{"id":24,"date":"2022-11-28T14:02:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T14:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgschoolcraft.wpengine.com\/service-learning\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-06-16T20:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:25:15","slug":"endorsement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-container gb-block-container\"><div class=\"gb-container-inside\"><div class=\"gb-container-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-wideright\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-4 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/07\/aside-toys-753x1024.png\" alt=\"students and toys on table\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/07\/aside-toys-753x1024.png 753w, https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/07\/aside-toys-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/07\/aside-toys-768x1044.png 768w, https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/07\/aside-toys.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is the Service Learning Endorsement?<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Schoolcraft College\u2019s Service Learning Endorsement is advantageous for students transferring to a university, pursuing a service profession, or interested in applying skills as they learn. Students can earn a Service Learning Endorsement by completing a minimum of 12 credit hours of service learning -designated course or Individual Service Option projects. Each course involves a minimum of 15 hours of community-focused content: understanding the social concerns being addressed, working on service and civic projects, and assessing student learning through reflection. Students can add the endorsement and the related skills to their resume, demonstrating their community work and dedication to future employers and transfer institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Earn a Service Learning Endorsement?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Because you&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Believe community engagements is an important responsibility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand that hands-on activities and a sense of belonging enhances learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Realize real-world experience improves your resume<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Know engaging with community benefits emotional well-being<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Want to give back and make a difference in the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Get Involved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There two ways to earn credit hours towards the Service Learning Endorsement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Courses\/sections designated as Service Learning\/Civic Engagement<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These courses contain faculty-guided projects that allow all students in the course to meet the requirements for service learning.&nbsp; The number of hours that go towards the Endorsement reflects the number of credit hours in the course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Individual Service Options [ISOs}<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Individual, student-led projects supervised by faculty where students connect service work in the community to academic objectives in a specific course. Again, the number of hours earned towards the Endorsement is the same as the credit hours for the course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"gb-accordion-title\">Inherent Courses<\/summary><div class=\"gb-accordion-text\">\n<p>Courses listed below will always have a Service Learning component as part of the course curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education-Early Childhood Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ECE 180 Child and Family Welfare Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ECE 230 Classroom Behavior<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Schoolcraft Scholars Honors Program:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>HUM 190 Individual Humanism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ANTH 290 Individual &amp; Community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sociology:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SOC 101 Intro to Social Work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SOC 211 Sociology of Gender<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/self-service.schoolcraft.edu\/Student\/Courses\/Search?TopicCodes=SIG&amp;&amp;TopicCodes=SLI&amp;SearchResultsView=1\">View Service Learning Inherent Course Schedules<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"gb-accordion-title\">Section-Specific Courses<\/summary><div class=\"gb-accordion-text\">\n<p>Many teachers choose to add a Service Learning component to the curriculum of their class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/self-service.schoolcraft.edu\/Student\/Courses\/Search?TopicCodes=SIG&amp;&amp;TopicCodes=SL&amp;SearchResultsView=1\">View Service Learning Section-Specific Course Schedules<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"gb-accordion-title\">Independent Service Option (ISO)<\/summary><div class=\"gb-accordion-text\">\n<p>If as a student your schedule or program doesn\u2019t align with available courses or if you\u2019d like to take your existing volunteer work one step further, you have the option to create an Individual Service Option (ISO). An ISO matches students with faculty to earn service earning credit hours in a course not designated as service learning. The student, faculty, and community partner work together to design a project exploring how class materials relate to meeting a real-world need through a project that benefits both the community and the student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISOs can be completed in any for-credit course at Schoolcraft College, with the agreement of the instructor and approval of the Coordinator for Service Learning &amp; Civic Engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact the Service Learning &amp; Civic Engagement office in the Center for Experiential Learning for more information on taking the next steps to set up an ISO. You can find us in the Liberal Arts building, room 562.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"color:#ddd\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-spacer gb-block-spacer gb-divider-solid gb-spacer-divider gb-divider-size-1\"><hr style=\"height:60px\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a faculty member interested in more information on Service Learning, please contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"callout-secondary\">Jessica Worden-Jones, MA, MSW<br>Coordinator for Service Learning &amp; Civic Engagement<br><a href=\"mailto:Servicelearning@schoolcraft.edu\">servicelearning@schoolcraft.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sc-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-24","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}