Presented at the 2013 New Bonner Directors and Coordinators Orientation.

1. The Road Ahead The Bonner Program
and Year at a Glance

2. What We’ll Cover
•Who is a Bonner?
•What does a Bonner do?
•Why does the Bonner Program matter?
•What do you do, as a director or coordinator?
•Your Year at a Glance

3. Who Is A Bonner?
• Student with financial
need (increasing
college access)
• Ethic and commitment
for service
• Diverse backgrounds
• Engages in a four-year
program

4. •8-10 hours of
community
engagement each
week during
academic year
•Meaningful full-time
internships in
summer
What does a
Bonner do?

5. •Serve unmet,
legitimate human &
environmental
needs through
intensive, long-
term positions
What does a
Bonner do?

6. What does a
Bonner do?
•Grow and develop
– along a student
developmental
model - which
includes building
the capacity of
non-profits and
communities

7. Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 :
After-School Classroom Assistant and Mentor
at the Ada Jenkins Center
Fall 2010
After-School Academic
Support Assistant at Ada
Jenkins and Guild
Production Assistant for
Davidson Community
Players
Summer 2010
Community and Enrichment Leader at
Kuneesah Asanifeya, teaching in Arabic
Spring 2011
LEARNWorks Liaison/ Youth
Enrichment Assistant for
Davidson Community
Players
Summer 2011
Youth in Arts Program Assistant in Nicaragua for Amigos
de las America
Fall 2011-Spring 2012
Emergency Assistance Interviewer for Crisis Assistance
Ministries, Bonner Congress Rep and Bonner Advisory Board
Summer 2012
Part of Bonner Delegation for first Bonner Global
Village Trip in Belize, piloting international curricula
Amelia’s Service Experience

8. •Grow as a citizen
and leader, through
education, training,
& reflection
What does a
Bonner do?

9. Fall 2009
•First Year Orientation
•Fall Retreat with all Bonners
•Class Based Meetings on topics
like BWBRS, effective
communication, finding your
passion (with third years), and
identity
Fall 2010
•Class Based Meetings on topics
like commitment to service,
justice dialogue, and world
hunger
•Joins “Engage for Change”
planning committee and
Bonner Leadership Team
Spring 2011
•Gets involved in special
workshop series like
“Environmental Justice
and Social Change” and
“The King Legacy”
•Sophomore Recommitment
event
•Class based meetings on
topics like volunteer
management, grant
writing, public speaking,
emotional intelligence,
and social change
Fall 2011
•Service Leader Institute
provides higher level
training
•Class based meetings on
topics like running a
meeting, navigating
difficult dialogue, activism,
policy and advocacy, and
using positive peer
pressure
Spring 2012
•Class based meetings on topics
like faith and service,
career exploration,
Spring 2010 :
•First Year Trip training,
planning, and reflection
•Class based meetings on topics
like ethics, understanding
poverty, and literacy
•Gets involved in campus-wide
project “Engage for
Change”
Amelia’s Training Support

10. Just the tip of the iceberg!

11. ✴Engage every week, every
semester
✴Develop and grow as an agent
of change
✴Serve legitimate needs and
make an impact
✴Connect service and studies,
and connect people
✴Accomplish inspiring projects!
✴Graduate and stay involved
What does a
Bonner do?

12. ✦Yield tool - access and diversity
✦Builds an infrastructure to engage
every week, every semester
✦Provides a developmental, multi-
year program model
✦Shifts how institutions sustain
partnerships to make an impact
✦Connects co-curricular and
curricular pathways
✦Promotes graduation and grades
✦Builds institution’s reputation
Why Does The Bonner
Program Matter?

13. ★Four years are significant
★Proven skill learning
(developmental model)
★Commitment to social justice
★Dialogue across difference
★Power of structured and
unstructured reflection
★The importance of mentors
★Civic-minded professionalism
Proven Program
Impact on Students

14. What do you do?
★Develop and manage
partnerships, positions, &
projects
★Empower students’ (and staff)
development & leadership
★Teach, advise, and coach
★Build connections on campus
(pathways) and off campus
(collaboration)
★Manage people & hold them
accountable
★Build, implement, and expand
programs and centers

15. What Tools Help You
Do This?
✤Frameworks and
developmental models for
students, partners, staff,
and faculty
✤Resources and Best Practices
✤The Bonner Network
✤Foundation Staff
✤Meetings and Networking

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

17. Exploration - immersions, shadowing, rotations,
resulting in regular placement
Experience - solid programmatic role -
(Program Assistant - capacity building
Example - site and program
leadership - capacity building
Expertise - capstone
projects, research, studies
Expectation - selection includes an ethic of service
You are the architect!

