Boys and Girls Club

INSTRUCTOR INFO

Heather Petzold

petzoldh@pdx.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course focuses on the importance of community-based learning. As a class, we will have the opportunity to discover, evaluate, and reflect on the needs of our community by creating and facilitating educational workshops, mentoring, and exploring fundraising opportunities for the Boys and Girls Club. Students will promote teamwork, leadership and problem-solving skills. Community issues to be addressed include: compassionate communication, trauma informed care, engaged listening, leadership, mediation, cooperative learning skills, and diversity, equity and social justice. Each student will have the opportunity to mentor at the club site (Portland Metro area) for a total of 20 hours during their hours of operation (2:30-6:00 Monday through Friday).  As we are working with youth, students will need to pass a background check and complete a fingerprint check in order to fulfill the requirements of the course.  An email will be sent out one to two weeks prior to the start of the term with instructions for the online submission process. 

CONTACT INFO

Heather Petzold

petzoldh@pdx.edu