About

LEAD California and Dominican University of California Service-Learning program partner to offer workshop series, “Critical and Asset-Based Community-Engaged Learning Pedagogy and Practices.” This workshop is designed for faculty who are new to Service-Learning pedagogy, and/or wish to deepen their critical Service-Learning practices.

Workshop participants are immersed in effective practices in critical and asset-based community engagement framed by the principles of Critical Consciousness, Cultural Humility, Community Cultural Wealth, and Appreciative Inquiry. Synchronous zoom sessions and asynchronous modules ground participants in effective practices in community-engaged teaching and learning that identify and address oppressive structures while uplifting community strengths.

Participants gain insight into designing classes that center and fully integrate community engagement into the curriculum. This process includes the method of backward design–planning their course and curriculum to address intentional learning outcomes that center community voice and knowledge as well as students’ lived experiences.

LEAD California (formerly known as California Campus Compact) has worked to build the collective commitment and capacity of colleges, universities and communities throughout California to advance civic and community engagement for a healthy, just and democratic society. Through innovative programs and initiatives, grant funding, training and technical assistance, professional development and powerful research studies and publications, LEAD California each year invests in and champions more than 500,000 students, faculty members, administrators and community members involved in diverse and ground-breaking activities that support and expand civic and community engagement throughout California.

Dominican University of California has been a LEAD California/California Campus Compact member institution since 2004. As a recipient of the 2022 Campus Compact Institutional Transformation Award, Dominican University of California has been a pioneer in embedding Service-Learning courses across its general education curriculum, as well as growing a robust cohort of Social Justice major and Community Action and Social Change minor students.