Step 1: Find everything that you need

  • Everything that you need to complete the steps is explained in the next 7 steps
  • To see the Handbooks, Agency Directories and Forms, click on the links below

Step 2: Read through the Student Handbook

  • Make sure you understand all of the guidelines for Service Learning at HCC
  • Be sure to read through the practice phone interview before reach out to service sites.

Step 3: Complete a Service Learning Waiver

Step 4: Look through the Agency Directory to select a site

  • NOTE: Nursing Students have a special version
  • Review partners and select a potential service site
  • Check the service site with the guidelines presented by your instructor to make sure that it fits your class requirements
  • You MUST select a site from the approved HCC agency directory list
  • Are you going to volunteer at a public school?  If so, fill out a Criminal History Disclosure form, have it notarized & return it to the Center for Service Learning (Duncan Hall 339) BEFORE you start volunteering

ASK YOURSELF...

  • Will you be able to easily travel to this service site to volunteer?
  • Do the hours of operation fit into your schedule?

Step 5: Contact the Agency/School

  • Talk with the Volunteer Coordinator about service opportunities
  • Make sure that the volunteer assignment you agree to meets your course requirements

Step 6: Complete the Service Learning Placement Agreement

  • Meet with the Volunteer Coordinator to discuss what you will be doing at the site
  • Together, fill out the Service Learning Placement Agreement completely
  • Turn in the signed Placement Agreement to your instructor BEFORE you volunteer
  • Your Placement Agreement is due to your instructor by __________

Step 7: Volunteer and Record Your Hours

  • Record your service hours on the Hours Log and have your site supervisor inital next to each entry

Step 8: Ask Your Supervisor to Fill Out Your Evaluation