Student Development Framework Bonner Meeting Types Developmental “Roadmap” Bonner Meetings Calendar Bonner Training Modules Engaging Other in Bonner Meetings Cornerstone Activities - First Year Trip - Sophomore Exchange - Third Year Leadership - Senior Presentation of Learning & Capstone Projects

1. Bonner Student
Development
Tools for Education,
Training, Reflection,
and Development

2. What We’ll Cover
• Student Development Framework
• Bonner Meeting Types
• Developmental “Roadmap”
• Bonner Meetings Calendar
• Bonner Training Modules
• Engaging Other in Bonner Meetings
• Cornerstone Activities
• First Year Trip
• Sophomore Exchange
• Third Year Leadership
• Senior Presentation of Learning & Capstone Projects

3. Student
Development
Framework

4. Expectation
Exploration
Experience
Example
Expertise
The Five E’s

5. Student Development
Outcomes
• Result of network-wide input,
program design, innovation,
decades of experimentation, &
research
‣ Common Commitments
‣ Skills
‣ Knowledge
• Link to Bonner Cornerstone
Activities

6. Bonner Common Commitments

7. Skills and Capacities
Personal
• Active listening
• Balance &
boundaries
• Communication
• Decision making
• Organization
• Planning
• Time
management
• Goal setting
Professional
• Budgeting
• Event planning
• Fundraising
• Grant writing
• Marketing
• Mediation
• Networking
• Public education
and advocacy
• Volunteer
management
• Research
Leadership
• Conflict resolution
• Delegation
• Planning
• Public speaking
• Running a meeting
• Teamwork
• Working with diverse groups

8. Knowledge Areas
Place
Politics & Public Policy
Power & Privilege
Poverty & Economic
Development
Issues

9. 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
Service Leadership- an
opportunity to apply initiative on a project
(i.e., international trip, campus-wide event,
community event)
Jr/Sr Capstone Project & Senior
Presentations of Learning - an opportunity
to complete a capacity building or social action project (ideally
connected to coursework) and a culminating reflection

10. Bonner Meetings

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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 in
planning, project
management, and
problem solving

15. 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)

16. Training &
Reflection Meetings
• Hold at least once every
other week (2x/
month)...even more for
freshmen
• Use Bonner Curriculum
• Engage variety of
leaders & instructors
• Students design & lead

17. Developmental
“Roadmap”

18. Steps to Developing
Your Roadmap
• Read the through the
different strategies and take
a look at campus examples
• Convene relevant groups of
people to do an assessment
• Simplify your plan to clearly
articulate a handful of topics
(3-5) for each semester

19. Example Sequence:
Diversity of communities & cultures...
Year 1
Sense of
identity and
basic
knowledge of
community
Year 4
Understandin
g and
navigating
complex
community
and
institutional
environment
Year 2
Ability to
work in
diverse
communities;
focus on
gender, race,
& ethnicity
Year 3
Analysis of
power and
privilege;
being an ally;
complexity
Self Team Campus and
community
Nation, world

20. Example Strategy:
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

21. Example
Roadmap
• Create your roadmap!
(4-6 skills per year)
• Provide students at
Orientation
• Clearly articulate
expectations and levels
• Revisit every term &
engage students!
• Sequential activities

22. Civic Engagement VALUE Rubric:
Link to assessment

23. 1) Students will gain an understanding of “the importance of place – including
listening to residents and leaders – and understanding the learning and
meaning that is derived from engaging in a community.
2) Students gain an understanding poverty including who is poor, what the
consequences of poverty are, and how poverty is linked to place.
1) Students will gain an understanding of nonprofit and government
agency basics.
2) Students will gain an understanding of leadership styles and
models.
1) Students will gain an understanding of the purpose of
higher education service learning and its limitations/
conflicts.
2) Students will gain an understanding of community
constituencies, power structures and local issues.
1) Students will gain an understanding of
public policy at the local, state, and
federal level.
2) Students will gain an understanding of
their learning and impact over 4 years.
Value Rubric in
Action:
DePauw
University

