Fall Directors 2014: WIGs Session

Bonner ForwardPlanning Next Steps

Agenda• The Context • The Plans • The Flow • Update

• The Context • The Plans • The Flow • Update

Foundation MissionThrough sustained partnerships with

colleges and congregations, the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner

Foundation seeks to improve the lives of individuals and communities by helping meet the basic needs of

nutrition and educational opportunity.

Values & Beliefs•The Bonner Foundation believes that colleges and congregations have vital roles to play in society in nurturing and mobilizing thoughtful, caring, and diverse leadership dedicated to community service.

•The Bonner Foundation recognizes that often the best way to help someone is to give them the opportunity to help themselves, and that the people best able to address a problem are the people whom it most directly affects.

•The Bonner Foundation recognizes that effective community service programs involve all stakeholders in their leadership.

•The Bonner Foundation recognizes that long-lasting partnerships are based on mutual respect and common commitments.

•The Bonner Foundation supports innovative programs that have the potential to serve as models for the field.

Our Status• Premier (and largest) service-based

scholarship program in the country

• $170 million endowment supporting 1,500 students at 26 schools 1,500 students + 1,500 more students at 40+ schools

• Largest campus-based AmeriCorps Education Award Only Program left standing

• Sustained excellence recognized at all levels

Our Status• Crisis Ministry Program a major force in central

Jersey

• Further strengthen with significant influx of full-time Bonners and students from Bonner campuses

• Current programs & direction make Bonner Network a national leader

• Critically important to maintain in light of financial pressures in higher education

Our StaffBoard of Trustees

National Bonner AmeriCorps Director

Kristi Cordier

Bonner Program Associate

Eliza Blades

National Bonner AmeriCorps Enrollment

Janet Ashwood & Sarah Meadows

NJ Bonner VISTA Leader

Afnan Rashid

VISTA NJ CoordinatorErik Snyder

PresidentBobby Hackett

Vice President of Program & Resource

DevelopmentAriane Hoy

National Bonner Program Director

Annie Pasqua

Office Manager /Bookkeeper

Elaine Wheeler

Our Projects

10 StaffCampus Support 67 schools

Special Initiatives 7

Meetings 6 National + 15+ NJ

Resources 4

Communication 2

Networking 5

Assessment 5

Grants 7

49 Projects

Our Projects in Stages

The ContextFoundation Mission,

Values & Beliefs

Many, Many Projects & Responsibilities

Day Job“The Whirlwind”


Project Plans

Project Plan Template

• Goal(s)

• Objectives

• Metrics (x to y by when)

• Workplan

Wildly Important Goals


Narrow Focus Here

Only a Few Foundation WIGs

WAR

Team Level WIG

WIG Measures

How they connect

The Scorecard

100% Schools Complete Capacity Building Surveys with Primary Partners by

December 15th.

Example: Capacity Building WIG

LAG MEASURE

Each program support staff member has quality

consultation with campus staff at least 3x per week.

LEAD MEASURE

The Scorecard: Capacity Building

Weeks

Schools

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WIG Lead Measure Each program support staff member has quality consultation with campus staff at least 3x per week.

WIGs Can ChangeFall —> Spring —> Summer

Balanced Scorecard


Daily Huddle @ 9:36 am

Weekly Team Meetings

•WIG Review •Other Project Review

Weekly WIG Review

Weekly WIG Commitments

Monthly Check-Ins

Quick All Staff to review: •Progress on WIGs •Progress on other project metrics

Quarterly Half-Day Retreat

Longer All Staff meeting to: •Update All Staff on Project Plans •Present New or Emerging Projects

•Celebrate Progress on WIGs


CommunityCampusSystems

Leverage Bonner Network !as a community of best practice,

and resource for higher education locally and nationally

Partner in capacity-building for collaboratives working to achieve measurable community and systemic change.

Organizations

Build campus center that leads effort to make !

place-based community engagement deep, pervasive, integrated & developmental.

Partner in capacity-building for organizations to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and resources.

Programs

Develop and integrate community engaged learning

courses & programs.

Train & support leaders who develop & manage evidence-based programs and projects.

Individuals & Places

Develop & engage students’ knowledge, skills, values, and

collective action.

Mobilize students, faculty, staff, & community members to support individuals & places.

Bonner Transformation Goals


AmeriCorpsCapacity Building

PolicyOptionsBSP Tracking

Campus GoalsHigh Impact

Discussion

• What are your thoughts about the Bonner Foundation’s WIGs?

• How are the 4 Disciplines relevant for your own work on campus?

