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First Year - Freshmen Training Calendar

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Freshman/First Year Training

 

Week

Training Topic

Training Description (use in BWBRS)

Meeting 1

  • Identity Circles: A Personal Exploration of Diversity

Bonner Curriculum workshop helps participants reflect on and share their identity, as an introductory community-building and diversity activity.  

Meeting 2

  • Professionalism and Expectations

Bonner Curriculum workshop guides participants to develop professionalism (being on time, dress) and clarify how to best meet partner and program expectations.

Meeting 3

  • Community Building Challenge Course

Bonner Curriculum workshop involves physical and mental team-building activities, which are led by staff and student leaders, to build trust and community.

Meeting 4

  • Community Asset Mapping:  Freshman Version

Bonner Curriculum workshop teaches participants how to view a community from its assets, not deficits.  Students learn how to find assets within their partner communities and incorporate them into service work.

Meeting 5

  • Time Management: Managing by Calendar

Bonner Curriculum workshop teaches participants strategies for managing by calendar, a tool for sorting out competing and complex work assignments and prioritizing work. 

Meeting 6

  • Goal-Setting: Setting Service Goals & Objectives 

Bonner Curriculum workshop helps participants learn how to formulate and write clear goals/objectives. It guides participants through straightforward steps of objective writing, which can be used for CLAs.

Meeting 7

  • Time Management Follow Up (use planners & BWBRS)

Bonner Curriculum workshop will support students as they incorporate time management techniques, how to use BWBRS to log service and training, and how to balance responsibilities.

Meeting 8 

  • Service-Based Reflection: How It Supports Making Service Meaningful

Bonner Curriculum workshop introduces participants to the elements of effective reflection, why it is important, and how it can help them find meaning in what they are learning and doing through service work.  

Mid-Year Retreat

  • Community Building, Diversity, Reflection, and Visioning

Use resources on Bonner YouTube Channel!  Recommended trainings include:  Cover Story, Four Corners, Leadership Compass, True Colors, Public Speaking.  See Wiki for all Training Descriptions!

Meeting 9

  • True Colors

Bonner Curriculum workshop uses a popular personality and style assessment to help participants discover and share elements of their personality and approach to work, building an appreciation for diversity and reducing conflicts.

Meeting 10

  • River Stories

Bonner Curriculum workshop builds communication, community building, and diversity skills by having individuals share their stories, using metaphor of river.

Meeting 11

  • Fishbowl Discussion:  Defining Your Communities 

Bonner Curriculum workshop guides participants to reflect on and define the characteristics within their community, critical skills for effective service site work and for building the culture of service on campus.

Meeting 12

  • Introduction to the Non-Profit Sector (in preparation for summer)

Bonner Curriculum workshop introduces participants to the non-profit sector and basic information they should know about 501(c)3 organizations and governmental organizations that serve as partners.

Meeting 13

  • Groups Within Groups: Exploring Dimensions of Diversity

Bonner Curriculum workshop guides participants into a deeper appreciation for diversity within a program and community, by having them reflect and discuss issues like class, race, gender, religion, and other aspects.  

Meeting 14

  • Gender 1: Building
    Gender Awareness

Bonner Curriculum workshop helps participants think about gender, reflecting on the way they have come to understand what being “female” and “male” means and why.  This builds appreciation for issues related to gender.

Meeting 15

  • Racism: Deconstructing It

Bonner Curriculum workshop helps participants think about their understanding of race.  It helps them look at racial discrimination and racism.

Meeting 16

  • Tower of “Me”sa Spiritual & Personal Exploration

Bonner Curriculum workshop guides participants to reflect on their spiritual and core values, creating an artistic representation of them.

 

 

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