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Why So Many Meetings? - Developing Training Calendars that Engage and Educate Students
- 1. Why So Many Meetings? Developing Training Calendars that Engage & Educate Students
- 2. What We’ll Cover • Introductions • Assessing Current Status of Room • Overview of Type of Meetings, Bonner Model & Cornerstones • Student Development Framework • Training and Enrichment Meetings • Setting Training and Enrichment Calendar • Sharing Campus Examples
- 3. www.bonner.org AssessingYour Current Status of Training Calendar Stages of development - Where are you at? ‣ 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)
- 4. www.bonner.org AssessingYour Current Status of Training Calendar Pair and Share In pairs, share your campus current training and event calendar and ideas for trainings. Note the following: • What is similar? • What is different? • Are there any commonalities that both campuses want to enhance?
- 5. www.bonner.org 5 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
- 6. www.bonner.org 6 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
- 7. www.bonner.org Training & Enrichment: Types of Meetings Group Meetings: ✓ All Group Meetings ✓ Class-Based Meetings ✓ Site/Issue-Based Team Meetings Meeting content: ✓ Training ✓ Reflection ✓ Project Planning ✓ Administrative ✓ One-on-One
- 8. www.bonner.org 8 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
- 9. www.bonner.org 9 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 (& leaders) in planning, project management, & problem solving
- 10. www.bonner.org 10 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)
- 11. www.bonner.org 11 Advising & One-to-One Meetings • Do every semester (at least 2 times per year) • Revisit the developmental framework • Many campuses use a form or written questions for this
- 12. www.bonner.org 12 Your role supports this through intentionality • training & meetings • course connections • cornerstones • advising • reflection
- 13. www.bonner.org 13 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
- 14. www.bonner.org 14 Engage others in providing education Student-led Faculty-led Partner-led
- 15. Bonner Model
- 17. www.bonner.org Student Development: Service Road Exploration intentional short-term immersion Experience program assistant (specific role) Example site/project coordinator Expertise specialist Expectation application process & orientation
- 18. www.bonner.org Student Development: Training & Enrichment — Example Sequence Exploration • Community knowledge • Personal exploration • Setting goals • Time management • Active listening • Teamwork • Poverty course Experience • Critical thinking • Diversity • Group dynamics & communication • Project planning • Introduction to social issues/civics • Government course Example • Leading inquiry & reflection • Personal and civic values • Project coordination • Fundraising & Grant Writing • Advocacy skills • Academic Connection • CBR course—Public Policy Issue Briefs Expertise • Academic Research • Career planning & vocation • Evaluation • Networking • Public Speaking • Skills for lifelong involvement • Honors’ thesis project —tied to service
- 19. www.bonner.org Integrated Model: Curricular & Co-Curricular Approach Expectation Exploration Experience Example Expertise Co-Curricular Activities (Training & Enrichment, Reflection, and Advising) Academic linkages (Service-learning, CBR, minor, major & certificates) Through Service (Developmental placements, learning through action)
- 20. www.bonner.org Expertise Exploration Experience Example First Year Trip: exposes students to an issue or area Leadership: engages students in applying their skills and knowledge while deepening their own leadership in the process Senior Capstone: culminating leadership project coupled with a reflective developmental focused presentation Second Year Exchange: deepens students understanding and exposes broader picture Student Development: Cornerstone Activities EXPECTATION ORIENTATION: sets foundation for success by building community among students and staff
- 21. www.bonner.org 21 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 Third Year Leadership - an opportunity to apply initiative on a project (i.e., international trip, campus-wide event, community event) Capstones and Senior Presentations- an opportunity to integrative thinking and doing - at a site and often connected to student’s coursework
