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2019 Bonner meetings and student success

The document outlines a comprehensive framework for student development and leadership within the Bonner Program, incorporating various experiential learning opportunities such as cornerstone activities, workshops, and capstone projects across all four years of undergraduate education. Key elements include community service, developing practical skills, and fostering civic engagement, with an emphasis on mentoring and structured reflection to enhance student success. Meetings and advising play a crucial role in fostering community, accountability, and personal growth throughout the program.

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Student Success & Leadership A Developmental Approach & Tools for Success
What We’ll Cover • Student Development Frameworks • Bonner Meetings • Recommended Themes and Workshops • Cornerstone Activities • First Year Trip • Sophomore Exchange • Junior Immersion • Junior/Senior Capstone Projects (covered extensively later) • Senior Presentations of Learning • One-on-One Advising
Student Development Frameworks
First Year Second Year Third Year Fourth Year
Student Development Frameworks •Result of network input, program design, innovation, experimentation, research & scholarship ‣ Common Commitments ‣ Skills ‣ Knowledge •Link to Bonner Cornerstone Activities
Bonner Common Commitments Cool Schools Do Intense Community Service
Bonners Gain Valuable Skills 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
Exploration • Place-Based Immersion • First Year Seminar Experience • Public Policy Courses • Economics Courses • Issue-Based Courses (i.e., Food Justice) Example • Undergraduate Research and Methodology • Community- Based Projects Expertise • Capstone Seminars • Integrative Capacity- Building Projects Academic Pathway (Minor)
Links with Strategic Initiatives
Example: Certificate in Community Development Exploration • Social Context Course Experience • Diversity and Community Engagement Course Example • Data Collection and Analysis Course Expertise • 9-Credit Practicum or Capstone
Bonners Deepen Their Knowledge Place Politics & Public Policy Power & Privilege Poverty & Economic DevelopmentIssues
Cornerstones Are High-Impact Experiences 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 Jr/Sr Capstone Projects an opportunity to complete a capacity building or social action project (ideally connected to academic learning) Senior Presentations of Learning
 an integrative reflective activity through which students synthesize and make meaning of their four years
Bonner Outcomes Rubric • Civic Agency • Civic Identity • Critical Thinking and Perspective • Communication Skills • Diversity and Intercultural Competence • Empathy • Integrative Learning • Leadership • Place- and Issue- Knowledge • Social Justice
How Learning Outcomes Matter? • Institutional Mission • Outcome-Based Program Design • Scaffolding • Developmental Meetings and Courses • Advising and Reflection • Assessment
Bonner Education & Training
Why are meetings important? 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 •Promote retention and success
Meetings also… •Build skills (i.e., project management) and knowledge (i.e., public policy analysis) •Support learning outcomes (i.e., intercultural competence) •Build community — Bonner Love •Promote accountability •Foster campus-wide and community connections
Class Meetings •at least every other week •cohort-based meetings for each class year (or two, if small program) Meeting Types All Bonner Meetings •every month •engage Common Commitments, partners, and issues
Cornerstone or Project Meetings • occasionally •trips, campus-wide events, Bonner Congress, Bonner Leadership Team Site Meetings by issue, team, or cluster • every other week or monthly — • planning, project management, and problem solving
Campus-wide or National Events •Speaker series, IMPACT Conference, national conferences... flavor not main ingredient Course-based Meetings •can be used for cohort or projects •link with integrative pathways •DO COUNT for hours!
Education, Training & Reflection •Hold at least once every other week (2x/month)...even more for freshmen •Staff lead cohort meetings using recommended themes and workshops •Students lead other sessions (All Bonner Meetings, specific topics) •Fill in with other faculty, speakers, etc.
