2017 Bonner Student Development

Bonner Student Development

Tools for Education, Training, Reflection, and Development

What We’ll Cover

• Student Development Framework • Bonner Meeting Types • Developmental “Roadmap” • Bonner Meetings Calendar • Bonner Training Modules • Engaging Other in Bonner Meetings • Cornerstone Activities

• First Year Trip • Sophomore Exchange • Third Year Leadership • Senior Presentation of Learning & Capstone Projects

Student Development

Framework

Expectation

Exploration

Experience

Example

Expertise

The Five E’s

Student Development Outcomes

• Result of network-wide input, program design, innovation, decades of experimentation, & research

‣ Common Commitments ‣ Skills ‣ Knowledge

• Link to Bonner Cornerstone Activities

Bonner Common Commitments

Skills and Capacities

Personal• Active listening • Balance &

boundaries • Communication • Decision making • Organization • Planning • Time

management • Goal setting

Professional• Budgeting • Event planning • Fundraising • Grant writing • Marketing • Mediation • Networking • Public education

and advocacy • Volunteer

management • Research

Leadership

• Conflict resolution • Delegation • Planning • Public speaking • Running a meeting • Teamwork • Working with diverse groups

Knowledge Areas

Place

Politics & Public PolicyPower & Privilege

Poverty & Economic Development

Issues

How cornerstones

build the foundation

First Year Trip - new context for service & learning (i.e., poverty in campus and distant place)

Orientation - pre-college immersion provides a sense of community and a foundation for success

Second Year Exchange - the sense of a national movement and connections across campuses

Service Leadership - an opportunity to apply initiative on a project (i.e., international trip, campus-wide event, community event)

Jr/Sr Capstone Project & Senior Presentations of Learning - an opportunity to complete a capacity building or social action project (ideally connected to coursework) and a culminating reflection

Bonner Meetings

Why are meetings important?

• Bonner Student Impact and Alumni Survey demonstrates strongest contributors for program effectiveness are:

• dialogue across difference

• mentors (staff, peers, site supervisors, & faculty)

• structured reflection and education magnifies impact

Meetings also:• Build skills (i.e., project

management) and knowledge (i.e., diversity) needed

• Build community— Bonner Love

• Promote accountability

• Foster campus-wide and community connections

• Promote retention and success in college

Class Meetings • at least every other

week • cohort-based meetings for

each class year (or two, if small program)

What kinds of meetings?

All Bonner Meetings • every month • engage Common

Commitments, partners, and issues

Cornerstone or Project Meetings • occasionally • trips, campus-wide

events, Bonner Congress, Bonner Leadership Team

Other kinds of meetings...Site Meetings by issue, team, or cluster • every other week or

monthly — • engage students in

planning, project management, and problem solving

Other kinds of meetings...Campus-wide or National Events • Speaker series, IMPACT

Conference, Power Shift, national conferences... flavor not main ingredient

Course-based Meetings • can be used for Cohort or

projects • link training with credit-

bearing options, such as a first year experience course or community based research (CBR)

Training & Reflection Meetings• Hold at least once every

other week (2x/month)...even more for freshmen

• Use Bonner Curriculum

• Engage variety of leaders & instructors

• Students design & lead

Developmental “Roadmap”

Steps to Developing Your Roadmap

• Read the through the different strategies and take a look at campus examples

• Convene relevant groups of people to do an assessment

• Simplify your plan to clearly articulate a handful of topics (3-5) for each semester

Example Sequence: Diversity of communities & cultures...

Year 1 Sense of identity and basic knowledge of community

Year 4 Understanding and navigating complex community and institutional environment

Year 2 Ability to work in diverse communities; focus on gender, race, & ethnicity

Year 3 Analysis of power and privilege; being an ally; complexity

Self Team Campus and community

Nation, world

Example Strategy: Scaffolded outcomes across each year

Year 1 Sense of place

Listening

Time management

Goal setting

Organization & professionalism

Reflection

Year 4 Building organizational capacity

Marketing and outreach

Networking

Public speaking

Public policy

Capstone research

Year 2 Balance

Conflict resolution

Planning

Teamwork

Volunteer recruitment

Broader understanding of civic engagement

Year 3 Event planning

Facilitation

Fundraising

Volunteer management

Community-based research

Power and privilege

Example Roadmap

• Create your roadmap! (4-6 skills per year)

• Provide students at Orientation

• Clearly articulate expectations and levels

• Revisit every term & engage students!

