Community Service and Service Learning Offices
Contents
- 1 Definitions and Scope
- 2 Desired impact and objectives
- 3 Needs of service learning offices
- 3.1 Need overview of social causes and host organisations
- 3.2 Need to match students with host organisations
- 3.3 Need to ensure students achieve learning outcomes
- 3.4 Need to ensure service outcomes for host organisations or social impact for community
- 3.5 Need to structure meaningful overseas volunteering projects
- 4 Resource Directory
Definitions and Scope
Service Learning or Community Service Offices of Schools
Service learning offices
Community engagement offices
Size
Not just how many service learning offices, but also How many students from tertiary education institutions, in what disciplines who have to go through service learning; how many are part of curriculum, how many voluntary etc
Segments
Institute of Higher Learning
Republic Poly
Schools / Clubs | Capabilities | Examples |
---|---|---|
Office of Student and Graduate Affairs | ||
School of Applied Science | Biomedical sciences, Biotechnology | Batam- sports activities, health screening |
School of Engineering | Batam - engineering students helped in building of communal amenities | |
School of Hospitality | Sunlove Marsiling SAC - culinary students prepare food with seniors | |
School of Infocomm | ||
School of Management and Communication | ||
School of Sports, Health and Leisure | ||
School of Technology for the Arts | Arts and Theatre Management, Game Design | |
Service-Learning Club |
Secondary schools
Desired impact and objectives
Needs of service learning offices
Need overview of social causes and host organisations
Existing Resources
IHL's VWO engagement sessions or festivals
Gaps and Their Causes
IHLs do their own VWO engagement and develop their own networks
Possible Solutions
Need to match students with host organisations
Existing Resources
Volunteer matching platforms (local)
Information on overseas volunteering opportunities & hosts
Gaps and Their Causes
Possible Solutions
Need to ensure students achieve learning outcomes
Existing Resources
Gaps and Their Causes
Possible Solutions
Need to ensure service outcomes for host organisations or social impact for community
Existing Resources
Gaps and Their Causes
Possible Solutions
Need to structure meaningful overseas volunteering projects
Existing Resources
YEP
Actvocado
Gaps and Their Causes
No clear connection between overseas and local initiatives
Possible Solutions
Resource Directory
Polytechnics
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Republic Polytechnic
https://www.rp.edu.sg/shl/beyond-the-classroom/service-learning
Temasek Polytechnic
Universities
NIE
NTU Student Community Engagement
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sasd/communityengagement/Pages/default.aspx
NUS Office of Student Affairs
NUS Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre
SIT
https://www.singaporetech.edu.sg/studentlife/student-development/community-outreach
SUSS Service-Learning
http://www.suss.edu.sg/CET/Pages/Service-Learning.aspx