24. Bonner Meetings
Calendar

25. Semester Meeting Rotation Diverse Leadership
Summer Orientation Led by staff & students | Partners attend
Week 1 Meeting - by Class Led by staff
Week 2 Meeting - by Site Led by site coordinators
Week 3 All Bonner Meeting Led by faculty guest
Week 4 Meeting - by Class Featuring partner presentations
Week 5 Meeting - by Site
Week 6 Fall or Spring Break
Week 7 Meeting - by Class
Week 8 Meeting - by Site
Week 9 All Bonner Meeting
Week 10 Meeting - by Class
Week 11 Meeting - by Site
Week 12 One-on-One Meetings
Week 13 Meeting - by Class
Week 14 End-semester Celebration / Retreat
Have a mix of meetings each semester...

26. Bonner Meetings Calendar:
Developmental Training Sequence, 1-5
First Year Second Year Third Year Fourth Year
Class Training #1
Time Mangagement:
Managing by Calendar
Step it Up Sophmores:
Taking on More in Your
Service Journey
Developing an Action Plan
Capstone Planning:
Introduction to Community
Engaged Signature Work
Class Training #2
Community Asset Mapping:
A Critical Strategy for Service
- Part 1
Volunteer Recruitment for a
Non-Profit Organization:
Outreach Strategies
Leadership Compass:
Appreciating Diverse Work
Styles
#Social Media for Change:
Effectively Using LinkedIn in
the Non-Profit Sector
Class Training #3
Goal Setting: Setting Service
Goals & Objectives
Conflict Resolution: Handling
Interpersonal Dynamics
Managing Up: Working
Better with Your Boss
Seeing Through Employer's
Eyes: Resume Game and
Revision Activity
Class Training #4
Exploring Diversity &
Intersectionality
Keeping It Classy Resume Writing and Review Black Lives Do Matter
Class Training #5
Unpacking the -Isms:
Common Terms To Talk
About Social Justice and
Oppression
Who Am I?: Unpacking Race
and the Privilege and
Oppression That Follows
Building Career Networks
Refugee and Immigrants
Voices
Cornerstone
Meeting
Cornerstone Meeting: First
Year Trip
Cornerstone Meeting:
Second Year Exchange
Cornerstone Meeting: Third
Year Leadership Roles
Cornerstone Meeting: Senior
Presentation of Learning

27. Bonner Meetings Calendar:
Developmental Training Sequence, 6-11
First Year Second Year Third Year Fourth Year
Class Training #6 True Colors
Interfaith Perspectives on
Service: Bridging Beliefs and
Action
Volunteer Recruitment for a
Non-Profit Organization:
Training & Managing
Volunteers
Preparing a Leadership
Transition:
Part 1
Class Training #7
Introduction to the Non-
Profit Sector
Planning Effective Meetings Differently Abled Addressing Sexual Prejudice
Class Training #8
River Stories: Our Gender
Histories & Herstories
Facilitation 101: Roles of
Effective Facilitators
Gender & Sexual Orientation
Your Empowered Voice
Through Creative Expression
or Empowerment: It's
Intersectional
Class Training #9
Bridging the Gap Between
Service, Activism and Politics
Bridging the Divide Part 1:
Political Discourse for Civic
Action
Advocacy and Public
Education
Board of Directors:
Mentorship, Personal,
Network, and Their Value
Class Training
#10
Volunteer Recruitment for a
Non-Profit Organization:
Developing a Volunteer
Assessment Plan
Bridging the Divide Part 2:
Maintaining Discourse on
Social Media
Understanding Issue
Campaigns
Finding Meaning in Your Life
Class Training
#11
True Colors
Interfaith Perspectives on
Service: Bridging Beliefs and
Action
Volunteer Recruitment for a
Non-Profit Organization:
Training & Managing
Volunteers
Preparing a Leadership
Transition:
Part 1

