Follow These Steps:
Step 1: Please read the following brochure about Community-Based Learning.
Step 2: Please read, complete, and submit the following form before beginning your service.
Step 3: Print this form and give it to your professor at the end of your service experience.
Time Sheet (MS Word)
Fill out the time sheet and have it signed by the site supervisor each time you participate in your service.
Step 4: Print this form and give it to the person at your service site who is familiar with the service you rendered (usually a supervisor).
Placement Site Assessment (MS Word)
Give the form to your professor after it is signed. After your professor has seen this form you may keep it for your portfolio.
Fill out the time sheet and have it signed by the site supervisor each time you participate in your service.
Step 4: Print this form and give it to the person at your service site who is familiar with the service you rendered (usually a supervisor).
Placement Site Assessment (MS Word)
Give the form to your professor after it is signed. After your professor has seen this form you may keep it for your portfolio.
Step 5: Submit the following form at the end of your service experience.
This is an evaluation for the students to describe and rate their community-based learning experiences at Canisius College.
Helpful Reminders for Community-Based Learning Students
- Determine the location of site, where to park, and where to enter before first visit to site.
- Know who will be providing initial on-site orientation and ask for this orientation (site rules, etc) when you arrive for your first visit.
- Follow any and all sign-in procedures of the site every time you visit.
- Educate yourself about the agency and population it serves.
- Know your site supervisor and his or her role.
- The use of cell phones (either calling or texting) is strictly prohibited while you are completing your service hours.
- Dress comfortably, neatly, and appropriately. (If your agency has a dress code, follow it. Remember, you are representing Canisius College.)
- Arrive and leave on time.
- Call if you will be late or absent.
- Use appropriate language.
- If you are working regularly with a small number of clients (such as in tutoring), explain to them how frequently you will visit and how long your service will last.
- Be kind, courteous and helpful.
- Try to be flexible.
- Respect the privacy and boundaries of clients. (Don’t ask questions that are too personal; be cautious when displaying affection.)
- Respect the confidentiality of everyone you work with.
- Ask for help when you’re in doubt.
- Act as if you are a guest in someone else’s home and learn their rules and traditions.