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TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

The Center for the Advancement of Service Learning Training and Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) is intended to provide Howard University service-learning practitioners and their community partners with materials, information and resources to operate an effective service- learning program. Training and technical assistance (T/TA) are provided through self-guided online training resources, on-site workshops, off-site conferences, seminars and meetings, one-on-one in-person, telephone, and online consultations.

Components of the Training and Technical Assistance Program include the following:

FACULTY AND STAFF WORKSHOPS
Faculty and staff are trained in the fundamentals of service-learning, infusing service-learning into courses, and redesigning curricula to include service-learning.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS
Service-learning practitioners receive training and technical assistance in conducting community-based research and preparing papers for publication. CASL also provides financial support for faculty to attend service-learning related conferences, workshops and seminars outside the University.

STUDENT ORIENTATION SESSIONS
CASL staff conduct service-learning orientation sessions for students in service-learning classes, student organizations and students involved in extracurricular service-learning activities.

ONLINE RESOURCES
CASL maintains a website with information and documents to support service-learning practitioners, programs and researchers. CASL provides a website with information to support and grow programs, linkages to potential service partners, access to a small library collection, an adaptable Power Point service-learning orientation presentation, a handbook for getting started in service-leaning, and linkages to other online resources.

SERVICE SITE SELECTION AND PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE
CASL staff assist faculty and staff in identifying appropriate community partners and brokering service-learning placements.

Call the CASL Office at 202-865-8582 or email Janet Griffin-Graves, CASL Director, at jrgriffin-graves@howard.edu for assistance.

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