Preparing Students to Engage in Equitable Community Partnerships

Cory Sprinkel and Haley Madden share about Preparing Students to Engage in Equitable Community Partnerships on episode 544 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

We are hearing about the effects of students being ill prepared from our community partners, from instructors, and sometimes even frustrations from students.
-Haley Madden

When we do community engagement well, it can be really transformative and impactful for everybody involved and make our community stronger.
-Haley Madden

Students are learning how to be better people.
-Haley Madden

If we don’t try, we’re not going to get anywhere.
-Haley Madden

Do what you can with what you have and just start wherever you’re at.
-Haley Madden

Think about framing learning from failure.
-Cory Sprinkel

Resources

• Preparing Students to Engage in Equitable Community Partnerships (Temple Press, 2023)
• A Handbook: Preparing Students to Engage in Equitable Community Partnerships
• University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Civic Action Plan
• The Unheard Voices
• University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Morgridge Center for Public Service
• Patricia (Patti) Coffey
• Community Engagement Preparation Series on Canvas Commons