The Road Ahead The Bonner Program and Year at a Glance

What We’ll Cover

•Who is a Bonner?

•What does a Bonner do?

•Why does the Bonner Program matter?

•What do you do, as a director or coordinator?

•Your Year at a Glance

Who Is A Bonner?

•Student with financial need (increasing college access)

•Ethic and commitment for service

•Diverse backgrounds

•Engages in a four-year program

•8-10 hours of community engagement each week during academic year

•Meaningful full-time internships in summer

What does a Bonner do?

•Serve unmet, legitimate human & environmental needs through intensive, long-term positions

What does a Bonner do?

What does a Bonner do?

•Grow and develop – along a student developmental model - which includes building the capacity of non-profits and communities

Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 :After-School Classroom Assistant and Mentor at the Ada Jenkins Center

Fall 2010After-School Academic Support Assistant at Ada Jenkins and Guild Production Assistant for Davidson Community Players

Summer 2010Community and Enrichment Leader at Kuneesah Asanifeya, teaching in Arabic

Spring 2011LEARNWorks Liaison/ Youth Enrichment Assistant for Davidson Community Players

Summer 2011Youth in Arts Program Assistant in Nicaragua for Amigos de las America

Fall 2011-Spring 2012Emergency Assistance Interviewer for Crisis Assistance Ministries, Bonner Congress Rep and Bonner Advisory Board

Summer 2012Part of Bonner Delegation for first Bonner Global Village Trip in Belize, piloting international curricula

Amelia’s Service Experience

•Grow as a citizen and leader, through education, training, & reflection

What does a Bonner do?

Fall 2009•First Year Orientation•Fall Retreat with all Bonners•Class Based Meetings on topics like BWBRS, effective communication, finding your passion (with third years), and identity

Fall 2010•Class Based Meetings on topics like commitment to service, justice dialogue, and world hunger

•Joins “Engage for Change” planning committee and Bonner Leadership Team

Spring 2011•Gets involved in special workshop series like “Environmental Justice and Social Change” and “The King Legacy”

•Sophomore Recommitment event

•Class based meetings on topics like volunteer management, grant writing, public speaking, emotional intelligence, and social change

Fall 2011•Service Leader Institute provides higher level training

•Class based meetings on topics like running a meeting, navigating difficult dialogue, activism, policy and advocacy, and using positive peer pressure

Spring 2012•Class based meetings on topics like faith and service, career exploration,

Spring 2010 :•First Year Trip training, planning, and reflection

•Class based meetings on topics like ethics, understanding poverty, and literacy

•Gets involved in campus-wide project “Engage for Change”

Amelia’s Training Support

Just the tip of the iceberg!

✴Engage every week, every semester

✴Develop and grow as an agent of change

✴Serve legitimate needs and make an impact

✴Connect service and studies, and connect people

✴Accomplish inspiring projects!

✴Graduate and stay involved

What does a Bonner do?

✦Yield tool - access and diversity

✦Builds an infrastructure to engage every week, every semester

✦Provides a developmental, multi-year program model

✦Shifts how institutions sustain partnerships to make an impact

✦Connects co-curricular and curricular pathways

✦Promotes graduation and grades

✦Builds institution’s reputation

Why Does The Bonner Program Matter?

★Four years are significant

★Proven skill learning (developmental model)

★Commitment to social justice

★Dialogue across difference

★Power of structured and unstructured reflection

★The importance of mentors

★Civic-minded professionalism

Proven Program Impact on Students

What do you do?

★Develop and manage partnerships, positions, & projects

★Empower students’ (and staff) development & leadership

★Teach, advise, and coach

★Build connections on campus (pathways) and off campus (collaboration)

★Manage people & hold them accountable

★Build, implement, and expand programs and centers

What Tools Help You Do This?

✤Frameworks and developmental models for students, partners, staff, and faculty

✤Resources and Best Practices

✤The Bonner Network

✤Foundation Staff

✤Meetings and Networking

Expectation

Exploration

Experience

Example

Expertise

The Five E’s

Exploration - immersions, shadowing, rotations, resulting in regular placement

Experience - solid programmatic role -(Program Assistant - capacity building

Example - site and program leadership - capacity building

Expertise - capstone projects, research, studies

Expectation - selection includes an ethic of service

You are the architect!

