Welcome to the 2012-2013 Hiring Page for the Student Leadership in Service Learning Program!

Below you will find the following:

IMPORTANT!  The Application deadline has been moved to Friday, April 6th

Hiring Process Description

 

To apply for the Student Leadership in Service Learning Program:

  • Review all of the course- and community-based positions available for the 2012-2013 academic year.
  • Determine which position(s) you are interested in applying for (students may apply for more than one position)
  • Contact that service learning faculty or community partner for an interview (please bring your completed (sl)² Application Packet). If the service learning faculty or community partner selects you as a Service Learning Student Leader, then please submit an (sl)² Program Partnership Proposal, which includes the following:
  • Submit the (sl)² Program Partnership Proposal to Deborah Burke via email (dburke@csumb.edu) or hard copy (Attn: Deborah Burke, Service Learning Institute, Bldg. 45a, Room 136)
  • Based on available funding the Service Learning Institute will then select (sl)² Program Partnerships for the 2012-2013 academic year.

 

Please note: While students are encouraged to pursue more than one course- or community-based position, when it comes time to submit the (sl)² Program Partnership Proposal, students may only submit one (sl)² Program Partnership Proposal.
 

Hiring Process Timeline 

 

  • Friday, Feb. 17 – Thursday, April 5th - Students set up interviews with service learning faculty and community partners
  • Monday, Feb. 27, 12:30-1:30 – Meet and Greet for faculty, community partners, and students to learn more about one another and the (sl)² Program

  • Wednesday, March 14, 6:00-7:00 – Meet and Greet for faculty, community partners, and students to learn more about one another and the (sl)² Program

  • Friday, April 6th - Faculty or community partner and students submit an (sl)² Program Partnership Proposal, which includes the following:
    • Letter of support from faculty or community organization
    • (sl)² Program application filled out by student
  • Friday, April 13 - Based on available funding, the Service Learning Institute selects and announces (sl)² Program partnerships for the 2012/2013 Academic Year

 

(sl)² Program Positions Available 

 

Below you fill find the course- and community-based position descriptions available with the (sl)² Program for the 2012-2013 academic year. For additional information about the roles and responsibilities of course- and community-based student leaders, please click here.

Students interested in applying for a position with the Student Leadership in Service Learning program are highly encouraged to attend one or both of the Meet & Greet sessions, where students, community partners, and faculty have an opportunity to meet, share, and ask questions about potential partnerships for the 2012-2013 academic year. The Meet & Greet sessions will be held on:

  • Monday, February 27th from 12:30-1:30pm, Building 45A Room 125a
  • Wednesday, March 14th from 6-7pm, Building 45A Room 125a
     

Course-Based Positions

 

SL200 - What’s Love Got To Do With It? Transforming Schools and Communities

           Deborah Burke, Faculty Coordinator of Service Learning Leadership

           This course meets on Tues/Thurs 11:00am - 1:50pm (Tentatively)

           What’s Love Got To Do With It? Transforming Schools and Communities is a course for first year students at CSUMB participating in the Project Higher Ground Living/Learning Community. Students in this course live in the residence halls and enroll simultaneously in a First Year Seminar and Introduction to Service Learning course. Through dialogue, poetry, prose, and art, What's love got to do with it? Transforming schools and communities will explore the oppressive and liberatory potential of schools. In this course we will learn how schools maintain and perpetuate structural inequalities and about the material and psychic consequences of inequality on students, families, and communities.

ENVS 212S – Ethics, Equity, and the Environment

           Dan Shapiro, Associate Professor for Science and Environmental Policy

           This course meets on Tues/Thurs 10:00am - 12:00pm (Tentatively)

            Ethics, Equity, and the Environment will work with several long-time community partners (from an ENVS upper-division service-learning course) that focus on local food justice issues: Everyone’s Harvest, CHAMACOS, ALBA, Salinas-Marina Community Food Project, and CAFF. In the course, students use ethical theory to analyze the social justice aspects of environmental issues and identify and evaluate potential options for responding ethically and effectively to those issues.