- 22. www.bonner.org 22 First Year Trip- - open hearts, minds, and heads 3-7 days Somewhere out of local context Cohort experience for frosh and new Bonners Use Bonner Funds Provide a chance to delve into an issue - like poverty or immigration
- 23. www.bonner.org 23 • Guilford College - Crow Reservation in MOntana - explores Native American experience and culture • Emory &and Henry College - New York City - learns about urban poverty, comparing it to rural (Virginia) poverty • Maryville College - Border of Mexico and Texas - learns about immigration and border issues • Siena College - Presque Isle, Maine - learns about very rural poverty, comparing it to urban (Albany) poverty • Waynesburg College - Philadelphia - works with homeless and city ministries, building on their rural experience, and visits Foundation Picking a Place Need help? Talk to a Foundation staff member to connect you with another school or partner
- 24. www.bonner.org 24 1 Find a destination in a region different from your campus; identify strong partners 2 Designate roles and responsibilities for Bonners (frosh and leaders) to plan and implement the trip 3 Engage in preparation during Class Meetings — education, learning the history, language, prominent issues, culture , and other information. 4 During the trip, engage in meaningful activities — service, learning, reflection, cultural & team-building activities 5 After the trip,have your students process learning and share reflections to your Bonner team or even the campus 6 Consult the detailed Implementation Guide on the Wiki! Trip Organizing Steps
- 25. www.bonner.org 25 Second Year Exchange2-5 days Pair up with 1 or more other Bonner Programs or other schools - cluster Cohort experience for second years Use Bonner Funds Delve deeper into an issue - like poverty - adding advocacy/ policy dimension Can also use IMPACT or other national conference!
- 26. www.bonner.org 26 1 Engage second year students in identifying partner school(s). This is a chance to build cross-campus connections! 2 Engage students as planners and leaders. This can happen through strategically using your Class Meetings to organize Exchange. 3 Engage in preparation during Class Meetings — Find strategies for linking the Exchange to student development. For example, providing advocacy training or tutoring in Spanish. 4 During the trip, engage in a wider array of meaningful activities — this isn’t just a service trip! It’s goal is to expose people to the bigger ideas, a sense of movement! 5 After the trip, have your students process learning and share reflections to the broader Bonner and campus community. You may want to link with blogging, vlogging, videos, and other social media. 6 Consult the detailed Implementation Guide on the Wiki! Exchange Organizing Steps
- 27. www.bonner.org 27 Third Year Leadership 1-14 days! International Service Immersion Trips Cohort experience for some or all Third Years Often raise funds Build on issue knowledge - in broader context Often link with course Campus-wide events
- 28. www.bonner.org 28 For international immersions Relevant Resources: • International partnerships resources • Curricula - found under Common Commitments and new international curricula • Bonners Abroad Blog - Develop international partner relationships - Partner with International Service Providers - Utilize international resources on wiki
- 29. www.bonner.org 29 Capstones and Senior Presentations A semester or year project - plus a presentation A chance to connect studies and engagement A capstone An engaging presentation for community and campus
- 30. www.bonner.org 30 Capstones and Senior Presentations Relevant Resources: • Implementation Guide on Senior Presentation and Vocation • Videos that can be found on YouTube - Bonner Network and other Bonner Program channels - The student may initiate a culminating project - Many are developing connections to academic capstones in major or special program
- 31. www.bonner.org 31 Elvis Diaz Business Major Elvis’ capstone involved taking on significant leadership on and off campus. As Campus Outreach & Visibility Intern he developed collaborations across campus, with the Volunteer Service Office, and to support greater college access pipelines for local youth.
- 32. www.bonner.org 32 Kelly Behrend Peace and Conflict Studies Kelly’s capstone “The Refugee Ex-Factor: A Framework Toward the Understanding of Excluded People,” focused on effective rehabilitation strategies for resettled refugees. This built on four years of engagement in Richmond, Spain, and Ireland with immigrant and refugee populations.