Emerging - at least three students with developmental positions and a multi-year partnership plan

Experience - multiple students with developmental positions and a team leader; trainings and meetings; annual plan revision

Exemplar - team; leader; - ongoing capacity building, academic engagement projects, or; networking corps

Exploratory Partnerships - a few semester positions or an academic community engagement project

Partner Development

The Emerging Professionals 5-6 years experience

The Not So New Kids on the Block 3-4 years experience

Staff Development

The Future 0-2 years experience

The Middle Management6-8 years experience

The Confident Professionals 5-6 years experience

The Wisdom Seeking Professionals 5-6 years experience

The Seasoned Survivors (aka Wizards5-6 years experience

Your Year at a Glance

FallPlanning - site visits, strategic planning; setting your training & meeting calendar

Orientation - launches Bonner Program before school year

First Year Placements - often involve exploration

Semester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Fall Staff and Congress Meetings - get the network together

SummerCornerstones - often happen towards end of year

Celebrations and Evaluation - with service partners, graduating class, faculty, etc.

Summer Leadership Institute - big one!

Manage summer - more online training and reflection

Reporting and planning - close year out and start anew

WinterMid-Year Retreats - provide training, visioning, and launch into 2nd semester

Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners

Ongoing work around academic links - faculty training and engagement, high-impact projects

Semester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Planning for Summer - start internship recruitment

SpringFirst Year Trip and Second Year Exchange - key work on Cornerstone Activities

Recruitment and Selection - identifies next class of Bonners

Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners

Academic projects - courses, high-impact projects, senior capstones

Semester Placements and Finalize summer - get other students into service within a few weeks

FallPlanning - site visits, strategic planning; setting your training & meeting calendar

Orientation - launches Bonner Program before school year

First Year Placements - often involve exploration

Semester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Fall Staff and Congress Meetings - get the network together

WinterMid-Year Retreats - provide training, visioning, and launch into 2nd semester

Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partnersOngoing work around academic links - faculty training and engagement, high-impact projectsSemester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Planning for Summer - start internship recruitment

SpringFirst Year Trip and Second Year Exchange - key work on Cornerstone Activities

Recruitment and Selection - identifies next class of BonnersSite Visits and Check Ins - events with partners

Academic projects - courses, high-impact projects, senior capstones

Semester Placements and Finalize summer - get other students into service within a few weeks

summerCelebrations and Evaluation - with service partners, graduating class, faculty, etc.

Cornerstones - trips and events often happen towards end of year

Summer Leadership Institute - big one!Manage summer positions - more online training and reflection

Reporting and planning - close year out and start anew

Your Year at a Glance

FallPlanning - site visits, strategic planning; setting your training & meeting calendar

Orientation - launches Bonner Program before school year

First Year Placements - often involve exploration

Semester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Fall Staff and Congress Meetings - get the network together

SummerCelebrations and Evaluation - with service partners, graduating class, faculty, etc.

Cornerstones - often happen towards end of year

Summer Leadership Institute - big one!

Manage summer - more online training and reflection

Reporting and planning - close year out and start anew

WinterMid-Year Retreats - provide training, visioning, and launch into 2nd semester

Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners

Ongoing work around academic links - faculty training and engagement, high-impact projects

Semester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Planning for Summer - start internship recruitment

SpringFirst Year Trip and Second Year Exchange - key work on Cornerstone Activities

Recruitment and Selection - identifies next class of Bonners

Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners

Academic projects - courses, high-impact projects, senior capstones

Semester Placements and Finalize summer - get other students into service within a few weeks

Things You Do Every Term

Service Work★Positions, Community Learning Agreements, and Monitoring - in

person and on BWBRS

Training and Enrichment★Class Meetings, Site Meetings, and All Bonner Meetings - the aim is

to have at least one meeting a week

Advising★One on One Meetings - between a Bonner and a staff/faculty advisor at

least once each semester

Lead and Manage★Planning, Resource Development, Supervision - building and implementing

the program, projects, events, and operations of your center

Major Calendar

Administrative/Financial• Registrar’s list• Reimbursement reports• Community fund reports• Annual Reports• Enrichment grants

AmeriCorps (if applicable)• Timelogs• Slot requests• Service accomplishments• Campus-site agreement for each

partner• Campus-Foundation Agreement

Community Partnerships and Managing Service• Cultivate committed partners with

placements at multiple levels• Students complete CLAs• Hour log submissions in BWBRS• Service Accomplishments• End-semester evaluations• Update positions & agencies in

BWBRS• Organize First-Year Trip• Summer Service process

Student Development/Training, Enrichment and Reflection• Developmental trainings• Orientation • All Bonner Retreat and Meetings• Cornerstone Activities (First Year Trip,

2nd Year Exchange, Junior Leadership and Senior Capstones)

• Advising and Reflection• Conference opportunities• Student leadership team, Congress

Reps, and Senior Intern

Participation in Bonner-Sponsored Activities• Fall Staff Meeting • Congress Meeting• Summer Leadership Institute• High-Impact & PolicyOptions• Surveys, communication, and

special projects

Campus-wide and Other:• Admissions & Financial Aid collaboration• Bonner Recruitment and Replacement• Grow a campus-wide culture • Build and manage center• Cultivate academic connections• Website, PR, and Visibility• Strategic Plan