Campus-Wide Collaboration: 2016 Bonner New Directors Meeting
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This presentation, part of the Bonner Foundation's 2016 New Directors Meeting, addresses the broader goals and strategies for campus-wide engagement. It provides examples of how the Bonner Program can foster and leverage collaboration with multiple departments and divisions, including Student and Academic Affairs, Career Services, Multicultural Life, Study Abroad, and others.
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Campus-Wide Collaboration: 2016 Bonner New Directors Meeting
- 1. Campus-Wide Collaboration Building a Culture of Civic Engagement
- 2. What We’ll Cover • Reporting Lines & Governance • Collaborating across Campus • Faculty Engagement • Students as Colleagues
- 4. Consider… • Visibility and location • Institutional respect and positioning • The potential for building a culture of service • How change happens at your institution • Access to leadership
- 5. Ensure you have… • Access to resources • Access to students • Access and status with faculty • Strong relationships across key departments • Admissions • Financial Aid • Development • Advancement
- 6. Some Governance Considerations Strengths Concerns Other Student Affairs Fit with broader departmental mission; student-led programs; larger scale; access to areas like Residence Life Fails to become integrated at institution’s core (faculty); lack of curricular change; second class status Many campuses have started from this vantage point Consider building development model buy-in
- 7. Strengths Concerns Other Academic Affairs Access to and engagement of faculty; with care, connect research and scholarship Service can be episodic if only tied to courses; must put attention on student leadership Having program under Academic Affairs does not guarantee curricular change Some Governance Considerations
- 8. Some Governance Considerations Strengths Concerns Other Integrated Center May leverage resources & change opportunities; curricular and co-curricular integration Coordination and decision- making involves more time & people; top down vs. bottom up Many established campuses seem to be moving here, but some wait for vision
- 9. Initiative on… • Staffing • Student leadership roles • Budget • Authority • Institutionalization • Alignment
- 12. Opportunities to Collaborate Leverage Bonner to build campus-wide culture Academic Departments Chaplain/ Religious Life Public Relations/IT Department Student Life/ Affairs Career Services Multicultural Affairs Study Abroad Admissions
- 13. Opportunities to Collaborate Student Affairs student development shared training integrated calendar clubs & events learning communities
- 15. Opportunities to Collaborate Career Services career advising professional training networking fairs & employment career exploration
- 16. Opportunities to Collaborate Multicultural Affairs diversity training recruitment community relations special projects
- 17. Opportunities to Collaborate International Office study abroad service trips internships training & courses
- 18. Opportunities to Collaborate Public Relations/IT media news & events website & social media branding e-portfolio
- 19. Opportunities to Collaborate Chaplain/Religious Life other service groups vocational discernment advising reflection
- 20. Opportunities to Collaborate Academic Departments CBR & research courses (designator) High-Impact Practices pathways minor/majors
- 21. • Write and share 3 ideas for how you can bolster collaboration on your campus! Exercise
- 22. • Individual • Teams (Carnegie CE Classification; strategic plan; course designator) • Advisory Boards • Formalized Key Strategies for Collaboration
- 23. • Student Learning Outcomes • Strategic Plan (Center/ Institution) • Bonner Cohort Learning Communities 3 Recommended Methods
- 24. • Begin a process to formally articulate a set of SLOs tied to your center • Examples: Berea, Siena, University of Richmond • Draw on rubrics and proven levels Student Learning Outcomes
- 25. • Create and manage to a 3- to 5- year strategic plan • Bonner staff can help facilitate or refer you to external help • See examples on wiki Strategic Plan
- 26. • Small informal networks of institutions • Meet at and between meetings • Share models and plans • Leverage best practices & funds Cohort Learning Communities
- 27. 1.Community Engaged Signature Work 2.Senior Presentations, Outcomes, and Assessment 3.Faculty Engagement 4.Campus-Wide Student Engagement 5.Food Security 6.College Access 7.PolicyOptions and CBR Cohort Learning Communities
- 28. • Access to and support of senior leadership • Financial support (i.e., work study, stipends) for students to engage in service • Visibility in online and written communications (from recruiting to alumni news) • Faculty engagement and curricular links • Lived mission, strategic plans, and budget that reflects community engagement priorities Institutional Support
- 29. • Strategically build your team—starting with students—and grow it through ripples • Creatively consider new programs—from more Federal Work Study placements to partnering with national organizations • Integrate, integrate, integrate • Communicate frequently, positively, and strategically with supervisors—manage up Build Support
- 30. • What cohort learning community makes most sense for you? Exercise
- 33. • Connects with the mission of higher education and institution • Enable engagement of faculty and students in addressing community projects – win/win • Scholarship, research, and capacity-building • Learning outcomes and measures Engaging with Faculty & Curriculum
- 34. A Framework and Continuum Transactional------->Transformational------->Institutional Alignment •Short-term investment •Important and possibly necessary •May not lead to long-term relationships •Ongoing and repeated •Involve more relationship building & program development •Involve several faculty members and senior leaders •Can help foster changes to institutional policies and culture.
