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Cultivating community: A multi-generational approach to fostering meaningful partnerships

and leadership engagement

Dr. William J. Soesbe and Amanda R. Sanderman

Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, MI Monday, May 20th, 2013

@2:45-4:00 Firestone Room

2013 The Engaged Campus: Driving Innovation through Partnerships

•  Assistant Professor of Education •  ILE Leadership Fellow •  Iowa Campus Compact Engaged Scholar

Faculty Fellow •  Former Director for the Office of Student

Field Experiences and School Partnerships Coordinator at Wartburg College

•  Middle school science teacher within the Waverly-Shell Rock CSD

Dr. William J. Soesbe III

2013 Driving Innovation Conference

•  Current Director for the Office of Student Field Experiences and School Partnerships Coordinator at Wartburg College

•  14 year veteran teacher in secondary science for Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District

•  Adjunct professor for education and science departments

•  ILE Leadership Fellow

Amanda R. Sanderman


Where is Wartburg College?

Wartburg College Waverly, Iowa

•  Located in Waverly, Iowa (pop. of 10,000)

•  Small, private, liberal arts school

•  1,800 undergraduate students (about 90% residential)

•  Affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

Saemann Student Center

Wartburg College

•  Largest majors on campus are Biology, Communication Arts, Business and Education

•  Largest minor is Leadership Education

•  Internationally known for Civic Engagement

Wartburg College

  Network with other educators and expand your Professional Learning Network (PLN)

  Better understand how to develop and foster effective and reciprocal partnerships

  Learn about ways to create opportunities for communities to engage in deep and integrative learning

  Brainstorm possibilities of how to develop and further infuse meaningful partnerships into our communities

Goals and Objectives



Name, Institution, Position, Role(s)?

1.  Why did you attend this presentation?

AND

2. What do you hope/need to gain from the presentation?

Two Questions…


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•  Began in 2000 •  Embedded within a leadership course (ID 315) and

the Institute for Leadership Education (ILE) •  Uses Triangulated Learning as a pedagogy •  Service-learning component of ID 315 •  Involves an assortment of partnerships •  Awarded the McJannet Prize for Global Citizenship

in 2010

History of Community Builders


•  One of the courses as part of the leadership minor •  Taken as a junior or senior •  Counts towards the essential education plan •  Two sections simultaneously taught by different

professors in Fall/Winter •  Leadership is defined as:

“Taking responsibility for our communities, and making them better through public action.”

Leadership Theories and Practices (ID 315)


•  Comprised of three key components: 1.  Traditional learning 2.  Peer (collaborative) learning 3.  Experiential learning

**Intent is to forge links between deep thinking and leadership education

Triangulated Learning

Waldstein, F. (2009). Triangulated learning: A bridge for deep impact pedagogy and leadership education.

Triangulated Learning

Traditional

Tabb, M. (2011). The Sacred Acre: The Ed Thomas Story. Zondervan: Michigan. Heifetz, R. and Linsky, M. (2002). Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading. Harvard Business School Press: Massachusetts.

Leadership on the Line & The Sacred Acre , worksheets

Deep and Integrative Learning

Create five groups and use your MBTI results to create as diverse groups as possible.

Let’s Create Groups


Do not open until 5/20/2013

Let’s open the CB time capsule’s that were left for us so we could learn about the program.

CB Time Capsule


Do not open until 5/20/2013

Overview of Community Builders

•  “Neighborhoods” are formed •  Collegiate students partnered through results of

MBTI, gender, major, outside activities •  Goal is to have “opposite” partners •  1-2 adult volunteers •  7-9 6th grade students

•  10 sessions spread throughout the academic year

•  Lesson plans are designed by coordinator with latitude for Wartburg students to adapt lessons


  Session 1: Introductions, team building, and vocabulary development (community, leadership, service)

  Session 2: Introduction to service-learning and information about community partners

  Session 3: Educational session held at a community partner site

  Session 4: Service-learning session held at community partner site

 Session 5: Culminating activity held at Wartburg College

10 Town Meetings


  Session 6: Introductions, vocabulary review, and vocabulary development (poverty, hunger, thirst, peace)

  Session 7: Presentation from Water to Thrive, Ethiopia lesson

  Session 8: Presentation from Self-Help International, service project for SHI

  Session 9: Development of final Community Builder’s project

 Session 10: Sharing out of final projects

10 Town Meetings, con’t.


  Satisfy a community need   Reciprocal and beneficial   Common goals established   Expectations clearly articulated   Resources allocated appropriately   Expenses and costs “shared”   Invest in social capital   Transparent and frequent communication   Continuous assessment and evaluation   Admit and “accept” failures   Celebrate and promote successes

Essential Characteristics of Effective and Meaningful Partnerships….


School Partnerships


Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District and St. Paul’s Elementary

•  All 6th grade students •  Utilize district standards and benchmarks for academic

objectives (http://www.wsr.k12.ia.us/site_District/info_curriculum.html)

•  Utilize Iowa Core standards (www.educateiowa.gov)

Local Partnerships


•  Waverly Police Department •  Self Help International •  Waverly City Hall •  Waverly Recycling Center •  KWAY Radio station •  Trinkets and Togs •  Bartels Lutheran Home

•  Waverly-Shell Rock Sports Booster Club

•  The W (Wartburg) •  Waverly Public Library •  Shell Rock Public Library

Local Partnerships


Trinket and Togs The W – recreation center

Volunteer Action Center

Public Library Recycling Center KWAY Radio Station

Local Partnerships

Goodwill Industries Sports Booster Club Self Help International

Waverly Police Department

Waverly Health Center

North Star Community Services

International Partnerships


www.watertothrive.org (3 minute video)

•  Self Help International www.selfhelpinternational.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4KaEX8tOoU (2 minutes)

International Partnerships


Self-Help Service Projects •  Hygiene kits •  Tennis balls •  School kits •  Informational mailings

International Partnerships Self-Help International and Dr. Fred Waldstein deliver materials and resources on future trips

How were/are partnerships established? Maintained? Fostered? Assessed?


  Communication through websites, email, phone, written   Verbal contact between collegiate participants and site

supervisors   Successes with other initiatives   Flyers*   Letters*   Appreciation notes*   Appreciation luncheon*

*Examples included in Wartburg folder

Future Partnership


Retrieving Freedom, Inc.

Retrieving Freedom, Inc. is an organization that trains service dogs for disabled veterans and children with autism.

http://www.kwwl.com/story/22034461/2013/04/21/scott-dewey-trains-service-dogs-through-retrieving-freedom-in-waverly?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8800617#.UXaIdHP-gPw.facebook (3 minutes)

RFI will serve as a local community site for Community Builders as well as a site for students wanting to complete an Individualized Service Project.

•  Utilizing the strengths of the groups, each neighborhood designs a final project

Final Community Builders projects


Public Service Announcement

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Bw_olpxPI&feature=youtu.be (4 minutes)

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xybaB3okr_Y&feature=youtu.be (2½ minutes)

Soesbe’s Conceptual Framework

Soesbe, W. J. (2012). Voices of the lived experiences of alumni who completed an undergraduate leadership program in a small liberal arts college.

What is the Next Step? How do We Get There?

Professional Learning Networks

Let’s not have these conversations in isolation or stop them once this session is over.

Follow Bill on Twitter at @drbillsoesbe

Use this hashtag #CBDIPC to share information with others about this session and to continue our dialogue in the future


Questions and Comments?


Thank you for your attention and insight.

Bill Soesbe [email protected] Amanda Sanderman [email protected]

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