Deborah Greer wished to have her Drama in Education students interact and collaborate to create performances for local elementary school students, working together to have a positive impact on the community. The more her students became involved in the project, the more excited they became about everything they were learning.

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Carol Janson wanted her art history senior seminar to serve as a bridge to her students' futures by leading them from their traditional course readings and writings into a community-based senior project. This opportunity created an authentic experience for them to draw upon in the class, and it prepared them to develop critical thinking and problem-solving strategies useful beyond their education.

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Angie Harwood connects her secondary education social studies students with local middle school teachers, their students, and community partners, to acquire practical experience using service-learning in their future classrooms. Some graduates of this program have gone on to use service-learning projects in their own classrooms.

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Tara Perry encourages her students to use their communication skills in the real world through community service projects which they present to the class at the end of the quarter. She describes her focus on the community as a more exciting way to extend learning beyond the classroom.

Select the link to the Portfolio to read about Tara Perry's teaching strategies in her own words. To see how she infuses critical thinking into her teaching, select the link to Institutional Goals.