Get Involved with CSSA, Blue Streaks!

Welcome Back!

Welcome back JCU, and welcome to all of the incoming First-Year and Transfer students! The Center for Service-Learning and Social Action is here for opportunities to get involved in the Cleveland community, serve, build relationships, and apply your learning to create real change.

Get involved this semester!

(Office: SIH-32, service@jcu.edu)

Get Ready to Register: Fall 2023 Service-Learning Registration is Now Open!

Fall 2023 Service-Learning Registration

Get involved! Weekly service is a ten-week commitment over a semester and works with your schedule! Engage in a wide range of activities serving children, youth, senior citizens, people experiencing homelessness, refugees, people with disabilities, and more.

For students in a service-learning course:

Registration opens TODAY, Monday, August 28
Registration closes on Tuesday, September 5 at 11:59 pm

For all other students:

Voluntary registration opens Wednesday, September 6
Registration closes on Friday, September 8 at 5:00 pm

Do not miss your chance to register for service! To learn about, view, and register for available activities during these first two weeks, visit CSSA's online registration system, GivePulse during your registration window!

If you have any trouble registering for service at all, please come to the CSSA office in SIH-32 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

*If you are in a service-learning course, please make sure to select "My Activity" > "Classes" after you sign into GivePulse to register for the activities that meet your course requirements!

Paid Federal Work-Study Opportunity: Carroll Reads

Carroll Reads is a federally-funded tutoring program aimed at helping children in elementary grades develop reading skills. If you are looking for a paid federal work-study position, this is a great opportunity to work with children in the community. Tutors are paid $15.00 per hour for tutoring twice/week, approximately 5 hours per week.

Responsibilities include:

Conducting one-on-one tutoring sessions with students using educator-provided materials.
Building rapport and cultivating enthusiasm with the children.
Assisting children in developing their reading and writing skills to reach grade-level expectations.
Weekly documenting and reviewing student data with the Carroll Reads Site Coordinators to gauge the effectiveness of interventions.
Regularly checking in with Carroll Reads Coordinators and Student Liaisons for continued training and assistance in tutoring.
Committing to tutoring two days per week, for ten weeks, over the course of the semester.

Contact Brittany Steiger at carrollreads@jcu.edu, call 216.397.4698, or visit the Carroll Reads landing page for more information.

Fill out an application for Fall 2023 here

JCU students must be eligible for Federal Work-Study to apply. Applications are open NOW!

Tutoring begins the week of September 17.

Stop by the Federal Work Study Hiring Fair on Wednesday, August 30 from 2:00-3:00 PM in the Jardine Room!

Brittany Steiger

Brittany Steiger is joining the Center for Service-Learning and Social Action as a new Graduate Assistant for this upcoming year. Brittany graduated from Miami University in 2011 with a major in middle childhood education. For the past 12 years she has been teaching students ranging from fourth grade through eighth grade primarily in English language arts. After years of working with students and promoting social and emotional growth, she decided to switch gears and is currently pursuing her masters in clinical mental health counseling.

Brittany had participated in the America Reads program in her undergrad experience, a program similar to the Carroll Reads program that connects undergraduate students with local students in tutoring opportunities. She continues to have a passion for this work, and she is excited to work with students here at John Carroll and support them through the service-learning experiences that CSSA has to offer.

Mary Frances Allen

Mary Frances is joining the Center for Service-Learning and Social Action as a new Graduate Assistant for this upcoming year. She is a John Carroll University 2023 spring alumna who graduated with a major in child and family studies psychology. Mary Frances had a wonderful experience in undergrad taking in all the amazing opportunities JCU had to offer. She loved being immersed in the John Carroll community through work with groups such as CSDI, the psychology department, and participating in service with CSSA’s Carroll Reads literacy program!

This fall Mary Frances is starting her Clinical Mental Health Masters degree at JCU. She is looking forward to supporting undergrad students and the office of CSSA with the mission of service and social justice!

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