28. 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 Issue/Site-Based Team Meetings
Week 2
Overview of the Civic
Engagement Center and
Campus
Step It Up Sophomores
Leading Learning Circles: A
Train-the-Trainers Approach
Hearing the Call: Listening
to Your Inner Voice
Week 3 All Bonner Meeting
Week 4 Professionalism and
Expectations
Action Planning
Bridging the Gap Between
Service, Activism, and Politics
Vocation: Board of Directors
Week 5 Issue/Site-Based Team Meetings
Week 6
Community Asset Mapping
Community Partner involved
Intro to Effective
Communication
Facilitation 202: More
Techniques and Strategies
Introduction to Spiritual
Exploration
Week 7 Issue/Site-Based Team Meetings
Week 8
Faculty member presents
classroom management
techniques
Advocacy 101: Tools for
Political Engagement
Get-Out-the-Vote Evaluation
Week 9 All Bonner Meeting
Week 10 Goal-Setting
Conflict Resolution: Steps for
Handling Interpersonal
Dynamics
Building Coalitions: Part 1
Tuesdays with Morrie
Discussion
Week 11 Issue/Site-Based Team Meetings
Week 12
Time Management:
Managing by Calendar
Follow Up—students bring
planners
Facilitation 101: Roles of
Effective Facilitators
Building Coalitions (part 2:
application for campus
project) or Grant Writing
Personal Vision: Creating
One
Week 13 Issue/Site-Based Team Meetings
Week 14
Service-Based Reflection (led
by Students)
Group feedback session
Vocation: “The Bridge
Builder” poem and reflective
discussion
Personal Vision 2: Follow up
& Building Shared Vision
Week 15 All Bonner Meeting: Celebration or Retreat

29. What meeting
structure makes
sense for your
program this year
Who can help?
Exercise

30. Bonner Training
Modules

31. Bonner Wiki Resources

32. Each training
module is a full
lesson plan, with
activities and
handouts
Bonner Training Modules

33. Based on your
meeting structure,
take some time to
map out your
training/meeting
calendar.
Exercise

34. Engaging Others
in Bonner
Meetings

35. Engage others in providing education
Students Faculty Partners

36. Courses & Academic
Connections
• Consider building in a related
sequence
• Seek out faculty advisors and
mentors
• Build in research and other
projects
• Develop a capstone

37. Make a list of people
who you would
convene to develop
your Bonner
meetings calendar.
Exercise

38. First Year Trip

39. First Year Trip
• Cohort experience for
frosh and new Bonners
• 3-7 days
• Somewhere out of local
context
• Provide a chance to
delve into an issue - like
poverty or immigration
• Use Bonner Funds

40. 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
First Year
Trip
Activities

41. • Do you have a First
Year Trip
destination and
thematic focus in
mind? Share ideas.
Exercise

42. Sophomore
Exchange

43. Second Year
Exchange
• Pair up with 1 or more other
Bonner Programs or other
schools - cluster
• Cohort experience for second
years
• Delve deeper into an issue -
like poverty - adding advocacy/
policy dimension
• Use Bonner Funds
• Can use IMPACT or other
national conference!

44. How can your
Second Year
Exchange provide a
developmental
experience? Course
links?
Exercise

45. Third Year
Leadership

46. Third Year Leadership
• Cohort experience for some or all
Third Years
• Often raise funds
• International Service Immersion
Trips
• Campus-wide events
• Build on issue knowledge - in
broader context, often link with
course

47. International
Immersion
• Develop international
partner relationships
• Partner with International
Service Providers
• Utilize international
resources on wiki
• Relevant Resources:
‣ International partnerships
resources
‣ Curricula - found under
Common Commitments
and new international
curricula
‣ Bonners Abroad Blog

48. What are the best
opportunities to align
the work of your
Bonner juniors with
broader campus or
community
experiences?
Exercise

49. Capstone Projects
& Senior
Presentation of
Learning

50. Capacity-Building
Capstone Projects
• Many are developing
connections to academic
capstones in major or special
program
• Relevant Resources
‣ Implementation Guide on
Senior Presentation and
Vocation
‣ Videos that can be found on
YouTube - Bonner Network
and other Bonner Program
channels

51. Senior
Presentations of
Learning
• An engaging reflection
on four year sin Bonner
Program
• Presentation for Bonner
Program, campus, and
community
• A chance to connect
studies and engagement

52. How can you build
both a capstone
capacity building
project and Senior
Presentation of
Learning into your
Bonner Program?
Exercise