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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Community Engagement

Faculty and students at UCI SOE are engaged with the community in a variety of ways that help support undergraduate learning, preK-12 learning, and program quality. Examples include the following: 

Local
  • Provide undergraduate coursework that deepens student understanding of research-based practices in teaching and learning outside the school day
  • Provide undergraduate volunteers to local programs through course-embedded fieldwork experiences in which students engage in teaching and/or inquiry-based learning
  • Consult with programs to support quality (provide link back to eval)
  • Serve in advisory capacities to support program quality:
    • Math CEO
    • Samueli Academy
    • Boys and Girls Club

Statewide
  • Serve in advisory and consultant roles to the CDE, Samueli Foundation, programs and afterschool work groups on STEM, quality standards, SEL and evaluation 
  • Present at conferences (e.g. BOOST)

National
  • Present research at conferences such as AERA and NAA
  • Contribute research and research-based tools to deepen understanding of practices that support student participation, engagement and achievement 
  • Provide evidence of positive outcomes to support the case for continued federal and state funding
  • Serve in advisory capacities to foundations
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International 
  • Participate in a global community of afterschool providers and researchers through UC Links 

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  • Home
  • ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
    • Faculty
    • Undergraduate
    • Graduate
  • Community Engagement
  • Research
    • Current Projects >
      • Academic and Socioemotional Outcomes
      • Program Evaluation and Quality
      • Access, Equity, and Diversity
      • Family and Peer Relationships
      • Staff Training and Development
      • STEAM
    • Publications
  • News
  • Contact