Bonner Student Development 2-15-11

The Bonner Program:Student Development“Access to Education, Opportunity to Serve”A program of:The Corella & Bertram Bonner Foundation10 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540(609) 924-6663 • (609) 683-4626 faxFor more information, please visit our website at www.bonner.org

StudentDevelopment Goals

Student Development: Outcomes Experience KnowledgeValues Skills www.bonner.org

Student Development:Experiential Learning Cycle www.bonner.org

Student Development: Iterative Learning Cycle LearnReﬂect/Apply DoDo Learn Reﬂect/Apply www.bonner.org

Student Development: Connection to Higher Education InitiativesExample: AAC&U’s High Impact PracticesThe Bonner Model includes the potential for linking with all ﬁve: • First-Year Seminars • Learning Communities • Service Learning • Undergraduate Research • Capstone Courses & Projects www.bonner.org

Student Development: Connection to Higher Education InitiativesExample: AAC&U Civic Engagement Rubric4 developmental levels, increasing complexity • Communities and Cultures • Analysis of Knowledge • Civic Identity and Commitment • Civic Communication • Civic Action and Reﬂection • Civic Contexts/Structures www.bonner.org

Student Development: Typical Goal — Educating Global Citizens Commitment to Understanding lifelong active and analysis of citizenship poverty & how to‣ electoral address it participation through policy‣ public education ‣ policy research & analysis Can apply civic skills in broader Can lead civic contexts engagement‣ critical thinking ‣ project‣ leading reﬂection management ‣ event planning Have experience locally, nationally, internationally ‣ cultural competencies ‣ analytical skills (poverty in many contexts) www.bonner.org

Student Development: Typical Goal - Producing Non-Proﬁt Leaders ‣ Evaluation ‣ Outreach & marketing ‣ Program management ‣ Grant writing ‣ Program design ‣ Fundraising ‣ Volunteer ‣ Budgeting management ‣ Volunteer‣ What is a 501c3 recruitment www.bonner.org

Bonner Model

Student Development: Service Road Expertise specialist Example site/project coordinator Experience program assistant (speciﬁc role) Exploration intentional short-term immersionExpectation application process & orientation www.bonner.org

Integrated Model: Curricular & Co-Curricular Approach ExpertiseThrough Service(Developmental placements,learning through action) Example Experience Co-Curricular Activities (Training & Enrichment, Exploration Reﬂection, and Advising)Expectation Academic linkages (Service-learning, CBR, minor, major & certiﬁcates) www.bonner.org

Student Development:Skill Areas www.bonner.org

Student Development: Skill Areas Personal Skills• Active listening• Balance/boundaries• Communication• Decision making• Organization• Planning• Time management• Goal setting www.bonner.org

Student Development: Skill Areas Personal Skills Leadership Skills• Active listening • Conﬂict resolution• Balance/boundaries • Delegation• Communication • Planning• Decision making • Public speaking• Organization • Running a meeting• Planning • Teamwork• Time management • Working with diverse• Goal setting groups www.bonner.org

Student Development: Skill Areas Personal Skills Leadership Skills Professional Skills• Active listening • Conﬂict resolution • Budgeting• Balance/boundaries • Delegation • Evaluation/research• Communication • Planning • Event planning • Fundraising• Decision making • Public speaking • Grant writing• Organization • Running a meeting • Marketing /• Planning • Teamwork Public relations• Time management • Working with diverse • Mediation• Goal setting groups • Networking • Public education / Advocacy • Volunteer management www.bonner.org

Student Development: Common Commitments Community International Building Perspective SocialDiversity Justice Civic Spiritual Engagement Exploration www.bonner.org

Student Development:Common Commitment Video: Social Justice www.bonner.org

How does theBonner Model ﬁt your student development approach?

Student Development:Resources — on Bonner Network Wiki www.bonner.org

Calendar

Training & Enrichment:Types of Meetings www.bonner.org

Training & Enrichment: Types of MeetingsGroup Meetings: ✓ All Group Meetings ✓ Class-Based Meetings ✓ Site/Issue-Based Team Meetings www.bonner.org

Training & Enrichment: Types of MeetingsGroup Meetings: ✓ All Group Meetings ✓ Class-Based Meetings ✓ Site/Issue-Based Team MeetingsMeeting content: ✓ Training ✓ Reﬂection ✓ Project Planning ✓ Administrative ✓ One-on-One www.bonner.org

Fall 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year Bonner 101 & Community Introduction to Civic BHAGs: Setting Big HairyOrientation Partner 101 Engagement Learning Circle Audacious Goals Week 1 Site-Based Team Meetings Introduction to Effective Leading Learning Circles: A Hearing the Call: Listening to Week 2 Communication Action Planning Train-the-Trainers Approach Your Inner Voice Week 3 All Bonner Meeting Community Asset Mapping Bridging the Gap Between Vocation: Board of Directors Week 4 part 1 Budgeting Service, Activism, and Politics Week 5 Site-Based Team Meetings Intro to Effective Community Asset Mapping Facilitation 202: More Introduction to Spiritual Week 6 part 2 (involving partner) Communication: Do You Hear Techniques and Strategies Exploration Me? Week 7 Site-Based Team Meetings Community Asset Mapping Advocacy 101: Tools for Week 8 part 3 (campus assessment) Political Engagement Get-Out-the-Vote Evaluation Week 9 All Bonner Meeting Time Management: Managing Conﬂict Resolution: Steps for Tuesdays with Morrie Week 10 by Calendar Handling Interpersonal Building Coalitions: Part 1 Discussion Dynamics Week 11 Site-Based Team Meetings Building Coalitions (part 2: Time Management: Managing Facilitation 101: Roles of Week 12 by Calendar Follow Up Effective Facilitators application for campus Personal Vision: Creating One project) or Grant Writing Week 13 Site-Based Team Meetings Vocation: “The Bridge Builder” Personal Vision 2: Follow up & Week 14 Setting Service Objectives Group feedback session poem and reﬂective discussion Building Shared Vision Week 15 All Bonner Meeting