SL200S – Power, Culture, Equity, and Service – Educational Equity

            Pamela Motoike, Associate Professor for the Service Learning Institute

            This course meets on Tues/Thurs 8:00am - 11:00am (Tentatively)

            This is a lower division service learning course that meets the Social Science General Education requirement. The service sites associated with the course include middle and high schools, afterschool programs, adult education programs, and other sites, which address the issues of equity in education. The student leader for this course will meet weekly to plan the course lessons, as well as meeting and coordinating with Seaside High School (SHS). Additionally, the student leader will plan and facilitate a semester end celebration and appreciation in collaboration with faculty and SHS staff and faculty.

SL200S – Power, Culture, Equity, and Service – Community Wellness

            Pamela Motoike, Associate Professor for the Service Learning Institute

            This course meets on Mon/Wed/Fri 10:00am - 12:00pm (Tentatively)

            This is a lower division service learning course that meets the Health and Wellness General Education requirement. The service sites include schools, afterschool programs, recreational programs, organic gardens, elder care facilities. The student leader will meet weekly to plan the course lessons, co-facilitate discussions and activities in class, meet with service learners for reflection activities about service, and develop community partnerships for course.

LS 233 and LS 394 – Salinas Public Library, El Sausal Middle School , La Paz Middle School and Alisal High School

           Miguel G. López, Assistant Professor for Liberal Studes

           Carissa Purnell, Director of Youth Services for Salinas Public Library

           This course meets on Mon/Wed (time TBA) (Tentatively)

           The partnership will be grounded in two CSUMB courses, LS 233 and LS 394 - Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults. The first is an art class for teachers and the second is a literature class for teachers. Partnerships for these courses include the Salinas Public Library, centered in the Cesar Chavez branch in East Salinas, as well as 2-3 schools that will be finalized during the summer of 2012. Currently, potential partners include El Sausal Middle School (ESMS), La Paz Middle School and Alisal High School (Oasis Charter School may also be considered). The common thread connecting these courses and organizations is the role of literature and the arts in the development of students’ engagement in reading and a process of developing critical reading skills. A critical aspect of this partnership entails facilitating connections between the K-12 programs and those of the Salinas Public Library.

SL 200S – Monterey County Reads

           Terri Wheeler, Lecturer for the Service Learning Institute and Liberal Studies

           This course meets on Mon/Wed 4:00-6:00pm (Tentatively)

           This is a lower-division Service Learning course focused on the issues of Literacy in Monterey County. This course partners with the Panetta Institute, specifically their literacy program called Monterey County Reads. This course covers all types of Literacy issues, as well as general social justice issues surrounding Monterey County and the greater community. Monterey County Reads partners with elementary schools primarily in Salinas, and offers student's an opportunity to read one on one with kids in their classrooms. The student leader will be responsible for developing and implementing classroom curriculum, placing service learning students with Monterey County Reads, and facilitating dialogue in the classroom.

 

Community-Based Positions

 

Central Coast HIV/AIDS Services

          Sharene Arshadi, HIV Education Prevention & Testing Supervisor

          Support needed on Mon/Wed/Fri 2:30pm-5:30pm

          Central Coast HIV/AIDS Services' (formerly John XXIII Monterey County Needle Exchange Project) mission and purpose is to enhance and maintain the quality of life for those living HIV positive and their loved ones through a comprehensive continuum of care (housing, food access to benefits, emotional support, advocacy, etc). and to provide education, prevention and testing services (e.g. syringe exchange, jail / high-risk population interventions, etc.) to prevent the spread of HIV disease. Services are provided to residents of Monterey and San Benito counties.

