4 Student Development Education & Training.pdf

Presentation from the 2024 New Bonner Staff Orientation. This session explains the student development models and framework, evidence of impact, and importance of meetings, education, training, and reflection.

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

2. Would you rather . . .
Write an annual report
or
Lead a day-long training
with Bonner students?

3. Would you rather . . .
Meet with community partners
or
Meet with faculty?

4. Would you rather . . .
Plan 4 meetings, each 7 hours long
or
Co-plan 14 meetings, each 2 hours
long?

5. What We’ll Cover
•Bonner Student Development Framework
•Why Education and Training Matters
•Bonner Curriculum
•Planning Bonner Meetings

6. Bonner Student
Development
Framework

7. Bonner Meetings
Community Service
Cornerstone
Activities
Reflection
Mentoring
Capacity-Building
Projects
Bonner Program Learning Outcomes

8. •Result of:
‣Network Input
‣Innovation &
Experimentation
‣Program Design
‣Research & Scholarship
Context for the Framework

9. Exploration
•Place-based Immersion
Experience
•Service Leadership
Expertise
•Capacity-Building /
Capstone-Level Projects
Excellence
•Senior Presentation of
Learning
Student Development Framework

10. Bryan Wood
•The College of New Jersey
'24
•Major: Secondary
Education - Biology
•National Bonner Summer
Intern

11. Why Education
& Training
Matters

12. 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

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

14. Your program helps students
develop a sense of
belonging / community.
Stand if . . .

15. Your program offers students
opportunities to examine and
understand diversity of
perspectives.
Stand if . . .

16. Your program offers mentoring
support in any capacity.
Stand if . . .

17. Reflection is an integral part
of your program.
Stand if . . .

18. Key Indicators of Success

19. Bonner is . . .
“. . . more like climbing a mountain, with both ups
and downs . . . it's like mountain moments’ (Siena
College’s term for learning moments on our
Appalachian trip) peaks and valleys but still going
somewhere."

20. River
Story

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

23. 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 reflection and education

24. Bonner
Curriculum

25. Bonner Curriculum Resources

26. 8 Themes Curriculum
Orientation

27. Community Building
Bonner Program:
the Big Picture
Bonner Program:
Goals & Expectations
Getting to Know:
Yourself
Getting to Know:
the Community
Getting to Know: the
College
River stories
Bonner History
& Goals
Requirements,
Processes, Rules
Goal setting
Time management
Introduction to place
Essential (Bonner)
campus knowledge
Orientation: Themes & Topics

28. Group Discussion
Share Orientation Topics

29. First Year Topics
Themes
Meeting
Topics
FIRST YEAR
FALL
Exploring Identity & Place
SPRING
Moving from Service to Solutions
Identity Circles Discovering Solutions That Work
Introduction to Sectors
(Public, Private, Nonprofit)
Making a Difference:
Measuring Impact
Engaging in Active Listening Tackling Root Causes
Community Asset Mapping
Building Coalitions for
Campus & Community

30. Bonner
Common
Commitments 7

31. Diversity,
Equity &
Inclusion
Training

32. Capacity-Building:
Capstone-Level Projects
Research
Program
DevelopmentFundraising
Marketing &
Communications
Volunteer
Management

33. Sewanee: The University of the South
FRESHMEN
Building Relationships &
Communication
SOPHOMORE
Leadership
JUNIOR
From Micro to Macro:
Developing Issue Briefs
SENIOR
Beyond the Gates
Pre-Orientation
Identity Circles
Time Management
Leadership Series
Exploring Tolls for Self-
Awareness
Service & Social Change
Series
Year-Long Project: Digital
Stories
Developing Cultural
Humility
Defining Service Intro to Making Effective
Community Impact
Preparing for Senior Year
& Beyond
Understanding Sewanee
& Its Community
Managing Up
Intro. To Activism &
Advocacy
Non-Profit 101
Unpacking Communities
Around US
Facilitating Effective
Meetings
Community Asset
Mapping
The Art of Interviewing
Unpacking Appalachia Servant Leadership
Community Partner Issue
Brief Pitches
Storytelling

34. Calendar Analysis
In what ways does Sewanee’s
Meeting Calendar align with the
Bonner developmental model?
Which of the topics might you
adopt for your meetings? Why?

35. Planning
Bonner Meetings

36. Effective Training
Carefully Planned Activities
Instructional Design
Well Defined
Goals
Relevant
Content

37. Instructional Approaches & Learning

38. Class / Cohort
Meeting Types
All Bonner
Site / Issue
Meetings
Campus-wide or National Events
Course-based
Meetings
1:1

39. It Takes A Village
Student
Leaders
Bonner
Leadership
Team
Bonner
Program Staff
Campus
Staff
Community
Members
Faculty
Members
Alumni

40. Pair Share
Who could be the point-person for
each cohort to plan Bonner
Meetings?

41. Takeaways

42. 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 reflection,
dialogue, and meaning
making.

43. Review Checklist — page 17

44. Q&A