Service-Learning Summer Workshop with
The Grainger College of Engineering and Siebel Center for Design
What: Collaborative Service-Learning Workshops
When: July 14, 2023, sign in starts at 8 am with continental breakfast, workshop runs from 9 am to 3 pm with lunch provided
Where: Siebel Center for Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Why: The Grainger College of Engineering is committing to a multi-year project bringing K-12 service-learning opportunities to its students and faculty.
We seek collaboration and feedback from potential partners in the K-12 education system. We hope to brainstorm with you to find opportunities of maximum value for you and your students. Participants will receive up to $600 stipend for their valuable contributions to the project, as well as free parking. Stipend amount is dependent upon participation and completion of pre/post surveys. Possible outcomes of the workshop include the possibility of hosting engineering graduate teaching assistants in your school or classroom, where they will lead your students in an exciting STEM activity. Participants will become part of a lasting network of service-learning practitioners from UIUC, and will be able to contribute to the mutually-beneficial development of additional future activities. These STEM activities may be tailored to your needs based on the Next Generation Science Standards.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/4445D6kW4RkE5YPi8
Background:
With every semester since the fall of 2020, UIUC students in a course for graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) in engineering, ENG 598 TL: Teaching and Leadership, have been developing supplementary content for local K–12 schools in the Urbana-Champaign area. Some content has been delivered synchronously via Zoom, and some has been done in-person with our GTAs leading students in science and engineering projects. These Service Learning experiences have been of great value for our GTAs, as well as for the recipients of the content. With the positive reviews that we have had for this project, we seek to expand our efforts. Faculty members in engineering have access to great resources in many content-specific areas. We envision future growth of the program to involve engineering research groups, undergraduate engineering courses, experts in education, and media specialists to make service-learning a major activity in the Grainger College of Engineering. The expansion needs to be founded on the needs of K–12 educators. In these workshops, we want to meet you, share our vision, showcase some of our facilities, and brainstorm ways that we can work together to serve you and the educational needs of your students.