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Service  |  Academic Work  |  Education & Training  |  Capacity Building  |  Deliberative Democracy 

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Sub-Categories

• After School Programs
• Subject Tutoring
• Homework Tutoring
• In-School Teacher Assistance
• In-School Guidance Counselor Assistance
• Housing Project Networking
• Technology Training
• Achievement Gap

 

Types of Service   short-term  |  ongoing school year  |  summer

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Short Term

• Clean-up Day at Tutoring Center
• Book and School Supply Drive
• Storytelling Day
• 1 Time Enrichment Programs
  • Drugs
  • Health
  • Violence Prevention
  • Diversity
  • Self-Image Workshop

 

Ongoing School Year

• Weekly/Daily 1 on 1 Tutoring
  • In-School
  • After-School
    • in-school daycare
    • community tutoring center
  • Homework Help
    • Sessions depends on student's homework subjects
  • Subject Tutoring
    • Help with a particular subject
• Weekly Enrichment Programs
  • Self-Storytelling
    • Using Digital Cameras to tell life story
    • Help with reflection of life obstacles
  • Health & Wellness
  • Drug Prevention
  • Violence Prevention
  • Diversity Awareness
  • Civic Engagement
  • Directed Writing & Reading Programs

 

Summer

• Field Trips
  • local historical sites
  • local farm to learn about agriculture
  • Middle & High Schools
  • Different Businesses to learn how they work
• Summer School Support
  • tutoring
  • Classroom assistant
• Nutrition & Wellness Program
  • Exercise classes
  • Sports & Rec time
  • Cooking classes

 

 

Academic Work   courses  |  service-learning  |  CBR and policy research   |  departments and institutes

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Courses

• Elementary Ed courses
• Practicum in at-risk schools
• Writing & Reading Pedagogy
• Child & Family Psychology
• Personal Development Through the Lifespan
• Nutrition 101
• Children's Literature

 

Service Learning

• Offer mini-grants to Education Professors to integrate Service Learning into classroom
• "Task Force" of Bonner Students to train & facilitate professors, students, & staff in Service Learning
• "Service Learning Think Tank" to come-up with ideas for professors to integrate Service Learning

 

CBR & Policy Research

• Community needs assessment for Areas feeding into Elementary Schools
• Community Asset Map of services offered in the area
• Research Local School Board records to see development of Elementary Ed in the County
• Research Test scores among at-risk populations (housing authority residents, trailer parks, etc.)

 

Departments & Institutes

• Carson-Newman College Education Department
• Carson-Newman College Psychology Department
• CN Community Connections (Student Community Service Matching Group)
• Nine Counties, One Vision
  • Non-Profit Research Group that has looked into Elementary Ed Stats & Achievment ratings in Jefferson County, TN
  • Community Needs Survey from 2007
• Greater Knoxville United Way
• Students Encouraging Further Education (SEFE)

 

 

Education & Training   forums  |  workshops  |  reflection activities

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Forums

• Host a weekend long gathering at the CN Bonner House, invite different stake holders in the community

 

Workshops

• How to work with students with disabilities (dyslexia, ADHD, etc.)

 

Reflection Activities

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Campus and Organizational Capacity-Building   training  |  fundraising  |  resource development

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Training

• Seminar from Ed Faculty on Tutoring Techniques
• Seminar from Psych Faculty on Active listening and leadership Techniques
• Job shadowing at Elementary School

 

Fundraising

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Resource Development

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Research, Policy Analysis, Deliberative Democracy   evaluations  |  policy research  | issue forums  |  advocacy

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Evaluations

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Policy Research

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Issue Forums

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Advocacy

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Contacts   staff  |  faculty  |  students  |  community partners (local, regional, national)

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Staff

• Matt Bryant Cheney (CN Bonner Scholars Coordinator, Advisor for Youth Development Issue Team)
• Karina Fox (CN Bonner Administrative Assistant, Advisor for Elementary Ed Issue Team)

 

Faculty

• Sharon Teets (Education)
• Sandra Long (Education)
• Laura Wadlington (Psychology)
• Brad Bull (Counseling Grad Program)

 

Students

• Derek Voiles (Hillview Housing Authority Tutoring Center Student Coordinator)
• Channing McLain (Hillview Team Member)
• Cloi Craig (Tutor at Piedmont Elementary School)
• Samantha Fehl (Tutor, Cherokee Housing Authority)

 

Community Partners

Local

• Hillivew Housing Authority (local Housing Project)
  • Mary Evans (Americorps VISTA)
• Cherokee Housing Authority (local Housing Project)
  • Jean-Ann Washam (Appalachian Outreach Director)
• Piedmont Elementary School
• Jefferson Elementary School
  • Heidi Stansell (Guidance Counselor)
• White Pine School
  • Bill Walker (Principal)

Regional

• Big Brother/Big Sister of East Tennessee
  • Kara Finger (Jefferson County Coordinator)
• Nine Counties, One Vision (Non-Profit Research and Networking Group)
• United Way of Greater Knoxville
• Western Heights Baptist Center (Knoxville, TN)
• Montgomery Village Baptist Center (Knoxville, TN)

National

• 826 National (826national.org)
• Urban Promise (Camden, NJ)
• The Romero Center (Camden, NJ