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Developing Partnerships and Creating a Shared Vision in Your Community

How do you go about developing a partnership and creating a shared vision in your community? Consider reflecting on these prompts and questions.

  • Determine learning goals for your course.
  • How can your students contribute to a community need?
  • How do learning goals include interaction with a particular internal or external partner?
  • Has the partner articulated their need and how do they imagine involving students?
  • What is the ideal outcome for the partnership?
  • What role(s) will the students play when they interact with the partners (and vice versa)?
  • What are the benefits for the students and for the partner?
  • What is your timeline for the students' interaction / contribution?
  • What is your partner's timeline for the students' interaction / contribution?
  • Are formal approvals needed for this partnership?
  • Is a background check required for students to participate (i.e., working with children)?
  • How will you document student interaction/contribution?
  • What documentation would benefit your partner?
  • Is there a particular person who will archive or promote the partnership?
  • How will students reflect about their experiences in the community?
  • How will you provide feedback on student reflections at multiple checkpoints?
  • Is there a culminating assignment for students to report about their experiences to their peers?
  • How can the students express gratitude to the community partner?
  • What structures are in place to support the partnership?
  • Will the partnership be sustainable? How?
  • How will you communicate clear assessment guidelines and assess students for their work in the community?
  • How are partners a part of the assessment of students?
  • How will you communicate clear guidelines for assessment of students to the partner?
  • Is assessment of students simple and time efficient for the partner?

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