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Overview of Presentation
What is the CLL?Mutually Beneficial & Sustainable Input/Output RelationshipApplication Process Course PartnershipsCommunity PartnersHighlighted ProjectsDataWhat does this have to do with you?Unmatched Projects
• What is the CLL?• Mutually Beneficial & Sustainable Relationships• Application Process • Course Partnerships• Community Partners• Highlighted Projects• What are people saying about the CLL?• What does this have to do with you?• Unmatched Projects
Community Learning Lab
The Community Learning Lab was formed to create and support relationships between the
community and the classrooms at the University of Illinois.
Agency Project
Requests
Classroom Curriculum Requests
Independent Project
Requests
College of Business
Department of Statistics
School of Social Work
English Department
Department of
Psychology
College of Medicine
College of Education
CLL Partnerships Across UIUC
Campus
CLL Course Partnerships within the School of Social Work
• SOCW 199: SW Freshman Seminar• SOCW 225: Intro Stat for Social Work• SOCW 330: Greece Study Abroad
SOCW 402: Practice• SOCW 403: Practice III• SOCW 410: Social Welfare Policy &
Services• SOCW 412: Hispanics in the U.S.
Building a Social Policy Agenda• SOCW 415: Social Work Services for
the Aged• SOCW 427: Social Work Research
Methods
• SOCW 461: Prof Practice Seminar• SOCW 506: SW Practice with
Children & Adolescents• SOCW 509: Advanced Clinical
Assessment & Interviewing• SOCW 520: Social Welfare Planning• SOCW 522: SW Practice with
Communities• SOCW 526: Management of Human
Service Organizations• SOCW 542: Program Evaluation• SOCW 595: Quantitative Research
Community Partnerships 1/2
ACTIONS After School ProgramAmerican Red CrossBeckwith Residential HallBig Brothers and Big SistersBig Brothers Big SistersBook NookBottom Line Diaper Bank of East-Central IllinoisCarle Cancer CenterCarle Foundation HospitalCarle HospiceCASA - Champaign County Court Appointed Special AdvocateCenter for Youth and Family SolutionsCentral High SchoolChampaign County Head Start/Early Head Start
Champaign County Health Care ConsumersChampaign County Nursing HomeChampaign County Probation and Court ServicesChampaign County Public DefenderChampaign County Regional Planning Commission Champaign County State's Attorney OfficeChampaign Urbana Cradle to Career PartnershipChampaign-Ford Regional Office of EducationChampaign-Urbana Public Health DistrictChesterbrook Academy Child Development LabChildren's Advocacy Center of Champaign County
Circle of FriendsClark-Lindsey Village/Meadowbrook Health CenterCommunity ChoicesDCFS Developmental Services CenterDon Moyer Boys and Girls ClubDREAAM ProjectEast Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center Eastern Illinois Food BankFaith in ActionFamily Services of Champaign County - Self Help CenterFamily Services, Senior Resource CenterFirst Presbyterian Church – Missions ProjectFrances Nelson Health CenterFranklin Middle School
Generations of HopeGuardianship and Advocacy CommissionHarbor Light HospiceHillel – Cohen Center for Jewish LifeHope CenterHousing AuthoritiesJuvenile Detention Center of UrbanaLincoln's Challenge AcademyMahomet Youth CenterMcNair Trio ProgramMissions ProjectMulticultural Community Center - RantoulPACE, Inc Center of Independent LivingParent WondersPavilion
Prairie Land Conflict Mediation CenterPresence Covenant Medical Center/Center for Healthy AgingPresence HospitalRantoul City SchoolsRantoul MayorRape Advocacy Counseling & Educational Services (RACES)Regional Office of Education – Family CenterRestoration Urban MinistriesRTHSSavoy Fire DepartmentSchool of Social WorkSmile Healthy, Promise Health CareSOAR - Garden HillsSOAR - RantoulTAP
The Autism ProgramThe Center For Youth and Family solutionsThe Pavilion The Prairie CenterThe United WayThe University YMCAThe Up Center of Champaign CountyTRIAD/ Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (S.A.L.T.)U of I YMCAUnit 4 PTAUP CenterUrbana Adult Education CenterUrbana Fire DepartmentWalking With Angels, Inc. (WWA)Wesley Evening Food PantryWomen's Resource Center
Community Partnerships 2/2
SOCW 330: Greece Study Abroad • Students completed service learning hours at agencies
in the U.S. and also in Greece to compare their experiences.
• The CLL partnered this course with Carle Hospital, Center for Women in Transition, DCFS, The Prairie Center, and Restoration Urban Ministries.
BADM 313: Human Resource Management
• This course within the College of Business was looking to assist local agencies in examining and then making a formal recommendation on their dealings in at least one of the following Human Resources related categories:
Recruiting & Selecting EmployeesTraining & DevelopmentPerformance Management Pay & BenefitsRetaining EmployeesHandling Employee Separations
• The CLL matched this course with the following agencies; Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, Multi-Cultural Community Center, Community Choices, and Restoration Urban Ministries
SOCW 542: Program Evaluation• Students developed a program evaluation on actual
agencies and handed them a finished product at the completion of the semester. • The CLL partnered
this course with Restoration Urban Ministries, Parent Wonders, Healthy Aging – Presence, Carle Foundation
Hospital, and Franklin Middle
School.
• Students chose a specific agency and developed a comprehensive agency manual which was turned in to each agency at the completion of the semester.
SOCW 526: Management of Human Service Organizations
• The CLL partnered this course with Center for Women in Transition, Crisis Nursery, First Presbyterian Church, Hillel – Cohen Center for Jewish Life, and Regional Office of Education.
• SOCW 461- Students assisted in locating and applying for a grant for this organization and they were awarded a $1000 grant!
• Stat-Com (Statistics in the Community) – This student group within the Statistics Department assisted this agency in statistical analysis and interpretation from data that had been gathered during an Alternative Spring Break trip.
• SOCW 461 - Students worked to research and create a project that serves to identify activities recommended for patients with dementia. The students were to present their findings to the Harbor Light Hospice staff. Projects will become part of the hospice library of resources for future volunteers to use in their service.
• SOCW 410 – Students researched major political issues relevant to this organization and conducted policy analyses on the topic. Agency representatives were invited to their final presentations.
Student Opportunities - The CLL provided
416 student opportunities in the Fall 2014 semester compared to 159 in
Spring 2014 semester. This is a growth of 161% in
one semester.Community
Partners- The CLL initially had 40
community partners in its beginning
semester, 2 semesters later it
now has 120. This is a growth of 200%.
Courses- The CLL has worked with 41 different classes at UIUC to create over 775 total student
opportunities in the local community in
the past 3 semesters.
100%Faculty said they
would use CLL again in the
future
75%Students were able to further
develop professional
skills80%Students felt
more connected to the
Community 100%Community
partners were overall satisfied
with their partnership with
the CLL
81%Community
Partners were able to complete a project that
otherwise would not have been
completed
76%Community
partners said working with CLL enabled them to
provide better services for their
clients
• Independent placements• Student Groups• Link existing assignments with
projects that may benefit a local agency
What Does the CLL Have to do with You?
Unmatched Projects
• Promote pedestrian safety on campus in regards to students walking in front of cars.
• Finding and evaluating different survey tools to capture the story of a local nonprofit agency working with underserved child population
• Work with a local hospice agency by working directly with patients on a weekly basis
• Public speaking and presenting information for a local collaboration between law enforcement and senior citizens