- 33. www.bonner.org 33 My Signature Work… could be Program evaluations Needs assessment Policy research Scientific research projects Curriculum design GIS mapping Oral histories and storytelling Community theater and arts projects Launching a nonprofit program or social enterprise Economic development and more…
- 34. www.bonner.org 34 • How can you use meetings to plan and carry out Cornerstones? Reflection
- 35. www.bonner.org Expertise Exploration Experience Example First Year Trip: exposes students to an issue or area Leadership: engages students in applying their skills and knowledge while deepening their own leadership in the process Senior Capstone: culminating leadership project coupled with a reflective developmental focused presentation Second Year Exchange: deepens students understanding and exposes broader picture Student Development: Cornerstone Activities EXPECTATION ORIENTATION: sets foundation for success by building community among students and staff
- 36. www.bonner.org Student Development Framework • Result of network-wide input, program design, innovation, decade of experimentation and research: • Common Commitments • Skills • Knowledge
- 37. www.bonner.org Student Development: Common Commitments Diversity Civic Engagement Community Building Social Justice International Perspective Spiritual Exploration
- 38. www.bonner.org Student Development: Skills and Capacities Personal Skills • Active listening • Balance/boundaries • Communication • Decision making • Organization • Planning • Time management • Goal setting Leadership Skills • Conflict resolution • Delegation • Planning • Public speaking • Running a meeting • Teamwork • Working with diverse groups Professional Skills • Budgeting • Evaluation/research • Event planning • Fundraising • Grant writing • Marketing / Public relations • Mediation • Networking • Public education / Advocacy • Volunteer management
- 39. www.bonner.org 39 Time management Goal setting Volunteer recruitment Event planning Facilitation Volunteer management Skills and Knowledge Areas Discuss how you would sequence these 7 Skills and Knowledge Areas Organization & professionalism
- 40. www.bonner.org 40 All strategies result in a 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
- 41. www.bonner.org Student Development: Knowledge Educating Global Citizens Have experience locally, nationally, internationally ‣ cultural competencies ‣ analytical skills (poverty in many contexts) Understanding and analysis of poverty & how to address it through policy ‣ policy research & analysis Can lead civic engagement ‣ project management ‣ event planning Commitment to lifelong active citizenship ‣ electoral participation ‣ public education Can apply civic skills in broader contexts ‣ critical thinking ‣ leading reflection
- 42. www.bonner.org Student Development: Knowledge • Public Policy • Poverty • International perspective and issues • Issue-based knowledge • Place-based knowledge • Diversity
- 43. www.bonner.org 43 Diversity of communities and cultures... Year 1 Sense of identity and basic knowledge of community Self Year 4 Understanding and navigating complex community and institutional environment Nation, world Year 2 Ability to work in diverse communities; focus on gender, race, & ethnicity Team Year 3 Analysis of power and privilege; being an ally; complexity Campus and community
- 44. www.bonner.org Student Development Knowledge — Academic Connections • Intensive • Multi-Year • Developmental • Course Connections • Minor, Certificate, Concentration
- 45. www.bonner.org Student Development Knowledge — Academic Connections
- 46. www.bonner.org Working Session • What skills, knowledge areas, and practices will your students need to fulfill the visionary goals of your program?
- 47. Campus Working Time and Idea Sharing
- 48. Setting Training Calendar • Plan your Bonner Orientation, ideally for one or two days before the regular first year orientation. • Decide when during each week can you schedule a regular Bonner training and reflection meetings. • Plan the topics for the first year of weekly Bonner meetings.
