Expert Learning: Students Learning Leadership Through Community-Engaged Service

KEYWORDS: Leadership Education, Service-Learning, Community-Engagement, Socially Empowered Learning

This presentation describes a novel program in undergraduate education at the Werklund Youth Leadership Centre (YLC). The program is designed to provide community-engaged service-learning opportunities for undergraduate students. Several roles within the program are designated “service-leadership” and position students as leaders with the expertise to meet community-identified need. Program design and outcomes are shared, followed by details of a specific initiative where students took the leadership role as consultants for a nation-wide program. Preliminary data on the program evaluation measuring effects on variables such as social empowerment and intellectual engagement are also be discussed.

Author(s):

Brittany Harker Martin
Werklund Youth Leadership Centre, University of Calgary
bhmartin@ucalgary.ca
Canada