This document outlines the goals and framework for Bonner Student Development programs. It discusses how Bonner programs aim to develop students' knowledge, skills, and experiences through education, training, and reflection in order to engage in meaningful service. It provides an overview of common commitments, topics students learn about, and skills they gain. The document also discusses the importance of diversity, cohort models, mentors, and structured reflection for program effectiveness and impact on students. Assessment findings show Bonner programs have a positive impact on retention, civic engagement, and educational outcomes.

1. Bonner Student Development
Tools for Education, Training, Re
fl
ection, and Development

2. Think of a training
you have led that was
particularly effective?
Describe why it worked?
Starting Activity

3. What We’ll Cover
• Bonner Student Development Goals &
Framework
• Bonner Student Development Curriculum
• Why Education and Training Matters

4. Bonner Student
Development
Goals & Framework

5. Bonner Student Development Goals
Through education, training, and re
fl
ection,
create opportunities for students to develop their
knowledge, skills, and experiences to engage
in meaningful service that bene
fi
ts all
stakeholders.

6. Active - Passive Learning

7. Instructional Approaches & Learning

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

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

10. 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
• Con
fl
ict resolution
• Delegation
• Planning
• Public speaking
• Running a meeting
• Teamwork
• Working with diverse groups

11. Student
Development
Curriculum

15. Diversity,
Equity &
Inclusion
Training

16. Engage Relevant Leaders
Students Faculty Partners
Staff

17. Class Meetings
Meeting Types
All Bonner Meetings
Site Meetings by issue/team
One-on-One Meetings
Campus-wide or National Events Course-based Meetings

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

19. Academic Integration
Mandatory 1st Year Bonner Course
• Averett University — Freshman Seminar
• Maryville — “Road to Justice”
Certi
fi
cate or Minor
• Christopher Newport University — Civic Engagement & Social Justice
Minor
• High Point University — Social Innovation Minor
• Siena College — Certi
fi
cate in Community Development

20. Sample School Calendar
Resume
Workshop
Leadership
Compass
Setting &
Respecting
Boundaries
Shifting Focus
to Solutions:
Discovering
What Works
Attacking the
Root Causes
Assessing &
Building
Organizational
Capacity
Exploring
Diversity &
Intersectionality
Identify
Proven
Programs &
Practices
Understanding
Public Sector: A
Systems
Overview
Creating an
Action Plan
Financial
Literacy after
College
Interviewing
Skills
Life After
Bonner:
Staying Well
& Engaged
Advocacy 101:
Your Voice
Counts
Advocacy &
Public
Education
Interfaith
Perspectives
on Service

21. Sample Mid-Year Bonner Retreat
Session Workshops
Morning
Afternoon
River Stories
Goal-Setting:
Setting Service
Goals &
Objectives
Community
Asset Mapping
Preparing a
Leadership
Transition:
Part 1
Preparing a
Leadership
Transition:
Part 2

22. Calendar Planning
Use calendar handout or Mural Board to
begin planning your Bonner Meetings for
2022-23.

23. Why Education
& Training
Matters

24. Key Factors
Longitudinal Bonner Student Impact and
Alumni Surveys demonstrate that strongest
contributors for program effectiveness in
terms of retention and student growth are:
• Cohort and Developmental Model
• Diversity and dialogue across difference
• Mentors (staff, peers, supervisors, & faculty)
• Structured re
fl
ection and education

25. Causes of Impact…
Study of Alumni in 2010 (20th Anniversary) with
1,066 participants (32%) found:
• Both intentional and unintentional re
fl
ection are
critical for student learning and post-graduate
commitments to civic life.
• Developing civic-minded orientation is associated
with more frequent civic action and volunteering
after graduation, as well as career choices.

26. Take Aways
• Create the most diverse
cohort and program that
you can. Promote campus
diversity, equity, & inclusion.
• Combine co-curricular and
curricular experiences into
your calendar and
expectations.
• Build in opportunities for
both formal learning and
informal re
fl
ection,
dialogue, and meaning
making.

27. 2020 Findings
★ Between the
fi
rst and senior year, being in the
Bonner Program has statistically signi
fi
cant positive
impact on key educational outcomes for students,
including their campus belonging and community
connectedness, civic engagement, political engagement,
identity development around issues of diversity,
democratic values, and thriving.
★ Being in the Bonner Program positively impacts
students’ academic experiences and success. A
majority of students are now completing higher level
capacity-building projects, including as academic
capstones.
★ Being in the Bonner Program improves students’
retention, persistence, and graduation rates. With a
majority of students are of color, low-income, and often
fi
rst generation — the population that many institutions
seek to successfully support today — the Bonner Program
model offers higher education many replicable lessons.

28. Bonner Program
Learning Outcomes

29. Bonner
Learning
Outcomes
Rubric

30. Bonner Learning Outcomes

31. Discussion
How is or could student learning be defined
& measured in your Bonner Program?