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Cornerstone Activities
The bedrocks of a
developmental program
experience
What We’ll Cover
•How Cornerstones build the foundation
•What these cornerstones are
•Best practices for planning and executing
•How they connect developmentally
•Innovative integration
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
Orientation
Sense of place -
campus and
community
Personal
Exploration
Bonner Program
Expectations
Inspiration
SEnse of
Bonner
Community
Sense of place - campus and
community
Personal Exploration
Bonner Program Expectations
Inspiration
SEnse of Bonner
Community
High-Impact Practice
Link to First Year
Experience, Course, or
Seminar?
Craft Your Agenda
1. Sense of place - campus and
community
Relevant Resources:
• Community Asset Mapping
Training and Book
• Place-based Education
courses and books (local)
• Bonner Brochure
• Your Student Handbook &
Student Handbook Live
• Videos (YouTube Channel
and Bonner Wiki)
• Implementation Guide
- Overview of campus and service center
- Overview of local community by partners
- Short Service Project
Text
2. Inspiration
Relevant Resources:
• River Stories Training
• Your Campus or Center
Vision and Long-Range
Strategic Plan
• Your alumni email list
(from the Foundation or
Development Office)
• Videos (YouTube Channel
and Bonner Wiki)
• Games, Games, Games
- Stories by other Bonners, Partners, and Alumni
- Visionary Speakers, Videos, and Ideas
- A chance to get connected to why we do this
3. Bonner Program Expectations
Relevant Resources:
• Your Student Handbook
• Slides on the Five E’s
• Sample Expectations
(from other session or
wiki)
• Videos on the YouTube
Channel for BWBRS
• BWBRS Help Guide
• AmeriCorps Handbook
- Reviewing Your Handbook and Expectations
- The Developmental Model - Five E’s
- Presentations by Seniors and Bonner Lead Team
- Personal Development Plans
4. Personal Exploration
Relevant Resources:
• LOTS of the Training
Modules, such as:
• Identity Circles
• Community Building
Challenge Course
• Cover Story
• Tower of Me’sa
• Your local partners or
staff, such as Outward
Bound or Service Clubs
- Engaging Workshops and activities that provide
students with a chance to reflect and share
- Physical Challenge Courses
- Service Projects and Reflection
5. Sense of Bonner Community
Relevant
Resources:
• You
• Your students
• Your partners
• Your meals
• Talent shows,
bonfires, hikes,
staying
somewhere
together
• The B-Love
Videos!
- Respect
- Fun!
- Music
- Food
- Laughs
- Bonner Love
Craft Your Agenda
Day 1
Move in dorms early
Orientation - Bonner Program 101
Dinner together - staff, student, and partner speakers
Introductions to the Bonner Community
Day 2
Make breakfast together and eat in Bonner families
Community partner presentations (local history and context)
Local scavenger hunt (asset mapping part 1)
River Stories workshop
Lunch with faculty advisors
Review of First Year Experience course
Accountability and Expectations workshop
Ropes Course
Reflection - letters to selves
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
High-Impact Practice
Link to course such
as FYE for
preparation or learning
community
Craft Your Trip
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
• 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
10%
10%
10%
10%
60%
Service or Meaningful Action*
Culture &and History
Community and Team Building
Education, Reflection &and Discussion - meetings with issue experts
Learning about the Organizations & Issues
Trips contain a
mix of activities
Yes, it all counts for hours!
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
Second Year Exchange2-5 days
Pair up with 1 or more
other Bonner Programs or
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!
High-Impact Practice
Link to service
learning course or
learning community
Brainstorm
2-5 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!
Second Year Exchange
- inspire with a sense of a movement
2-5 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!