Recommended Themes and Workshops
1st Year Semester Fall Spring Training & Education Theme EXPLORING IDENTITY & PLACE FROM SERVICE TO SOLUTIONS Workshop Modules Identity Circles Discovering Solutions That Work An Introduction to Place Making a Difference: Measuring Impact River Stories Tackling Root Causes Community Asset Mapping Cultivating Powerful Collaborations and Relationships
2nd Year Semester Fall Spring Training & Education Theme LEADING TEAMS KNOWING 
 YOUR ISSUE Workshop Modules A Toolkit for Leading Others Researching the Scope of a Local Problem Leadership Compass Researching Current Programs and Policies Effective Facilitation Identifying Proven Programs and Practices Effective Meetings Finalizing and Sharing an Issue Brief
3rd Year Semester Fall Spring Training & Education Theme MANAGING PROJECTS MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS Workshop Modules Overview of Project Management with a Case Study Expanding Your Sense of Purpose with IKIGAI: A Reason for Being Completion of Program Management Case Study A Systems View of the Nonprofit and Public Sectors Hands-on Project Management with Individualized Case Study How Nonprofits Assess & Build Organizational Capacity Present Case Study and Project Plans for Feedback An Introduction to Fundraising and Resource Development
4th Year Semester Fall Spring Training & Education Theme LEAVING A LEGACY PREPARING FOR LIVES OF COMMITMENT Workshop Modules Preparing a Leadership Transition Public Speaking & Presentations of Learning Resume Writing: Maximizing Your Bonner Experience The Art of Interviewing Through Evaluators’ Eyes - Senior Resume Review Budgeting & Financing for Your Life After Bonner Life After Bonner - Finding Your Pathway Staying Well and Engaged
CAPSTONE SERIES 1st Stage #1 Explore Your Palette: An Introduction to the Bonner Capstone #2 Your True Colors: Integrating Learning, Service, and Identity through Bonner Capstone 2nd
 Stage #3 Capacity Building & Its Link to Capstones #4 Your Capstone Personal Development Plan 3rd
 Stage #5: Capstone Nuts and Bolts #6: Your Capstone 
 Proposal and Work Plan 4th
 Stage #7 Reflecting on Your Project, Learning, & Impact #8: Sharing and Leveraging Your Bonner Experience
Option 2 COMMON COMMITMENTS SESSIONS Civic Engagement Social Justice Diversity International Perspective Community Buiding Spiritual Exploration Advocacy 101 Unpacking “Isms” Unpacking race, privilege, & oppression Refugee and Immigrant Voices Community Asset Mapping Interfaith Perspectives Bridging the Gap: Service, Activism, Politics Understanding Awareness Campaigns Identity Circles Summer of Service / Study Abroad Power Mapping Tower of “Me”sa” Spiritual & Self- Exploration Guide Bridging the Political Divide Understanding Issue Campaigns Education and Its Influences on Class Mobility Four Corners Building Coalitions Faith and Me
Implementing Bonner Workshops
Engage Relevant Leaders Students Faculty PartnersStaff
Who Leads 1st Semester 2nd Semester BLT Identity Circles Interfaith Perspectives Staff An Introduction to Place Discovering Solutions That Work BLT Time Management Unpacking the Isms Staff Capstone Session #1 Capstone Session #2 BLT All Bonner Meeting - Exploring Diversity and Intersectionality All Bonner Meeting - 
 Interfaith Perspectives Staff River Stories Measuring Impact BLT All Bonner Meeting - Bridging the Gap Between  Service, Activism, & Politics All Bonner Meeting - 
 Four Corners 
 (Stand and Declare) Staff Community Asset Mapping Attacking Root Causes Cross-Campus Finding a Summer Internship Cultivating Collaborations
Bonner Resource Wiki
Each is a full lesson plan, with activities and handouts Bonner Workshop Modules
1. Determine the schedule for your meetings for each class year 2. Discuss whether you will have any courses involved (and at what stages) 3. Identify who can assist with planning and leading meetings 4. Start with recommended themes and workshops (4 per term & led by staff) 5. Plug in the capstone workshops (1 per term) so that they will work according to your project timelines (i.e., junior and/or senior year) 6. Fill in with other Bonner Curriculum workshops, especially those focusing on the Common Commitments. All Bonner Meetings are a good place for these. 7. Fill in with other campus-based sessions (speakers, partners, other offices, etc.) 8. Delegate who will lead based on the topics and level of facilitation needed (staff, Senior Interns, BLT, faculty, etc.) Implementation Checklists (p. 30)
