Post on 11-Jan-2017
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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
Who Is A Bonner?•Student with financial need (increasing college access)
•Ethic and commitment for service
•Diverse backgrounds
•Engages in a four-year program
•8-10 hours of community engagement each week during academic year
•Meaningful full-time internships in summer
What does a Bonner do?
•Serve unmet, legitimate human & environmental needs through intensive, long-term positions
What does a Bonner do?
What does a Bonner do?
•Grow and develop – along a student developmental model - which includes building the capacity of non-profits and communities
Amelia’s Service Experience
Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 : After-School Classroom Assistant and Mentor at the Ada Jenkins Center
Summer 2010 Community and Enrichment Leader at Kuneesah Asanifeya, teaching in Arabic
Fall 2010 After-School Academic Support Assistant at Ada Jenkins and Guild Production Assistant for Davidson Community Players
Spring 2011 LEARNWorks Liaison/ Youth Enrichment Assistant for Davidson Community Players
Amelia’s Service ExperienceSummer 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 Training SupportFall 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
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
Amelia’s Training Support
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”
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
Spring 2012 •Class based meetings on topics like faith and service, career exploration,
✴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?
✦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?
★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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
FallPlanning - 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
WinterMid-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
SpringFirst 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
summerCelebrations 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
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
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
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 (First Year 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, and Visibility• Strategic Plan