- 50. www.bonner.org 50 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 August • Orientation: Bonner 101, Developmental Model, Community and Place, Team Building • AmeriCorps Orientation • Games and Icebreakers • River Stories • Back-to-school refresher; have students engage in your Bonner Program social media, Facebook, Wiki, etc. • Step It Up Sophomores (and have students revise positions/ CLAs to be higher level) • Engage juniors in helping plan and run Orientation • Building Capacity with Community Partners • Personal Vision or Cover Story • Engage senior in helping plan and run Orientation & Training Calendar • Nail down senior year capstones September • Professionalism and Expectations • Identity Circles: A Personal Exploration of Diversity • Action Planning • Citizenship: Rights, Responsibilities and Struggles • Leading Learning Circles: A Train-the-Trainers Approach • Bridging the Gap Between Service, Activism, and Politics • BHAGs: Setting Big Hairy Audacious Goals • Hearing the Call: Listening to Your Inner Voice or Vocation: Board of Directors October • Community Asset Mapping • Time Management: Managing by Calendar • Volunteer Recruitment for a Non-profit Organization • Advocacy 101: Tools for Political Engagement • Volunteer Outreach for a Non- profit Organization • Advanced Facilitation: More Techniques and Strategies • Fundraising Strategies: Developing and Executing a Plan • Evaluation/Program Assessment (involve faculty or non-profit leader as presenter) November • Introduction to Non-Profits and Capacity Building • Goal-Setting • Conflict Resolution: Steps for Handling Interpersonal Dynamics • Basic Facilitation: Roles of Effective Facilitators • Volunteer Orientation & Management for a Non-profit Organization • Global Poverty (lesson plan from Oxfam America or campus) • Reflective activities like Tuesdays with Morrie Book Reading or Spiritual Exploration workshop (involve faculty/chaplain) • Building a Personal Vision December • Reflection: How It Supports Making Service Meaningful • Introduction to Community Based Participatory Research • Action Steps for Carrying Out a Community-Based Participatory Research Project or Building Coalitions • Retreat for Seniors to begin focusing on their final term with Translating Research into Resources for Non-Profits • Shared Visioning December/ January Mid-Year Bonner Retreat: • Community building and Diversity • Common Commitments (see Bonner Wiki for other organizational workshops on topics like Social Justice) • Reflection & Dialogue across all classes and Peer Mentoring • Recommended trainings include: Cover Story, Four Corners, River Stories, Leadership Compass, Vocational Discernment workshops, Diversity Trainings (race, class, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) Bonner Calendar - Developmental Training Sequence
- 51. www.bonner.org 51 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 January Have BLT lead a “Book Club” that integrates stories about “place” such as the neighborhoods in which you work; can offer extra training & enrichment time for participation • #SocialChange: Effectively Using Facebook in the Nonprofit Sector • #SocialChange: Effectively Using Twitter in the Nonprofit Sector • #SocialChange: Effectively Using LinkedIn in the Nonprofit Sector (and have students create profile/join Alumni Network) • Resume Writing & Interviewing Skills February • Fishbowl Discussion: Defining Your Communities • Engage students in planning First Year Trip (delegate roles to students) • Fundraising on Campus • Resume Writing workshop (integrate staff from Career Services) • Power Mapping • Fundraising: Mapping Out Donors • Public Speaking • Fundraising Strategies: Developing and Executing a Plan March • Groups Within Groups: Exploring Dimensions of Diversity • Gender 1: Building Gender Awareness • Facilitation 201: An Intensive Introduction • Building a Personal Network • Building Career Networks or Exploring Non-Profit Careers • Advocacy 201: Meeting with an Elective Representative • Senior Retreat/Preparation for Senior Presentations of Learning • Seeing Through Employers’ Eyes and Senior Resume Review April • Racism: Deconstructing It • True Colors • Planning Effective Meetings • Four Corners: Building Appreciation for Diverse Ideas and Dialogue • Leadership Compass, Meyers-Briggs, or Strengths Finder • Homophobia: Countering It • Preparing a Leadership Transition • Want Ads: have students write one to replace themselves May • Spiritual Exploration (Tower of “Me”sa or engage someone on campus) or Volunteer Recruitment for a Non-profit Organization (here or sophomore) • Vocation: Guided Reflections and Sophomore Recommitment • Vocation: “So What do you do?” personal exploration exercise • Senior Presentations of Learning • Last Words: a Reflection on My Bonner Journey June • Review trainings and customize plan. • Review other modules, such as on international perspective and poverty, using links on Wiki. • Plan your own trainings & plug them in! July Bonner Calendar - Developmental Training Sequence
