2021 Bonner New Directors Meeting Orientation: Bonner Student Development Presentation

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

2. Mural Board
Exercise #10
(Required training & reflection)

3. What We’ll Cover
• Bonner Student Development Goals
• Bonner Student Development Framework &
Curriculum
• How Important Are Bonner Meetings?
• Implementing Bonner Meetings
• Community-Engaged Learning: Academic Integration

4. Bonner Student
Development
Goals

5. Bonner Student Development Goals
Through education, training, and reflection create
opportunities for students to develop their knowledge,
skills, and experiences to engage in meaningful service
that benefits all stakeholders.

6. Bonners Deepen Their Knowledge
Place
Politics & Public Policy
Power & Privilege
Poverty & Economic
Development
Issues

7. 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

8. Bonner Common Commitments
Social Justice Civic Engagement
Community Building Spiritual Exploration
International Perspective
Diversity Wellness

9. Student
Development
Framework
& Curriculum

13. Mural Board
Exercise #11
(8 themes curriculum)

14. How Important
Are Bonner
Meetings?

15. How important are Bonner meetings?
Bonner Student Impact and Alumni Surveys
demonstrate that strongest contributors for
program effectiveness in terms of retention
and student growth are:
• dialogue across difference
• mentors (staff, peers, site supervisors, &
faculty)
• structured reflection and education

16. Meetings help…
• Cultivate an asset-based approach
• Build community — Bonner Love
• Reflect on one’s sense of agency, power,
privileges
• Support Civic Learning outcomes
• knowledge (i.e., public policy analysis)
• Skills (i.e., project management)
• Attributes (i.e. intercultural competence)
• Promote accountability
• Foster campus-wide & communityconnections

17. 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
•Common Commitments,
partners, and issues

18. One-on-One Meetings
• 1x per semester with every Bonner
•support, career aspirations,
reflection, capstone-level projects
Site Meetings by issue, team,
or cluster
• every other week or monthly —
• planning, project management,
and problem solving

19. 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!

20. Mural Board
Exercise #12
(All Bonner Meetings &
other class meetings)

21. How do we
measure
learning
outcomes?

22. Bonner
Learning
Outcomes
Rubric

23. Bonner Learning Outcomes

24. Bonner Student Impact Survey

25. Bonner Student Impact Survey

26. Bonner Learning Outcomes Rubric

29. Mural Board
Exercise #13
(What are your defined
learning goals?)

30. Where Learning Outcomes matter?
• Institutional Mission
• Outcome-Based Program Design
• Designing Scaffolded Experiences for Students
• Developmental Meetings and Courses
• Advising and Reflection
• Assessment

31. Implementing
Bonner
Workshops

32. Engage Relevant Leaders
Students Faculty Partners
Staff

33. Community-
Engaged
Learning

34. Community-Engaged Learning:
Academic Integration
Curricular
• CEL Courses
• Community-based
Research Internships
• Academic Pathways
• Consulting Corps
Model
Co-Curricular
• Weekly service
• Service trips
• Service internships
• Capacity-building
projects
Action
Reflection

35. Community-Engaged Learning:
Academic Integration