Methods and Strategies for Faculty Assessment and Reflection

The "End-of-Program Survey" for faculty is intended to describe the perspectives and attitudes of faculty members on several issues related to their experience(s) teaching service-learning course(s). Topics assessed by the survey include the faculty's view on the impact they perceive service-learning has had on their students, their motivation for incorporating service-learning into their classes, the process of teaching service-learning courses, community involvement and the influence of service on their own professional development. This tool is useful in describing various perspectives and experiences of faculty members who teach service-learning courses. In addition, the instrument assesses the impact that service-learning has on the faculty. The instrument was designed as a post-test tool to assess faculty after they have taught a service-learning course. As a post-test, the instrument serves to describe the profile of faculty teaching service-learning courses. The tool, however, has broader applications; by modifying the survey into a pre/post test the researcher can assess changes in faculty members' perceptions over time. (authors)