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"The kids showed me how to communicate with people. I had to find common ground with them before I could get them to listen to what I had to say. I also had to get them to see me as non-threatening. I made sure that I kept the majority of our discussions based on the books, but I also made sure we had fun…"