Community Engagement
School Improvement/Transformation Projects
If you are interested in collaborating with Lewis & Clark faculty or the Center for Community Engagement, please contact us at 503-768-6040 or email cce@lclark.edu.
Ongoing Projects
Current Projects
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Collaborating Groups: MetroArts, Inc., Young Audiences
Faculty Contact: Sherri Carreker -
Collaborating Groups: High Desert Education Service District
Faculty Contact: Janet Bixby -
Explore the principles, theories, research, and practice of second language acquisition. Upcoming cohorts.
Recent collaborating groups: Various Portland-area schools and districts.
Faculty contact: Alejandra Favela -
The Early College Access Advocacy Project addresses barriers faced by low income, first generation, minority, and other students who feel disconnected from the educational system.
Collaborating groups: Centennial Learning Center
Faculty contact: Andrae Brown, Mollie Galloway -
Lewis & Clark faculty work through the achievement gap between White, Latino, and Black students at Beach Elementary School.
Collaborating group: Beach Elementary School
Faculty contacts: Alejandra Favela, Sara Exposito -
OWP continues it’s University/Schools Partnership (USP) work with teachers at various Portland-area schools.
Collaborating groups: Clarendon/Portsmouth K-8 School, Spanish-English International School (SEIS) at Roosevelt High School, Jefferson High School, Lane Middle School
Faculty contact: Linda Christensen -
Lewis & Clark faculty investigate the viability of a community counseling clinic at Roosevelt High School.
Collaborating groups: Roosevelt High School
Faculty contacts: Margaret Eichler, Carol Doyle -
Lewis & Clark faculty help Alder Elementary with their Oregon Department of Education-mandated School Improvement Plan.
Collaborating group: Alder Elementary School
Faculty contact:TBA -
Lewis and Clark Faculty from the ESOL/Bilingual Program and the Indigenous Ways of Knowing (IWOK) Program engage in an action based partnership with Umatilla Tribal Educators and Master Linguists.
Collaborating groups: Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Contact: Se-ah-dom Edmo -
The Educating for Sustainability Initiative in the West Linn/Wilsonville School District is aimed at developing teams of teachers in each district school who are knowledgeable about sustainability issues and committed to providing their students with opportunities to explore and address them.
Collaborating groups: West Linn/Wilsonville School District
Faculty contact: Greg Smith -
We offer districts a professional development opportunity to enhance their literacy instruction through a series of classes offered in a flexible, on-site program.
Collaborating groups: Various Portland-area schools and districts.
Faculty contact: Ruth Shagoury -
TIES places middle school teachers in labs conducting biomedical research in order to learn about science from the perspective of the researcher. -
Lewis & Clark hosted a one-day summit in order to prepare for Oregon Department of Education audits and strengthen university and district partnerships.
Collaborating groups: Portland-area school districts
Faculty contact: Alejandra Favela, Sara Exposito -
A project to build and support a new statewide network for the courage and renewal community across Oregon.
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An elementary-level science and math certificate program, PrISM improves instruction in mathematics and science across the state of Oregon.
Collaborating groups: Various Oregon school districts and area universities
Faculty contact: Sherri Carreker
Website
Contact Us
The Center for Community Engagement is located in room 121 of South Campus Conference Center (SCCC) on the Graduate Campus.
Emailcce@lclark.edu
Voice503-768-6040
Fax503-768-6045
DirectorSherri Carreker
Center for Community Engagement
Lewis & Clark
0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road, MSC 85
Portland, OR 97219
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