Civic Capacity for Community and Social Change
Increase Number of Engaged Learning Sections Across Disciplines

Improve awareness and support for engaged learning classes ('E' designated) in order to increase the number of faculty teaching engaged learning sections. Through integration with the Action Plan: Increase Capacity for Community and Civic Focused Curriculum Across Disciplines, utilize the community of practice model to increase awareness of and resources for E designated courses. Add internships, campus opportunities and community partnerships that can be used for E designated courses to the newly developed repository in Action Plan: Develop and Expand Relationships With Community-Based Organizations and Maintain a Repository.

Plan Lead: Cynthia Kaufman

Plan Timeline

Winter 2024

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Spring 2024


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Fall 2024

  • Identify resources that can be added to the repository under the Action Plan: Develop and Expand Relationships With Community-Based Organizations

Plan has been developed for Canvas shell for Engaged Learning

  • Develop talking points and presentation materials that clearly define what an E designated course is and why the work is connected to community and civic work.

Complete

  • Identify faculty already teaching E designated courses and invite them to be a part of the community of practice.

Community of practice will begin Fall 2025

  • Work with administration to have E classes transcriptable with "Community Engaged Scholar" designation for students who do 3 or more E classes

Plan has been approved. Will start with Page on the VIDA web page inviting students to apply to be Community Engaged Scholars

  • Work on "De Anza Certificate" that included the requirement of an E class.

Certificate is in approval process

Status: In Progress

Winter 2025

  • Add resources for Engaged learning to the Canvas Module developed under Action Plan: Increase Capacity for Community and Civic Focused Curriculum Across Disciplines
  • Work with Admissions and Records to develop a mechanism for "Community Engaged Scholar" designation to be on student transcripts, possibly as a badge.
  • Train faculty in the community of practice on how to make their classes eligible for the Environmental Sustainability and Global Citizenship requirement.
  • Have the campus assess how it is meeting its core competency in Civic Capacity by doing a survey - Done
  • Build support with deans for faculty to do Engaged Learning Classes
  • Develop community of practice


Status: In Progress

Spring 2025

  • Continue to offer training through the communities of practice and add to the existing repositories.
  • Continue to work with Admissions and Records to develop a mechanism for "Community Engaged Scholar" designation to be on student transcripts, possibly as a badge.
Status: In Progress

Fall 2025

  • Continue to offer training through the communities of practice and add to the existing repositories.

  • Continue to work with Admissions and Records to develop a mechanism for "Community Engaged Scholar" designation to be on student transcripts, possibly as a badge.
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Winter 2026

  • Continue to offer training through the communities of practice and add to the existing repositories.
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Spring 2026

  • Continue to offer training through the communities of practice and add to the existing repositories.
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Fall 2026

Continue to offer training through the communities of practice and add to the existing repositories.


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Winter 2027

Continue to offer training through the communities of practice and add to the existing repositories.


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Spring 2027

Continue to offer training through the communities of practice and add to the existing repositories.


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Fall 2027

Evaluate the number of E designated courses offered across campus, if there is any change as a result of the action plan.

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