Development of Civic Learning and Engagement Outcomes

To determine the quality of community-engaged learning efforts on the SRU campus, the Office for Community-Engaged Learning (OCEL) has developed a set of sixteen civic-learning outcomes for faculty to incorporate into their lesson plans. To support faculty in that effort, the OCEL has developed a set of pre- and post-assessment tools aligned with each of the civic-learning outcomes. The civic-learning and engagement outcomes are also used to assess the Bonner Leader Program. This presentation will discuss the method by which the pre- and post- assessment tools were created and discuss the first set of results from their usage. For every course that used these tools, there was a statistically significant difference in student understanding of civic engagement and responsibility by the end of the course.