Updates• Bonner Congress

• High Impact Initiative

• PolicyOptions Local Bureaus

• Campus Support

Highlights:“Connecting with Bonners and Bonner

program coordinators from across the country”

“I really enjoyed the "Big Idea" sessions.”

“One of my favorite parts of the weekend was getting a historical tour of Guilford. James, the

tour guide and Bonner Director of Guilford, was extremely knowledgable of the history and made a meaningful connection to today's call to stand up for what is right in congruence to

social justice issues of today. ”

What did you learn?“I learned the evolution of leadership and how the first follower is just as important

as the leader.”

“New structures from the community garden at Guilford that I can apply to the

one I run!”

“I learned about the difficulties other universities face on their campuses and

how some of them are actually problems at my university as well”

Bonner Congress Feedback:Guilford Planning Team’s Survey

How helpful were Guliford College Bonners during your stay at Bonner Congress? 3.3Rate your experience with the host(s) who oversaw your sleeping accommodations. 3.2

Rate how much you feel you learned at the conference. 3.4

Rate how much you feel you shared at the conference. 3.3

Rate how easy/hard it was to navigate the conference. 2.1

First things first, how was the food? 3The purpose of a conference is to connect people in ways not possible through phone or online media. Apart from your travel mates, did you make significant connections with others while at the conference?

10% = No 90% = Yes

How many significant connections do feel you made?1-2 connections = 26.6% 2-4 connections = 46.6%

4 or more connections = 26.6%

Rate the workshops you attended in the workshop blocks. 3.3

Scale 1 - 4

(Poor) (Great)

The Bonner Advisory Board

Big Idea Check-ins

This is the BAB they will be doing check-ins with your congress reps. about your program’s Big Idea… blah de blah…managing by calendar.. putting together presentations for SLI…

BUT in order to really see these projects through, we need you!

By a show of hands:1. After Bonner Congress, how many of you met with your

Reps.?2. How many of you have seen the “managing by calendar

sheet” and given feedback on the timeline?3. How many of you feel that the Big Idea fits into your

overall program’s goals.

• 24 institutions • Teams of 8 or more

(home/away) • Staff, faculty, partners, & students • 3 Institutes • 3 year progression

HIgh IMPACT I NITIATIVE

what it’s like

• Place, Voice - community listening projects, mapping

• Depth, Sequence, Learning - First Year Experience, Students at Colleagues (Fellows)

projects

• Integration, Inquiry - work across departments

• Capacity, Impact - work with partners

projects

• Full teams & transitions • Institutional barriers • Daily whirlwind • Faculty engagement • Measures & metrics

cHALLENGES

• 2015 Summer Institute • Flexibility about team numbers • More attention to mix (include

decision makers) • More work on projects

beforehand to shift focus

what we’ll do

• Expand national partnerships (AACU, NERCHE, BTtoP, College Unbound, Citizen Alum, Community)

• Focus on depth & strategy • 2015 meetings with Provosts,

Deans, Department Chairs • Engage (tell the stories)

what we’ll do

• Welcome new

• Foundation staff/fellow work with campus teams

• Support significant progress

• Dive deeper into curricular change

• Strategy for pilots of student learning outcomes/assessment

BIG GOALS

Starting a Local BureauWebinar on PolicyOptions.org

http://PolicyOptions.org

Campus SupportCampus Support is designed to work collaboratively with campuses to support and celebrate programs within the Bonner Network through the use of

Campus Support Laisions and National Fellows

Review of Program Elements and Materials

Support Activities (Calls, Visits, etc...)

Campus SupportWIG

80% of Campuses report an improvement on the areas outlined in the Annual Report or established during the Fall 2014 academic year by the June

2015

Lead Measure

Intentional follow up through consistent communication, Campus Support Laision will

schedule 4-5 check-in per week

Campus SupportTimeline for Support

Provide you working time today to review goals from your Annual Report or articulate your goals for 2014-15

Foundation will project Campus Visits by December 15

In Spring 2015, schedule potientially two calls with your campus

Campus SupportTimeline for Support

Provide you with Annual Report Guidelines by March 10

Annual Reports Due May 9

Response Letters by SLI, June 10

Support Intergated into SLI

Expect Early and Mid Summer Support for planning for the Fall

Goal WorksheetSchool

Goal

Progress - What have you done this year in working towards these goals?

Challenges - What challenges do you see ahead?

Resources - What resources do you need?

Next Steps - What are your next steps in meeting this goal?

Fall Directors 2014: WIGs Session

Presentations & Public Speaking