• Sequential activities

Civic Engagement VALUE Rubric: Link to assessment

1) Students will gain an understanding of “the importance of place – including listening to residents and leaders – and understanding the learning and meaning that is derived from engaging in a community.

2) Students gain an understanding poverty including who is poor, what the consequences of poverty are, and how poverty is linked to place.

1) Students will gain an understanding of nonprofit and government agency basics.

2) Students will gain an understanding of leadership styles and models.

1) Students will gain an understanding of the purpose of higher education service learning and its limitations/conflicts.

2) Students will gain an understanding of community constituencies, power structures and local issues.

1) Students will gain an understanding of public policy at the local, state, and federal level.

2) Students will gain an understanding of their learning and impact over 4 years.

Value Rubric in Action: DePauw University

Bonner Meetings Calendar

Semester Meeting Rotation Diverse Leadership

Summer Orientation Led by staff & students | Partners attend

Week 1 Meeting - by Class Led by staff

Week 2 Meeting - by Site Led by site coordinators

Week 3 All Bonner Meeting Led by faculty guest

Week 4 Meeting - by Class Featuring partner presentations

Week 5 Meeting - by Site

Week 6 Fall or Spring Break

Week 7 Meeting - by Class

Week 8 Meeting - by Site

Week 9 All Bonner Meeting

Week 10 Meeting - by Class

Week 11 Meeting - by Site

Week 12 One-on-One Meetings

Week 13 Meeting - by Class

Week 14 End-semester Celebration / Retreat

Have a mix of meetings each semester...

Bonner Meetings Calendar: Developmental Training Sequence, 1-5

First Year Second Year Third Year Fourth Year

Class Training #1Time Mangagement:

Managing by Calendar

Step it Up Sophmores: Taking on More in Your

Service JourneyDeveloping an Action Plan

Capstone Planning: Introduction to Community Engaged Signature Work

Class Training #2Community Asset Mapping:

A Critical Strategy for Service - Part 1

Volunteer Recruitment for a Non-Profit Organization:

Outreach Strategies

Leadership Compass: Appreciating Diverse Work

Styles

#Social Media for Change: Effectively Using LinkedIn in

the Non-Profit Sector

Class Training #3Goal Setting: Setting Service

Goals & ObjectivesConflict Resolution: Handling

Interpersonal DynamicsManaging Up: Working Better with Your Boss

Seeing Through Employer's Eyes: Resume Game and

Revision Activity

Class Training #4Exploring Diversity &

IntersectionalityKeeping It Classy Resume Writing and Review Black Lives Do Matter

Class Training #5

Unpacking the -Isms: Common Terms To Talk

About Social Justice and Oppression

Who Am I?: Unpacking Race and the Privilege and

Oppression That FollowsBuilding Career Networks Refugee and Immigrants

Voices

Cornerstone Meeting

Cornerstone Meeting: First Year Trip

Cornerstone Meeting: Second Year Exchange

Cornerstone Meeting: Third Year Leadership Roles

Cornerstone Meeting: Senior Presentation of Learning

Bonner Meetings Calendar: Developmental Training Sequence, 6-11

First Year Second Year Third Year Fourth Year

Class Training #6 True ColorsInterfaith Perspectives on

Service: Bridging Beliefs and Action

Volunteer Recruitment for a Non-Profit Organization:

Training & Managing Volunteers

Preparing a Leadership Transition:

Part 1

Class Training #7Introduction to the Non-

Profit SectorPlanning Effective Meetings Differently Abled Addressing Sexual Prejudice

Class Training #8River Stories: Our Gender

Histories & HerstoriesFacilitation 101: Roles of

Effective FacilitatorsGender & Sexual Orientation

Your Empowered Voice Through Creative Expression

or Empowerment: It's Intersectional

Class Training #9Bridging the Gap Between

Service, Activism and Politics

Bridging the Divide Part 1: Political Discourse for Civic

Action

Advocacy and Public Education

Board of Directors: Mentorship, Personal,

Network, and Their Value

Class Training #10

Volunteer Recruitment for a Non-Profit Organization: Developing a Volunteer

Assessment Plan

Bridging the Divide Part 2: Maintaining Discourse on

Social Media

Understanding Issue Campaigns

Finding Meaning in Your Life

Class Training #11

True ColorsInterfaith Perspectives on

Service: Bridging Beliefs and Action

Volunteer Recruitment for a Non-Profit Organization:

Training & Managing Volunteers

Preparing a Leadership Transition:

