How can your organization partner with Berea College students through CELTS?

Service-Learning

Students who work with your organization through service-learning:

• Are usually doing their service-learning work in connection with an academic course

• Will need contact with their professor before you have contact with them. You and the professor will develop the service-learning project together. Students will then begin to fulfill the said project

• Will work on service-learning projects usually lasting no longer than one term (or semester)

• Often (but not always) work in groups to complete service-learning projects

Contact Ashley Cochrane for more information about how to get involved with service-learning.

Labor Program

Students who work with your organization through the labor program:

• Usually have a labor position with your organization

• Work around 10 hours, weekly, like all Berea College students who must have a paid labor position. Most of these labor positions are on campus at Berea College. Some community organizations may host positions

• Will likely require you to have contact with the Labor Department or with the CELTS staff person. This person coordinates Bonner Scholars’ labor positions with community partners

• Generally stay in the same labor position for one full academic year

Contact Heather Schill or the Berea College Labor Program for more information on how to get involved.

Community Service Program

Students who work with your organization through a community service program:

• Are not required to participate. They are doing so outside of their regular academic coursework and labor position

• May volunteer for a one-day service event. They may also become long-term, regular volunteers with your organization

• May volunteer with your organization through:
  • a student-led service program (example: People Who Care)
  • residence hall
  • another on-campus organization (example: Black Cultural Center)

Contact Sarah Rohrer for more information on how to get involved with the CELTS Community Service Programs.

It is important to know whether the students you are working with are service-learning students, labor students or volunteers. What is required of the students and the community partner organization will be very different for each of these categories. If you are not sure, you can ask each student or ask the Berea College faculty or staff person with whom you’ve been in contact.