First Year Trip
First Year Trip • 3-7 day cohort experience for fresh and new Bonners • Somewhere distinct from local context • Provide a chance to delve into an issue - like poverty or immigration • Use available funds & national partners 10% 10% 10% 10% 60% Service or Meaningful Action* Culture & History Community and Team Building Education, Reflection &and Discussion - meetings with issue experts Learning about the Organizations & Issues
Maryville College: First Year Trip "Maryville College’s First Year trip is embedded in a semester-long class called “The Road to Justice,” in which all the first year Bonners, plus a few other students, study the history of the Civil Rights Movement and contemporary justice issues, including race, incarceration, and immigration. The trip, over spring break, includes visits to Birmingham, Montgomery, and the Stewart (ICE) Detention Center in south Georgia.
Bonner Resource Wiki
• What have been the best First Year Trip experiences? • How might you tap National Bonner Partners? Sharing Best Practices
Sophomore Exchange
Second Year Exchange • Cohort experience for second year students that shows a bigger picture • Pair up with 1 or more other Bonner Programs or other schools • Delve deeper into an issue - like poverty, diversity, policy • Use available funds • Can take students to IMPACT or other national conferences!
Rollins, Stetson, Univeristy of Tampa Students participating in “The Privilege Walk” activity The Everglades Discussion: Environmental Sustainability The Everglades
Be Strategic
Bonner Resource Wiki
Sharing Best Practices • What have been the best Sophomore Exchange experiences? • How do you integrate higher level developmental experiences?
Junior Immersion
Junior Immersion • Cohort experience for some or all Third Years • Individual Bonners CAN study abroad and be engaged in regular 8-10 hour positions • The junior class often raises funds for global service trips • Campus-wide or national projects can also work • These experiences often help Bonners to understand an issue in local, national, and/or international contexts
Clare’s Immersion Experience • Mérida, México • Centre College collaborates with an organization called “Habla” • Centre has study abroad programs which cost the same tuition as studying on campus (not including the cost of flights) because your scholarships and aid all are still applicable, making it relatively accessible for students. • Clare was part of a cohort of 22 other students who tutored students at Habla Center once a week for three hours
Clare’s Immersion Experience Uxmal, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico One of the most important archeological sites in Mayan culture Clare with her homestay Mamá in Mérida, Mexico
National and International Bonner Partners
Sharing Best Practices • What is happening at your campuses? • How can programs build sustained partnerships internationally (& even link with courses)?
Junior/Senior Capstone Projects
Capacity-Building Capstone Projects • Bonner Capstones engage students in an individual or team project in junior/senior year. • It has a clearly defined community purpose for a partner or constituency (involving an advisor). • It allows the student to integrate academic and experiential learning. • It involves a staff or faculty mentor (who can provide structure, help, feedback, and other supports. This may or may not involve credit).
CAPSTONE SERIES 1st Stage #1 Creating Your Capstone Palette: An Introduction to the Bonner Capstone Project #2 Primary Colors: Building the Foundation for the Bonner Capstone Project 2nd
 Stage #3 Capacity Building and Capstone Projects #4 Creating Your Personal Development Plan 3rd
 Stage #5: How Will 
 You Capstone? #6: Finalizing Your Capstone 
 Focus and Plan 4th
 Stage #7 Blueprints for Success: What Legacy Will Your Bonner Capstone Leave Behind? #8: Your Bonner Legacy: Translating and Sharing your Capstone Work
Longer Intro After Lunch
Senior Presentation of Learning
Senior Presentations of Learning • An integration reflection across four years of experience • An inspiring presentation to one’s cohort, campus, and community • A high-impact practice in which a student articulates her or his journey and learning • Can be linked with assessment
Use an Inquiry Approach to Assessment •Use student work to evaluate their learning •What can you learn (as program staff) from what students are saying during their Senior Presentations of Learning?