18. Emerging - at least three students with
developmental positions and a multi-year partnership plan
Experience - multiple students with
developmental positions and a team leader;
trainings and meetings; annual plan revision
Exemplar - team; leader; -
ongoing capacity building,
academic engagement projects,
or; networking corps
Exploratory Partnerships - a few semester positions
or an academic community engagement project
Partner Development

19. The Emerging Professionals
5-6 years experience
The Not So New Kids on the Block
3-4 years experience
Staff Development
The Future
0-2 years experience
The Middle Management
6-8 years experience
The Confident Professionals
5-6 years experience
The Wisdom Seeking Professionals
5-6 years experience
The Seasoned Survivors (aka Wizards
5-6 years experience

20. Your Year at a Glance
Fall
Planning - site visits,
strategic planning; setting
your training & meeting
calendar
Orientation - launches
Bonner Program before
school year
First Year Placements
- often involve
exploration
Semester Placements
- get other students into
service within a few weeks
Fall Staff and
Congress Meetings -
get the network together
Summer
Cornerstones - often
happen towards end of
year
Celebrations and
Evaluation - with
service partners,
graduating class, faculty,
etc.
Summer Leadership
Institute - big one!
Manage summer -
more online training and
reflection
Reporting and planning
- close year out and start
anew
Winter
Mid-Year Retreats -
provide training, visioning, and
launch into 2nd semester
Site Visits and Check Ins
- events with partners
Ongoing work around
academic links - faculty
training and engagement,
high-impact projects
Semester Placements -
get other students into service
within a few weeks
Planning for Summer -
start internship recruitment
Spring
First Year Trip and
Second Year Exchange -
key work on Cornerstone
Activities
Recruitment and Selection
- identifies next class of
Bonners
Site Visits and Check Ins
- events with partners
Academic projects -
courses, high-impact projects,
senior capstones
Semester Placements and
Finalize summer - get
other students into service
within a few weeks

21. Fall
Planning - site visits, strategic planning; setting your
training & meeting calendar
Orientation - launches Bonner Program before school year
First Year Placements - often involve exploration
Semester Placements - get other students into service
within a few weeks
Fall Staff and Congress Meetings - get the network
together

22. Winter
Mid-Year Retreats - provide training, visioning, and launch
into 2nd semester
Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners
Ongoing work around academic links - faculty training and
engagement, high-impact projects
Semester Placements - get other students into service within a
few weeks
Planning for Summer - start internship recruitment

23. Spring
First Year Trip and Second Year Exchange - key work on
Cornerstone Activities
Recruitment and Selection - identifies next class of Bonners
Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners
Academic projects - courses, high-impact projects, senior
capstones
Semester Placements and Finalize summer - get other students
into service within a few weeks

24. summer
Celebrations and Evaluation - with service partners, graduating
class, faculty, etc.
Cornerstones - trips and events often happen towards end of
year
Summer Leadership Institute - big one!
Manage summer positions - more online training and reflection
Reporting and planning - close year out and start anew

25. Your Year at a Glance
Fall
Planning - site visits,
strategic planning; setting
your training & meeting
calendar
Orientation - launches
Bonner Program before
school year
First Year Placements
- often involve
exploration
Semester Placements
- get other students into
service within a few weeks
Fall Staff and
Congress Meetings -
get the network together
Summer
Celebrations and
Evaluation - with
service partners,
graduating class, faculty,
etc.
Cornerstones - often
happen towards end of
year
Summer Leadership
Institute - big one!
Manage summer -
more online training and
reflection
Reporting and planning
- close year out and start
anew
Winter
Mid-Year Retreats -
provide training, visioning, and
launch into 2nd semester
Site Visits and Check Ins
- events with partners
Ongoing work around
academic links - faculty
training and engagement,
high-impact projects
Semester Placements -
get other students into service
within a few weeks
Planning for Summer -
start internship recruitment
Spring
First Year Trip and
Second Year Exchange -
key work on Cornerstone
Activities
Recruitment and Selection
- identifies next class of
Bonners
Site Visits and Check Ins
- events with partners
Academic projects -
courses, high-impact projects,
senior capstones
Semester Placements and
Finalize summer - get
other students into service
within a few weeks

26. Things You Do Every Term
Service Work
★Positions, Community Learning Agreements, and Monitoring - in
person and on BWBRS
Training and Enrichment
★Class Meetings, Site Meetings, and All Bonner Meetings - the aim is
to have at least one meeting a week
Advising
★One on One Meetings - between a Bonner and a staff/faculty advisor at
least once each semester
Lead and Manage
★Planning, Resource Development, Supervision - building and implementing
the program, projects, events, and operations of your center

27. Major
Calendar
Administrative/Financial
• Registrar’s list
• Reimbursement reports
• Community fund reports
• Annual Reports
• Enrichment grants
AmeriCorps (if applicable)
• Timelogs
• Slot requests
• Service accomplishments
• Campus-site agreement for each
partner
• Campus-Foundation Agreement
Community Partnerships and
Managing Service
• Cultivate committed partners with
placements at multiple levels
• Students complete CLAs
• Hour log submissions in BWBRS
• Service Accomplishments
• End-semester evaluations
• Update positions & agencies in
BWBRS
• Organize First-Year Trip
• Summer Service process
Student Development/Training,
Enrichment and Reflection
• Developmental trainings
• Orientation
• All Bonner Retreat and Meetings
• Cornerstone Activities (FirstYear Trip,
2nd Year Exchange, Junior Leadership
and Senior Capstones)
• Advising and Reflection
• Conference opportunities
• Student leadership team, Congress
Reps, and Senior Intern
Participation in Bonner-Sponsored
Activities
• Fall Staff Meeting
• Congress Meeting
• Summer Leadership Institute
• High-Impact & PolicyOptions
• Surveys, communication, and
special projects
Campus-wide and Other:
• Admissions & Financial Aid collaboration
• Bonner Recruitment and Replacement
• Grow a campus-wide culture
• Build and manage center
• Cultivate academic connections
• Website, PR, andVisibility
• Strategic Plan