Part 1

Fall 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year

Orientation Bonner 101 & Community Partner 101

Introduction to Civic Engagement Learning Circle BHAGs: Setting Big Hairy

Audacious Goals

Week 1 Issue/Site-Based Team Meetings

Week 2Overview of the Civic

Engagement Center and Campus

Step It Up Sophomores Leading Learning Circles: A Train-the-Trainers Approach

Hearing the Call: Listening to Your Inner Voice

Week 3 All Bonner Meeting

Week 4 Professionalism and Expectations Action Planning Bridging the Gap Between

Service, Activism, and Politics Vocation: Board of Directors

Week 5 Issue/Site-Based Team Meetings

Week 6 Community Asset Mapping Community Partner involved

Intro to Effective Communication

Facilitation 202: More Techniques and Strategies

Introduction to Spiritual Exploration

Week 7 Issue/Site-Based Team Meetings

Week 8Faculty member presents classroom management

techniquesAdvocacy 101: Tools for

Political Engagement Get-Out-the-Vote Evaluation

Week 9 All Bonner Meeting

Week 10 Goal-Setting Conflict Resolution: Steps for

Handling Interpersonal Dynamics

Building Coalitions: Part 1 Tuesdays with Morrie Discussion

Week 11 Issue/Site-Based Team Meetings

Week 12Time Management:

Managing by Calendar Follow Up—students bring

planners

Facilitation 101: Roles of Effective Facilitators

Building Coalitions (part 2: application for campus

project) or Grant WritingPersonal Vision: Creating

One

Week 13 Issue/Site-Based Team Meetings

Week 14 Service-Based Reflection (led by Students) Group feedback session

Vocation: “The Bridge Builder” poem and reflective

discussionPersonal Vision 2: Follow up

& Building Shared Vision

Week 15 All Bonner Meeting: Celebration or Retreat

What meeting structure makes sense for your program this year

Who can help?

Exercise

Bonner Training Modules

Bonner Wiki Resources

Each training module is a full lesson plan, with activities and handouts

Bonner Training Modules

Based on your meeting structure, take some time to map out your training/meeting calendar.

Exercise

Engaging Others in Bonner Meetings

Engage others in providing education

Students Faculty Partners

Courses & Academic Connections• Consider building in a related

sequence

• Seek out faculty advisors and mentors

• Build in research and other projects

• Develop a capstone

Make a list of people who you would convene to develop your Bonner meetings calendar.

Exercise

First Year Trip

First Year Trip

• Cohort experience for frosh and new Bonners

• 3-7 days

• Somewhere out of local context

• Provide a chance to delve into an issue - like poverty or immigration

• Use Bonner Funds

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Service or Meaningful Action*Culture &and HistoryCommunity and Team BuildingEducation, Reflection &and Discussion - meetings with issue experts Learning about the Organizations & Issues

First Year Trip Activities

• Do you have a First Year Trip destination and thematic focus in mind? Share ideas.

Exercise

Sophomore Exchange

Second Year Exchange• Pair up with 1 or more other

Bonner Programs or other schools - cluster

• Cohort experience for second years

• Delve deeper into an issue - like poverty - adding advocacy/policy dimension

• Use Bonner Funds

• Can use IMPACT or other national conference!

How can your Second Year Exchange provide a developmental experience? Course links?

Exercise

Third Year Leadership

Third Year Leadership

• Cohort experience for some or all Third Years

• Often raise funds • International Service Immersion

Trips • Campus-wide events • Build on issue knowledge - in

broader context, often link with course

International Immersion• Develop international

partner relationships • Partner with International

Service Providers • Utilize international

resources on wiki • Relevant Resources: ‣ International partnerships

resources ‣ Curricula - found under

Common Commitments and new international curricula

‣ Bonners Abroad Blog

What are the best opportunities to align the work of your Bonner juniors with broader campus or community experiences?

Exercise

Capstone Projects & Senior

Presentation of Learning

Capacity-Building Capstone Projects

• Many are developing connections to academic capstones in major or special program

• Relevant Resources ‣ Implementation Guide on

Senior Presentation and Vocation

‣ Videos that can be found on YouTube - Bonner Network and other Bonner Program channels

Senior Presentations of Learning

• An engaging reflection on four year sin Bonner Program

• Presentation for Bonner Program, campus, and community

• A chance to connect studies and engagement

How can you build both a capstone capacity building project and Senior Presentation of Learning into your Bonner Program?

Exercise