Pilot the Rubric •Does the student demonstrate capstone level learning?
•What guidance can your program provide to students to create their Presentation of Learning? •How might you pilot the integration of a learning outcome and assessment? Sharing Best Practices
1. Review examples and resources for Cornerstone Activities. 2. For First Year Trip, think about the place or destinations that will work best for you (considering distinctive context, institutional partnerships, location, travel costs, etc.) 3. For Sophomore Exchange, think about potential partner schools (programmatic lessons, location, travel costs, etc.) or events (Gulf South Summit, Impact, etc.) 4. For Junior Immersion, investigate institutional partnerships (i.e., Study Abroad, Bonner Partners, etc.) and determine what might be sustainable 5. For Junior/Senior Capstones, begin to articulate the expectation and examples during recruitment and to this year’s freshmen (and perhaps others) 6. For Senior Presentations of Learning, review and beef up your guidelines, linking them with at least one defined learning outcome Implementation Checklist (p. 31)
One-on-One Advising
Why Advising? • Build relationships upon mutual trust and respect with students through genuine communication • Make the experience personal for each student • Emphasize the importance of positions and accountability • Recognize good work privately (and in a group settings) • Get to know your students and support their interest and talents • Help students internalize & integrate learning across their Bonner and college experiences
Holistic Focus •Bonner Work •Coursework •Identity and Wellness •Academic Interests •Social Life •Goals •Post-Graduate Interests
First Year Written Reflections • Identity and place: Let’s talk about experiences in service in which you learned about place and thought about your identity and the identities of others different from your own. What have you learned? • Recognizing Solutions: Let’s talk about issues you have begun to find a passion for addressing. What strategies and solutions have you learned? What courses and other college experiences have meshed with these interests?
Second Year Written Reflections • Leading others: Let’s talk about times you were an active member or leader of a team or civic community. What tools, skills, or knowledge did you use? How did this experience shape you? How did it make you feel? What have you learned about leadership? • Understanding An Issue: Let’s talk about ways that you have begun to better understand the issue you are working to address. What projects have helped you do this? What courses or trainings have helped you? What ideas for next year have surfaced?
Third Year Written Reflections • Managing projects: Describe a time you took initiative or leadership to create and/or manage a project at one or more sites. How has your work helped to build capacity for the agency or community? How have you begun to link your Bonner work and academic learning? • Managing organizations: Let’s talk about your reflections of your work in community engagement at this, your third, year. What do you think the impact of your engagement has been for the community? How has this engagement shaped your own knowledge and viewpoints about change?
Fourth Year Written Reflections • Leaving a legacy: Let’s talk about the evolution of your work in service and community engagement. What are the most meaningful contributions and impacts you believe you’ve helped to make? How will or has your capstone project allowed you to integrate your identity, learning, service, and long-term interests? • Civically-engaged Lives: As you reflect on your whole Bonner experience, what impact do you think it has had on you? How has the experience clarified or shaped your own personal values or aspirations? What are your hopes for how you carry forward this learning after graduation?
1.Identify who can help with one-to-one advising (Director, Coordinator, other staff, faculty, etc.; some programs have a Class Advisor) 2.Develop or use recommended questions and forms that include a holistic focus (i.e., positions and internships, majors and coursework, wellness and social life, post-graduate planning) 3.Integrate written reflection assignments. 4.Use recommended prompts or develop them (from learning outcomes). 5.Set up a schedule for each semester. Implementation Checklist (p. 32)