Overview

Community Engaged Learning is a project-based teaching-learning strategy that connects classroom theory to challenges experienced in the "real world" by our Community Partners (CP).

Are you working on a public policy issue or area (examples include, but are not limited to health, environment, finance, social, agriculture) and wondering whether other jurisdictions are having success addressing it?

How this works

Working in small groups, second year political science students will work with government agencies and community partners that are interested in public policy making and want to learn about other jurisdictions and will provide both a written report and a presentation with recommendations.

The instructor and Community Partnership Developer will select project in early Dec. They will confirm with the selected CPs by the end of Dec. In Jan, you will virtually meet with your student team to brief them and answer questions.

Student teams will compile a comprehensive report on the policies and programs that exist in other jurisdictions that are relevant to the partner organization’s issue or area of interest. The project will increase the analytical capacity of the partner organization and inform their decision making when developing or advocating for public policy responses. An oral final presentation with recommendations will be included.

Specific dates:

· In early December 2021, the professor short lists applicable projects that will meet course learning goals.

· In early January 2022, student teams select a project and partners are informed of a match.

· Teams and partners meet (largely virtually) as needed to build and understanding of the issue, refine project goals, and create action plans.

· Teams present final project to partners in late March.