Bonner Student Development Tools for Education, Training, Reflection, and 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