- 52. 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 Site-Based Team Meetings Week 2 Introduction to Effective Communication Action Planning Leading Learning Circles: A Train-the-Trainers Approach Hearing the Call: Listening to Your InnerVoice Week 3 All Bonner Meeting Week 4 Community Asset Mapping part 1 Budgeting Bridging the Gap Between Service,Activism, and Politics Vocation: Board of Directors Week 5 Site-Based Team Meetings Week 6 Community Asset Mapping part 2 (involving partner) Intro to Effective Communication: DoYou Hear Me? Facilitation 202: More Techniques and Strategies Introduction to Spiritual Exploration Week 7 Site-Based Team Meetings Week 8 Community Asset Mapping part 3 (campus assessment) Advocacy 101:Tools for Political Engagement Get-Out-the-Vote Evaluation Week 9 All Bonner Meeting Week 10 Time Management: Managing by Calendar Conflict Resolution: Steps for Handling Interpersonal Dynamics Building Coalitions: Part 1 Tuesdays with Morrie Discussion Week 11 Site-Based Team Meetings Week 12 Time Management: Managing by Calendar Follow Up Facilitation 101: Roles of Effective Facilitators Building Coalitions (part 2: application for campus project) or Grant Writing PersonalVision: Creating One Week 13 Site-Based Team Meetings Week 14 Setting Service Objectives Group feedback session Vocation:“The Bridge Builder” poem and reflective discussion PersonalVision 2: Follow up & Building SharedVision Week 15 All Bonner Meeting
- 53. Spring 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year Retreat Community building | Common commitments | Reflection & visioning | Workshops: Cover Story, Four Corners (changing questions), River Stories/Introduction to Community Building, Leadership Compass Week 1 Site-Based Team Meetings Week 2 Service-Based Reflection: How It Supports Making Service Meaningful Lobbying 101 Citizenship: Rights, Responsibilities & Struggles or Introduction to Social Justice Resume Writing & Interviewing Skills Week 3 All Bonner Meeting Week 4 Fishbowl Discussion: Defining Your Communities Building a Personal Network Leadership Compass Public Speaking Week 5 Site-Based Team Meetings Week 6 Research related to FirstYear Trip Resume writing workshop (Career Services) Advocacy 201: Meeting with an Elective Representative Preparation for Senior Presentations of Learning Week 7 Site-Based Team Meetings Week 8 Groups Within Groups: Exploring Dimensions of Diversity Facilitation 201:An Intensive Introduction Building Career Networks Seeing Through Employers’ Eyes: Group Resume Game Week 9 All Bonner Meeting Week 10 Gender 1: Building Gender Awareness Gender 2: Deepening Gender Awareness Building Career Networks Senior Resume Review Week 11 Site-Based Team Meetings Week 12 Racism: Deconstructing It Ethnocentrism: Exploring & Tackling It Homophobia: Countering It Preparing a Leadership Transition:Want Ads Week 13 Site-Based Team Meetings Week 14 Fraying at the Edges: Stress Management 101 Vocation: Guided Reflections for Recommitment Vocation:“So What do you do?” personal exploration exercise Last Words: a Reflection on My Life Week 15 All Bonner Meeting
- 55. www.bonner.org 55 Find trainings on the Bonner Wiki: under Student Development or Common Commitments
- 56. www.bonner.org 56 Training & Enrichment: Resources — Training Modules
- 57. www.bonner.org 57 Download sample outcomes, rubrics, articles and other help Bonner Wiki: Student Learning Outcomes
- 58. www.bonner.org 58 Training & Enrichment in BWBRS • Every workshop, meeting, and eligible opportunity can be added into BWBRS so that, yes, students log it! • track learning; a portfolio • shows the sequence and intentionality • program oversight
- 59. www.bonner.org 59 This student attended 41 events since between August- April, totaling 140.5 hours in training (- plus courses!
- 60. www.bonner.org 60 Your Roadmap & Handbook • This summer, create your roadmap! (4-6 skills) • Provide students at Orientation • Clearly articulate expectations and levels • Revisit every term & engage students! • Sequential activities