This episode features Dr. Scott Jenkinson, Assistant Professor in Clemmer College of Education and Human Development and a faculty fellow for Community-Engaged Learning at the ETSU Center for Teaching Excellence.  He provides a wonderful snapshot of some of the ways in which community-engaged learning impacts our students and shares about his experiences with the ETSU Alternative Breaks program and some of the foundations for student success that he incorporates in his classrooms.Podcast Transcript: Dr. Scott JenkinsonAssistant ProfessorSo critical reflection is the linchpin. It's the linchpin in any sort of community-engaged learning experience. It really creates the learning. You know, we can have community engagement all we want, but the reflection is where it transitions from just an experience to actually something that changes who you are.Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkleHost/Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic AffairsHi, I'm Kimberly McCorkle, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at East Tennessee State University. From the moment I arrived on this campus, I have been inspired by our faculty, their passion for what they do, their belief in the power of higher education, and the way they are transforming the lives of their students. This podcast is dedicated to them, our incredible faculty at ETSU. Hear their stories as they tell us "Why I Teach."In this episode, we will talk with Dr. Scott Jenkinson, Assistant Professor in the Educational Foundations and Special Education Department in Clemmer College of Education and Human Development. Dr. Jenkinson earned his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He joined the ETSU faculty in 2015 as a clinical instructor, teaching and supervising pre-service teaching students. He is a strong supporter for community-engaged learning, serving as a faculty fellow for community-engaged learning at the ETSU Center for Teaching Excellence. He was also instrumental in the development of our Go Beyond the Classroom QEP.In this episode, we will hear about his work in the classroom and beyond the classroom through community-engaged learning opportunities he facilitates.Enjoy the show.Dr. Jenkinson, welcome to the show. I start my podcast with the same question for every guest. Take me back to your first day of teaching at ETSU as a faculty member. And looking back on that day, what is one piece of advice that you would have given yourself?Dr. Scott JenkinsonWell, Dr. McCorkle, thank you so much for inviting me to join you on your podcast. I appreciate the opportunity to talk about teaching. I talk about teaching all the time in my career with pre-service teachers, so I love to talk about it. So I apologize if I kind of go a little lengthy with some things. But taking myself back to that very first day, I think a couple things come to mind.You know, presence, being present, being there to enjoy it, you know, being human and being not some artifice of what I think a faculty member should be, but actually being a real person in front of my students. I remember very vividly coming from the high school where I taught for 10 years, coming into the college classroom thinking that I was supposed to be one way. I was supposed to have the tie on, and I was supposed to be rigid, and I was supposed to be sarcastic, and that sort of -- I had this perception of what the faculty member was supposed to be, and I remember that causing me a lot of problems and causing me a lot of moments of identity and questioning who I was supposed to be and how I was supposed to be.So if I were to go back into that first day, I would just say, "You know, relax, take a breath, be there, be present, be human, and make mistakes and talk about your mistakes." And I think that would have helped me and my students become -- have a better relationship and become more attuned to the space we were in.Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkleThat's great. Kind of