The strategy focuses on encouraging student participation in communities through community-based learning projects, global learning experiences, and enhanced civic engagement. For example, fostering community-based learning projects involves partnering with local organizations and ensuring student-led initiatives align with community needs. This includes facilitating orientation on cultural competencies and celebrating successful projects with community events, creating a dynamic and enriched educational experience for students.
Promoting global learning experiences is another strategy, which includes establishing international university partnerships and offering cultural exchange programs. It enhances students' global competencies by integrating global case studies into the curriculum and hosting webinars with international speakers. Finally, enhancing student civic engagement is crucial, achieved by developing civic engagement curricula and hosting workshops on civic responsibility, encouraging students to become actively involved in their communities. Recognizing contributions through civic engagement certificates serves as motivation.
The strategies
⛳️ Strategy 1: Foster community-based learning projects
- Identify local community organisations for partnership
- Develop a framework for student-led projects
- Facilitate orientation sessions on cultural competencies
- Create a feedback mechanism for community partners
- Organise regular check-ins to assess project progress
- Encourage reflection sessions for students to share experiences
- Incorporate community feedback into project assessments
- Celebrate successful projects with community events
- Provide training on effective communication and collaboration
- Ensure projects align with community needs and goals
⛳️ Strategy 2: Promote global learning experiences
- Establish partnerships with international universities
- Offer cultural exchange programs
- Integrate global case studies into the curriculum
- Encourage virtual collaborations with students abroad
- Host webinars with international speakers
- Provide language learning resources
- Develop workshops on global cultural awareness
- Organise international internships and volunteer opportunities
- Facilitate mentorship programs with global leaders
- Create platforms for sharing global experiences
⛳️ Strategy 3: Enhance student civic engagement
- Develop a civic engagement curriculum
- Host workshops on civic responsibility
- Create opportunities for students to participate in local councils
- Encourage students to volunteer for local community events
- Organise debates on current civic issues
- Provide resources on understanding governmental processes
- Encourage collaboration with civic leaders for mentorship
- Recognise contributions through civic engagement certificates
- Facilitate student-led campaigns on social issues
- Incorporate service-learning in coursework
Bringing accountability to your strategy
It's one thing to have a plan, it's another to stick to it. We hope that the examples above will help you get started with your own strategy, but we also know that it's easy to get lost in the day-to-day effort.
That's why we built Tability: to help you track your progress, keep your team aligned, and make sure you're always moving in the right direction.
Give it a try and see how it can help you bring accountability to your strategy.
