In summer 2008, Bonner Programs completed portions of their annual reports on the wiki, so that best practices can be shared across campuses. While you are in the start-up process, we ask you to complete this template below to share your thinking and/or plans for program start-up. This will help Foundation staff to guide you. The entire wiki-based report can be three pages or less. Please share information and highlights addressing the following three categories and provides a synopsis of your Bonner Program this year.
Implementation of Student Development:
A key aspect of the Bonner Program is student development and the integration of an intentional Developmental Model through which students are supported and challenged to higher levels of leadership, skills, and knowledge. You can review that model and worksheets that may be helpful to share with others and strategize with your colleagues and students in order to make a plan here:
Handout - Student Development 1.pdf
Handout - Student Development 2.pdf
How do you plan to integrate the developmental model this year within your co-curricular and service activities? (suggested one page text):
Implementation of Community Partnerships:
Another key element of the Bonner Program is a focus on mutually beneficial campus-community partnerships, through which students can dedicate their time and talents over multiple semesters to making a contribution. The type of work conducted can include many forms of direct service, capacity building, and even research. Organizing around site-based teams and issues can enable long-term, multi-dimensional partnerships and placements, as well as ways to better achieve and measure impact . You can review the model and worksheets that may be helpful to share with others and strategize with your colleagues and students in order to make a plan here:
Handout - Community Partnership 1.pdf
Handout - Community Partnership 2.pdf
Please share a summary of your plans with community partners, touching in particular on the following categories (suggested one page text):
Campus-wide Culture and Infrastructure:
Another third focus area of the Bonner Program is a focus on building the campus-wide culture, infrastructure, and capacity to carry out this work in the present and long-term, engaging not only Bonners but making paving the way for all students to be exposed to service and engaged civically. Figuring out how to leverage the Bonner Program into your campus's other assets for civic engagement is important, as well as determining a governance and management structure that allows you to go to higher levels. You can review the model and worksheets that may be helpful to share with others and strategize with your colleagues and students in order to make a plan here:
Bonner CampusWide Infrastructure.pdf
Please describe key elements and progress in the development of campus-wide infrastructure and the role of the Bonner Program in enhancing (or being enhanced by) campus-wide culture and participation in service, touching on the following (suggested one page text):