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
Third Year Leadership1-14 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
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 Peacework
- Utilize international resources on wiki
High-Impact Practice
- Undergraduate
research
- diversity and global
learnining
Brainstorm
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
Capstones and Senior
Presentations
A semester or
year project -
plus a presentation
A chance to
connect studies and
engagement
A high-impact
project
An engaging
presentation
for community
and campus
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
High-Impact Practice
capstone
Brainstorm
A semester or year project -
plus a presentation
A chance to connect studies and
engagement
A high-impact project
An engaging presentation for
community and campus
What’s on your worksheet
•Orientation
•First Year Trip
•Second Year Exchange
•Third Year Leadership
•Capstone & Senior Presentations

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Bonner Program's Cornerstone Activities

  • 1. Cornerstone Activities The bedrocks of a developmental program experience
  • 2. What We’ll Cover •How Cornerstones build the foundation •What these cornerstones are •Best practices for planning and executing •How they connect developmentally •Innovative integration
  • 3. 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
  • 4. Orientation Sense of place - campus and community Personal Exploration Bonner Program Expectations Inspiration SEnse of Bonner Community
  • 5. Sense of place - campus and community Personal Exploration Bonner Program Expectations Inspiration SEnse of Bonner Community High-Impact Practice Link to First Year Experience, Course, or Seminar? Craft Your Agenda
  • 6. 1. Sense of place - campus and community Relevant Resources: • Community Asset Mapping Training and Book • Place-based Education courses and books (local) • Bonner Brochure • Your Student Handbook & Student Handbook Live • Videos (YouTube Channel and Bonner Wiki) • Implementation Guide - Overview of campus and service center - Overview of local community by partners - Short Service Project Text
  • 7. 2. Inspiration Relevant Resources: • River Stories Training • Your Campus or Center Vision and Long-Range Strategic Plan • Your alumni email list (from the Foundation or Development Office) • Videos (YouTube Channel and Bonner Wiki) • Games, Games, Games - Stories by other Bonners, Partners, and Alumni - Visionary Speakers, Videos, and Ideas - A chance to get connected to why we do this
  • 8. 3. Bonner Program Expectations Relevant Resources: • Your Student Handbook • Slides on the Five E’s • Sample Expectations (from other session or wiki) • Videos on the YouTube Channel for BWBRS • BWBRS Help Guide • AmeriCorps Handbook - Reviewing Your Handbook and Expectations - The Developmental Model - Five E’s - Presentations by Seniors and Bonner Lead Team - Personal Development Plans
  • 9. 4. Personal Exploration Relevant Resources: • LOTS of the Training Modules, such as: • Identity Circles • Community Building Challenge Course • Cover Story • Tower of Me’sa • Your local partners or staff, such as Outward Bound or Service Clubs - Engaging Workshops and activities that provide students with a chance to reflect and share - Physical Challenge Courses - Service Projects and Reflection
  • 10. 5. Sense of Bonner Community Relevant Resources: • You • Your students • Your partners • Your meals • Talent shows, bonfires, hikes, staying somewhere together • The B-Love Videos! - Respect - Fun! - Music - Food - Laughs - Bonner Love
  • 11. Craft Your Agenda Day 1 Move in dorms early Orientation - Bonner Program 101 Dinner together - staff, student, and partner speakers Introductions to the Bonner Community Day 2 Make breakfast together and eat in Bonner families Community partner presentations (local history and context) Local scavenger hunt (asset mapping part 1) River Stories workshop Lunch with faculty advisors Review of First Year Experience course Accountability and Expectations workshop Ropes Course Reflection - letters to selves
  • 12. 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
  • 13. High-Impact Practice Link to course such as FYE for preparation or learning community Craft Your Trip 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
  • 14. • 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
  • 15. 10% 10% 10% 10% 60% Service or Meaningful Action* Culture &and History Community and Team Building Education, Reflection &and Discussion - meetings with issue experts Learning about the Organizations & Issues Trips contain a mix of activities Yes, it all counts for hours!
  • 16. 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
  • 17. Second Year Exchange2-5 days Pair up with 1 or more other Bonner Programs or 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!
  • 18. High-Impact Practice Link to service learning course or learning community Brainstorm 2-5 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!
  • 19. Second Year Exchange - inspire with a sense of a movement 2-5 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!
  • 20. 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
  • 21. Third Year Leadership1-14 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
  • 22. 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 Peacework - Utilize international resources on wiki
  • 23. High-Impact Practice - Undergraduate research - diversity and global learnining Brainstorm 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
  • 24. Capstones and Senior Presentations A semester or year project - plus a presentation A chance to connect studies and engagement A high-impact project An engaging presentation for community and campus
  • 25. 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
  • 26. High-Impact Practice capstone Brainstorm A semester or year project - plus a presentation A chance to connect studies and engagement A high-impact project An engaging presentation for community and campus
  • 27. What’s on your worksheet •Orientation •First Year Trip •Second Year Exchange •Third Year Leadership •Capstone & Senior Presentations