Everyone’s Harvest -Farmer’s Markets

            Iris Peppard, Executive Director for Everyone's Harvest

            Support needed 10-12 hours/week on:  Sundays 8am to 4pm, Mondays 1pm to 9pm, Wednesdays 9am to 5pm and Fridays 9am to 5pm

            Everyone’s Harvest mission is to create healthy vibrant communities and equitable food webs. We believe everyone has the right to fresh, healthy, organic produce supplied by our local region and free public events are necessary to strengthen a community. Currently, Everyone’s Harvest runs the Marina, Pacific Grove, and Alisal Certified Farmers’ Markets. In addition, Everyone’s Harvest runs an Edible Education for Health Youth Program. The Program educates and empowers youth and their families on the importance of eating fresh fruits and vegetables and how to incorporate healthier lifestyle changes. Using our farmers’ markets as an outdoor classroom, we get our community excited about eating healthier and providing access to fresh fruits and vegetables in their local area.

Salinas Public Library, Literacy Department

            Carissa A. Purnell, Director of Youth Services for Salinas Public Library

            Program support needed M-F 2:00pm-6:00pm

            The Salinas Public Library Literacy Department offers free bilingual educational support for community students grade K-6 through its Homework Center. The Homework Center, housed at the Cesar Chavez Library, serves an average of 40 students during its open hours Monday through Friday from 3:00PM- 6:00PM. The program not only assists students in the completion of their daily school expectations, but provides additional literacy support in developing the reading, writing, and math skills of student participants. From bringing in retired teachers and local district officials to design curriculums to build the academic capacity of the students, the Homework Center is committed to bridging the educational divide which exists between its Latino English Language Learner (ELL) students and their peers.

Castroville Library

            Sally Childs, Homework Center Coordinator for Castroville Library

            Homework Center runs Tues/Wed/Thurs 3:00pm-7:00pm

            Castroville Library is more than a public library. It is a focal point in Castroville providing information and educational services to people of all ages. Castroville Library offers tutoring on math, language arts, and science, as well as assistance for people who are working on obtaining their citizenship. The student leader will be responsible for providing direct service to the site, recruiting, placing, training, and coordinating service learners, and developing service learning partnerships with faculty. Overall, a student leader will serve as a liaison between students, site supervisor, and instructors through modeling responsible behavior and instructing service students on what is expected of them.

Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS)

            Daniel Madrigal, Coordinator of Community Outreach for CHAMACOS

            Hours of service for Fall 2012 TBA

            CHAMACOS has been following a cohort of mothers and children in Salinas for the past decade to measure their exposures to pesticides and other chemicals and to determine if this exposure impacts their growth, health, and development. The organization is also engaged in community outreach to provide education on how to reduce exposure to environmental toxins. The student leader will be expected to help service-learning students make connections between their work with CHAMACOS and the academic content of their service-learning courses. Additionally, the student leader will work with their supervisor to develop ways of integrating service-learning students into the CHAMACOS Community Outreach program in ways that connect with service learning courses (currently CHAMACOS works with two different service-learning courses in SEP: ENVS 384S – Social and Ecological Justice and BIO 379S – Biology Education).

Peacock Acres

            Tyler Steer, Program Manager

            Program support needed M-F 4-6pm when needed

The Learning Center at Peacock Acres empowers at-risk foster youth in our community to make positive life choices that enable them to maximize their personal potential and graduate from high school. Through collaborative programming with schools and other community-based organizations, we provide educational, social and mentoring opportunities to enhance the academic performance, community connections, and career options of the youth.  Overall, we provide 2 main services: after-school tutoring and life mentoring.

 

 

 

For more information about the 2012-2013 Student Leadership in Service Learning Hiring Process, please contact:

Zac Walker - Program Specialist of Service Learning Leadership

zwalker@csumb.edu or (831) 582-4604

Deborah Burke - Faculty Coordinator of Service Learning Leadership

dburke@csumb.edu or (831) 582-3631

Posted by Zachary Walker on Mar 20, 2012 -