Please join us on Thursday, June 17, from 3-4:30 pm EST, to discuss the progress of your syllabus development and to prepare for teaching your upcoming social action course or workshop.
Agenda
1) Introductions — Introductions and put questions in the chat that you have.
2) Updates to Model: 7 Weeks and Go! and the TSA 3-pager, Campaign Implementation Worksheet, AI Demand & Target Prompt
3) Discipline-Based Breakout Groups — Break into discipline-based groups and discuss the below questions about your draft syllabus. Afterwards, we will discuss the gems.
- Will you follow the SML model or have you made changes to the order of topics? Explain your thought process.
- If teaching a topic along with social action, what accommodations have you made with your readings? (e.g., shortened/ back and forth between social action and course concepts? And if yes, how will you integrate the two?).
- What books, readings, and evaluation tools have you assigned?
- Other questions?
4) All Group Discussion — Aa a whole group, respond to the below general questions about teaching social action, such as:
- What are your plans to monitor your students’ progress?
- Will student campaigns focus on a specific issue or be open-ended for students to choose?
- What will be the minimum size for your student campaigns?
- Will campaigns occur on campus, off campus, or both?
- How often will students get the chance to meet in their groups to discuss their campaigns in class?
- Other questions?
5) Upcoming Things to Do
- Send SML completed syllabus in the coming weeks, so it can be posted on your course link.
- Have students fill out Student Campaign Form (possibly put in syllabus). We will send you recommendations; it is up to you whether you share them with your students.
- Come to the two Zoom Meetups planned for Fall ‘26: Sept. 18 and Oct 30th (3 pm EST)
- Invite students to attend Fall ‘26 Summit on College Student Social Action. Possibly include invitation in your syllabus and give extra credit.
- SML can Zoom into your class—best time, after students develop their targets and demands.