- 35. • Access resources (see Bonner Wiki) to offer basic (transactional) supports • Invest in key transformational strategies • Liaison strategy • Faculty Development • Students as Colleagues • Consider how to promote institutional alignment strategies Recommendations
- 36. • Resource library and articles • Assist faculty with site connections and transportation • Share publication opportunities • Take to Bonner and other conferences • Involve in doing self-assessment • Help faculty members with courses (reflection) • Faculty recognition • Write letters of reference for tenure portfolios (www.ccph.org) Transactional
- 37. • Faculty Development Workshops and Seminars (Bonner can connect you with people/models) • Faculty Fellowships • Student Faculty Teaching Assistants (Students as Colleagues) • Course development support (Mini-Grants for Service-Learning, CBR, etc.) • Faculty Advisory Boards • Departmental Strategies Transformational
- 38. • Strategic Planning • Student Learning Outcomes/Assessment • Course Designators • QEPs/Accreditation and External Reviews • Tenure & Promotion Support • Working on creation of academic pathways Institutional Alignment
- 39. • Link Bonner Program with academic study from the get-go: • Cornerstone Activities • Sequence of courses and high- impact practices Final Key Recommendation
- 40. Example: Link with Cornerstones Exploration •First Year Trip •linked with First Year seminar Experience •Second Year Exchange •linked with Service- Learning Course or Learning Community Example •Third Year International Trip or Leadership Role •linked with Undergradu ate Research experience Expertise •Capstone service placement •linked with Capstone course
- 41. Example: Academic Pathway Exploration • Lead in course • FirstYear seminar • Learning community Experience • Government/ policy courses • Poverty courses • Service-learning (potentially tied to placement) • Learning community Example • CBR coursework (methodology) • Advanced service-learning coursework • Undergraduate research • Public Policy Issue Brief assignments Expertise • Capstone course / Senior Seminar • Undergraduate research • Honors’ thesis project—tied to Bonner work
- 42. Minor • Public Policy • Poverty • International perspective and issues • Issue-based knowledge • Place-based knowledge • Diversity
- 43. • What are your current assets and aspirations for faculty involvement with your Bonners or center? Exercise
- 45. Theory in Action •Classroom, Project Design, On Campus
- 46. What We’ll Cover 1. How students work with faculty 2. What training students need to reach colleagues level? - How students are selected - How training is implemented 3. Model or structure (diagram) - How does it build capacity? 4. Benefits to faculty and students 5. Overcoming challenge of unequal power - Role of advising
- 47. Student - Faculty Fellow Example: Allegheny College Roles: - ACES Fellow- Students designed - Gateway Project - Values, Ethics and Social Action Major
- 48. Students Work on Course Design Example: Siena College - Instructor uses a guide to course design (online) to teach students how to turn goals to assessment to activities - Students are paired with faculty - Students are taught how to develop faculty rapport, and facilitation skills - Students learn to design effective workshops outside the classroom
- 49. Service-Learning or CBR Team Example: Many colleges - Create a position for Bonners that involves their work on a range of community engaged learning projects - issue connections - community-based research
- 50. Student Leadership & Campus Wide Engagement Example: Berea College Coalition of projects model Student Director Program Coordinators Team Members Volunteers
- 51. Example: Rider University Community Service Council Student Leadership & Campus Wide Engagement • Club and Org Representative met bi-weekly • Created Combined Calendar of Projects • A student intern managed the council • Assisted with planning the service days
- 52. Addressing Power Dynamics - Nurturing student voice - Continue to clarify roles - Students learn as they go - Students tap into faculty expertise and mentoring
- 53. • What ways could you engage students in leadership roles with faculty? Exercise