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Support Plan Resources

You'll find that your campus support plans are broken down into three primary categories. After surveying a range of issues across the network and the resources we have available, we have gathered some common resources that may be helpful to improve these areas. 
 

     Community Service & Impact

• Finding & Orienting New Community Partners
• This power-point may be useful for presenting partners with the Bonner frameworks, developmental model, and array of civic work that can happen: http://bonnerfoundation.pbworks.com/f/CommPartnerStrategySession.pdf.  Use in conjunction with the Toolkit materials below.  This includes an introduction of CBR and policy research.
• Utilizing a Partner Application Process that builds in various levels of engagement can help inform partners about how to think about best utilizing volunteers and support more meaningful, challenging placements:  Sustained Partner App.doc and PDF Sustained Partner App.
• See the full guide and set of resources (which you may turn into a Partner Orientation and Binder) at: http://bonnernetwork.pbworks.com/Community-Partners-and-Impact 
• Introductory Toolkit for Partners — Building more developmental placements
• Bonner Brochure (Word) (PDF): great communications/marketing tool 
• Partnership Workbook (PDF): companion to the brochure, walks community partners through the program, contains worksheets for discussing developmental and higher-level placements
• Semester Plan (PDF): this doc can be left behind for partners to complete and return to solidify placement requests — this can also be used as a Partner Application
•  Partner Evaluations
• You will find several helpful documents and resources for carrying out Partner Evaluation (both by partners and by students) on this page: http://bonnernetwork.pbworks.com/Evaluation-and-Recognition. 
• International Partnerships 
•  Service Abroad Handbook Series: a handbook for students on preparing for an abroad experience, a handbook for administrators in building a culture of international service on campus and supporting students through the process, and a handbook for potential international partners that introduces the Bonner Program and includes a CLA workbook 

     Student Development & Leadership

• Building Your Training & Enrichment Calendar
• Use this Sample Bonner Training Calendar to help lay out a sequence of topics, which utilize the training modules, in a developmental progression tied to Bonner skills, Common Commitments, and knowledge areas:   SampleBonnerTrainingCalen.doc
• Use this Roadmap Planning Tool as a worksheet to plan your own developmental sequence, starting with identifying learning outcomes for each stage in the program:   BlankNewRoadmap1.doc
• See instructions and schools' examples here:   http://bonnernetwork.pbworks.com/Roadmap-Planning-Tool
• Cornerstone Activities: Process & Best Practices
• First Year Trip—How to do it and examples
• Second Year Exchange—How to plan one and examples
• Upper Class Leadership/Projects—Examples from schools in our network
• Senior Capstone—We are in the process of collecting and developing new resources that emphasize the fourth year of the program as a true Capstone, one that might connect to an academic path as well.  See the framework and model here:  http://bonnernetwork.pbworks.com/Senior-Capstone-Experience
• See the model for linking Capstones with academic study in the Civic Engagement Minor here:  http://bonnernetwork.pbworks.com/FIPSE+Civic+Engagement+Courses
• Summer Placements
• Check out this presentation and support materials (timeline and forms) for laying out a strong summer placement process (usually starting in second semester) that results in students securing more appropriate and challenging placements:  http://bonnernetwork.pbworks.com/f/Bonner%20SummerPlacements.pdf
• Student Leadership: Models, Innovations, Roles & Responsibilities 
• Student Handbook Live: a great way to get students oriented with the program and possibilities for leadership 
• Student Leadership Org. Charts: 3 models gathered from across the network, featuring a range of roles, responsibilities, and possibilities for leadership in your program. Click here for even more models. 

     Campus-Wide Collaboration & Culture

• Faculty Engagement: Strategies & Successes
• The CBR Wiki contains faculty-oriented materials and best practices, including downloadable presentations, a database of course and project examples, and planning documents— http://cbrnet.pbworks.com/
• The Curricular Implementation Guide is a gateway to action-oriented strategies as well as more information about the Civic Engagement Academic Minor/Certificate (including essays by faculty, sample syllabi, and more).
• Issues to Impact—Overview
• For a detailed guide for how to engage students in doing policy research and producing an Issue Brief, see this Intern Research Guide (located on PolicyOptions Wiki).
• Also peruse samples on that site, organized by topic. 
• Campus-Wide Planning and Integration 
• Use the Self-Assessment Tool for getting a sense of your program's current strengths and challenges.
• This presentation lays out staffing models and other considerations:  Bonner CampusWide Infrastructure.pdf