Resources
Community-Based Learning
The Center for Engaged Learning, Teaching, & Scholarship utilizes a Community-Based Learning approach to its Service-Learning and Academic Internships programs. Community-Based Learning:
- focuses on experiential learning that happens outside the classroom in or with the community;
- better reflects the common pedagogy and community-centered approach that undergird all of our programs in CELTS;
- showcases Jesuit education’s commitment to form people for and with others who seek the magis in their education;
- features an Ignatian pedagogical approach that highlights the incredible gifts and essential role our community plays in learning at the core of all of our programs.
- Resources:
Academic Internship Student Manual & Learning Agreement
Faculty use this Academic Internship Student Resource Guide 2025-2026 and Learning Agreement 2025-2026 as guides for students and community partners who will intern while being in your Engaged Learning course. Within these documents are Learning Agreements and Learning objectives and goals worksheets for the student and Site Supervisor to fill out for the semester-long internship opportunity.
Academic Internship Employer Manual
When developing partnerships with Community Partners who will provide internship opportunities for your students, use this Employer-Partner Handbook 2025-2026 as a guide to assist Site Supervisors in understanding what is expected of them as they mentor and are co-educators for our students.
Resources for Reflection
Resources for Reflection Series - Parts I, II, and II
This resource is a three-part series designed to help students build the foundational skills necessary for meaningful reflection in service-learning. Grounded in the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm and evidenced-based practices of critical reflection, each part of the series explores a different phase of reflection. Part I focuses on the skills of observation and curiosity, Part II centers on developing self-awareness and critical thinking, and Part III encourages students to engage reflection as an ongoing, future-oriented process. You can find more resources on reflection here.
Ignatian Critical Reflection Guide
This guide is meant to help educators utilize and deepen reflection in their courses. It is in no way exhaustive and rather meant to assist with deepening pedagogy and encourage further curiosity into both Ignatian Pedagogy and the scholarship of reflection in teaching and learning. It is meant as a practical tool for instructors and to begin a conversation of what an application of Ignatian Pedagogy to Critical Reflection practices could look like.
Community-Based Learning
The Center for Engaged Learning, Teaching, & Scholarship utilizes a Community-Based Learning approach to its Service-Learning and Academic Internships programs. Community-Based Learning:
- focuses on experiential learning that happens outside the classroom in or with the community;
- better reflects the common pedagogy and community-centered approach that undergird all of our programs in CELTS;
- showcases Jesuit education’s commitment to form people for and with others who seek the magis in their education;
- features an Ignatian pedagogical approach that highlights the incredible gifts and essential role our community plays in learning at the core of all of our programs.
- Resources:
Academic Internship Student Manual & Learning Agreement
Faculty use this Academic Internship Student Resource Guide 2025-2026 and Learning Agreement 2025-2026 as guides for students and community partners who will intern while being in your Engaged Learning course. Within these documents are Learning Agreements and Learning objectives and goals worksheets for the student and Site Supervisor to fill out for the semester-long internship opportunity.
Academic Internship Employer Manual
When developing partnerships with Community Partners who will provide internship opportunities for your students, use this Employer-Partner Handbook 2025-2026 as a guide to assist Site Supervisors in understanding what is expected of them as they mentor and are co-educators for our students.
Resources for Reflection
Resources for Reflection Series - Parts I, II, and II
This resource is a three-part series designed to help students build the foundational skills necessary for meaningful reflection in service-learning. Grounded in the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm and evidenced-based practices of critical reflection, each part of the series explores a different phase of reflection. Part I focuses on the skills of observation and curiosity, Part II centers on developing self-awareness and critical thinking, and Part III encourages students to engage reflection as an ongoing, future-oriented process. You can find more resources on reflection here.
Ignatian Critical Reflection Guide
This guide is meant to help educators utilize and deepen reflection in their courses. It is in no way exhaustive and rather meant to assist with deepening pedagogy and encourage further curiosity into both Ignatian Pedagogy and the scholarship of reflection in teaching and learning. It is meant as a practical tool for instructors and to begin a conversation of what an application of Ignatian Pedagogy to Critical Reflection practices could look like.