Faculty and Staff Engagement

Why This Matters

Faculty and staff play a central role in advancing community engagement through teaching, research, and administration. The Carnegie Framework emphasizes the need to align institutional policies and professional development with community-engaged work. This alignment ensures that engagement is supported rather than marginalized.

When engagement is recognized in evaluation, promotion, and professional learning systems, institutions signal that community-engaged scholarship and practice are valued. This support enables broader participation and strengthens the quality and sustainability of engagement across the institution.

Standards for Practice

  • Professional Development 
    • Ensure access to professional development opportunities, including training and technical support, on engaged teaching and research that connects to Carnegie Guidelines for community engagement.
  • Recognition and Rewards
    • Recognize and reward community engagement across policies, programs, and practices, in research, teaching, and / or service
    • Recognize diverse forms of scholarship as forms of community-engaged scholarship.
  • Faculty and Staff Scholarship
    • Collect, share, and promote faculty, staff, and student scholarship examples
    • Recognize and promote community outputs as forms of community-engaged scholarship. 

Resources for Implementing the Standards

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