Spring 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year Community building | Common commitments | Reflection & visioning | Workshops: Cover Story, Four Corners (changingRetreat questions), River Stories/Introduction to Community Building, Leadership CompassWeek 1 Site-Based Team Meetings Service-Based Reflection: How Citizenship: Rights, Resume Writing &Week 2 It Supports Making Service Lobbying 101 Responsibilities & Struggles or Interviewing Skills Meaningful Introduction to Social JusticeWeek 3 All Bonner Meeting Fishbowl Discussion: Defining Building a Personal NetworkWeek 4 Your Communities Leadership Compass Public SpeakingWeek 5 Site-Based Team Meetings Research related to First Year Resume writing workshop Advocacy 201: Meeting with Preparation for SeniorWeek 6 Trip (Career Services) an Elective Representative Presentations of LearningWeek 7 Site-Based Team Meetings Groups Within Groups: Facilitation 201: An Intensive Seeing Through Employers’Week 8 Exploring Dimensions of Introduction Building Career Networks Eyes: Group Resume Game DiversityWeek 9 All Bonner Meeting Gender 1: Building Gender Gender 2: Deepening GenderWeek 10 Awareness Awareness Building Career Networks Senior Resume ReviewWeek 11 Site-Based Team Meetings Ethnocentrism: Exploring & Preparing a LeadershipWeek 12 Racism: Deconstructing It Tackling It Homophobia: Countering It Transition: Want AdsWeek 13 Site-Based Team Meetings Vocation: “So What do you Fraying at the Edges: Stress Vocation: Guided Reflections Last Words: a Reflection onWeek 14 Management 101 for Recommitment do?” personal exploration My Life exerciseWeek 15 All Bonner Meeting

Staff Roles

Training & Enrichment:Assessing Your Current Status www.bonner.org

Training & Enrichment: Assessing Your Current StatusStages of development ‣ Just getting started (use sample calendar) ‣ Adapting current structure (revisit structure for student involvement) ‣ Strengthen, integrate (develop campus-wide collaborations) ‣ Expand campus-wide connections (courses, CBR, application) www.bonner.org

Training & Enrichment:Who? When? www.bonner.org 25

Training & Enrichment: Who? When?• Who will lead sessions? • Bonner staff • Experienced Bonner students • Faculty & other campus staff • Community partners www.bonner.org 25

Training & Enrichment: Who? When?• Who will lead sessions? • Bonner staff • Experienced Bonner students • Faculty & other campus staff • Community partners• When will they be scheduled? www.bonner.org 25

Training & Enrichment: Who? When?• Who will lead sessions? • Bonner staff • Experienced Bonner students • Faculty & other campus staff • Community partners• When will they be scheduled?• Collaborative calendar planning • Road Map Planning Tool www.bonner.org 25

Training & Enrichment:Resources — Training Modules www.bonner.org 26

Training & Enrichment: Resources — BonnerNetwork YouTube Channel• Bonner Network Wiki• See: Bonner Video Project• Over 120 videos! www.bonner.org 27

Training & Enrichment:Resources — Bonner Video Project www.bonner.org 28

Academic Journey

Student Development: Knowledge• Public Policy• Poverty• International perspective and issues• Issue-based knowledge• Place-based knowledge• Diversity www.bonner.org

Student Development Knowledge — Academic Connections• Intensive• Multi-Year• Developmental• Course Connections• Minor, Certiﬁcate, Concentration www.bonner.org

Student DevelopmentKnowledge — Academic Connections www.bonner.org

Student Development: Cornerstone Activities Expertise Senior Capstone: culminating leadership project coupled with a reﬂective developmental Example focused presentation Junior Leadership: engages students in applying their skills and knowledge while Experience Second Year deepening their own Exchange: leadership in the process deepens studentsExploration understanding and First Year Trip: exposes broader exposes students picture to an issue or area www.bonner.org

Student Development: Training & Enrichment — Example Sequence Expertise • Academic Research Example • Career planning & • Leading inquiry & vocation reﬂection • Evaluation • Personal and civic • Networking values Experience • Project coordination • Public Speaking • Critical thinking • Fundraising & Grant • Skills for lifelong involvement Writing • Diversity • Honors’ thesis project— • Group dynamics & • Advocacy skills tied to serviceExploration communication • Academic Connection• Community • Project planning • CBR course—Public knowledge Policy Issue Briefs • Introduction to social• Personal exploration issues/civics• Setting goals • Government course• Time management• Active listening• Teamwork• Poverty course www.bonner.org

Working Session• What skills, knowledge areas, and practices will your students need to fulﬁll the visionary goals?• How do these learning outcomes evolve developmentally? www.bonner.org

Bonner Student Development 2-15-11

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