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Cornerstone ActivitiesThe bedrocks of a developmental program experience
What We’ll Cover
•How Cornerstones build the foundation
•What these cornerstones are
•Best practices for planning and executing
•How they connect developmentally
• Innovative integration
How Cornerstones build the foundation
First Year Trip - new context for service & learning (i.e., poverty in campus and distant place)
Orientation - pre-college immersion provides a sense of community and a foundation for success
Second Year Exchange - the sense of a national movement and connections across campuses
Third Year Leadership - an opportunity to apply initiative on a project (i.e., international trip, campus-wide event, community event)
Capstones and Senior Presentations- an opportunity to integrative thinking and doing - at a site and often connected to student’s coursework
Orientation
Sense of place - campus and community
Personal Exploration
Bonner Program Expectations
Inspiration SEnse of BonnerCommunity
Sense of place - campus and community
Personal Exploration
Bonner Program Expectations
Inspiration
SEnse of Bonner Community
High-Impact Practice
Link to First Year Experience, Course, or Seminar?
Craft Your Agenda
Orientation
1. Sense of place - campus and community
Relevant Resources:• Community Asset Mapping
Training and Book• Place-based Education
courses and books (local)• Bonner Brochure• Your Student Handbook &
Student Handbook Live• Videos (YouTube Channel
and Bonner Wiki)• Implementation Guide
- Overview of campus and service center- Overview of local community by partners- Short Service Project
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2. Inspiration
Relevant Resources:• River Stories Training • Your Campus or Center
Vision and Long-Range Strategic Plan
• Your alumni email list (from the Foundation or Development Office)
• Videos (YouTube Channel and Bonner Wiki)
• Games, Games, Games
- Stories by other Bonners, Partners, and Alumni- Visionary Speakers, Videos, and Ideas- A chance to get connected to why we do this
3. Bonner Program Expectations
Relevant Resources:• Your Student Handbook• Slides on the Five E’s • Sample Expectations
(from other session or wiki)
• Videos on the YouTube Channel for BWBRS
• BWBRS Help Guide• AmeriCorps Handbook
- Reviewing Your Handbook and Expectations- The Developmental Model - Five E’s- Presentations by Seniors and Bonner Lead Team- Personal Development Plans
4. Personal Exploration
Relevant Resources:• LOTS of the Training
Modules, such as:• Identity Circles• Community Building
Challenge Course• Cover Story• Tower of Me’sa
• Your local partners or staff, such as Outward Bound or Service Clubs
- Engaging Workshops and activities that provide students with a chance to reflect and share- Physical Challenge Courses- Service Projects and Reflection
5. Sense of Bonner Community
Relevant Resources:• You• Your students• Your partners• Your meals• Talent shows,
bonfires, hikes, staying somewhere together
• The B-Love Videos!
- Respect- Fun!- Music
- Food- Laughs- Bonner Love
Craft Your AgendaDay 1
Move in dorms earlyOrientation - Bonner Program 101Dinner together - staff, student, and partner speakersIntroductions to the Bonner Community
Day 2
Make breakfast together and eat in Bonner familiesCommunity partner presentations (local history and context)Local scavenger hunt (asset mapping part 1)River Stories workshopLunch with faculty advisorsReview of First Year Experience courseAccountability and Expectations workshopRopes CourseReflection - letters to selves
First Year Trip-- open hearts, minds, and heads
3-7 days
Somewhere out of local context
Cohort experience for frosh and new Bonners
Use Bonner Funds Provide a
chance to delve into an issue - like poverty or immigration
High-Impact Practice
Link to course such as FYE for preparation or learning community
Craft Your Trip
3-7 days
Somewhere out of local context
Cohort experience for frosh and new Bonners
Use Bonner Funds
Provide a chance to delve into an issue like poverty
• Guilford College - Crow Reservation in MOntana - explores Native American experience and culture
• Emory &and Henry College - New York City -\\ learns about urban poverty, comparing it to rural (Virginia) poverty
• Maryville College - Border of Mexico and Texas - learns about immigration and border issues
• Siena College - Presque Isle, Maine - learns about very rural poverty, comparing it to urban (Albany) poverty
• Waynesburg College - Philadelphia - works with homeless and city ministries, building on their rural experience, and visits Foundation
Picking a Place
Need help? Talk to a Foundation staff member to connect you with another school or partner
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Service or Meaningful Action*Culture &and HistoryCommunity and Team BuildingEducation, Reflection &and Discussion - meetings with issue experts Learning about the Organizations & Issues
Trips contain a mix of activitiesYes, it all counts for hours!
1 Find a destination in a region different from your campus; identify strong partners
2 Designate roles and responsibilities for Bonners (frosh and leaders) to plan and implement the trip
3 Engage in preparation during Class Meetings — education, learning the history, language, prominent issues, culture , and other information.
4 During the trip, engage in meaningful activities — service, learning, reflection, cultural & team-building activities
5 After the trip,have your students process learning and share reflections to your Bonner team or even the campus
6 Consult the detailed Implementation Guide on the Wiki!
Trip Organizing Steps
Second Year Exchange2-5 days
Pair up with 1 or more other Bonner Programs or
schools - cluster
Cohort experience for second years
Use Bonner Funds
Delve deeper into an issue - like poverty - adding advocacy/policy dimension
Can also use IMPACT or other national conference!
High-Impact Practice
Link to service learning course or learning community
Brainstorm
2-5 days
Pair up with 1 or more other Bonner Programs or other schools - cluster
Cohort experience for second years
Use Bonner Funds
Delve deeper into an issue - like poverty - adding advocacy/policy dimension
Can also use IMPACT or other national conference!
Second Year Exchange- inspire with a sense of a movement
2-5 days
Pair up with 1 or more other Bonner Programs or other schools - cluster
Cohort experience for second years
Use Bonner Funds
Delve deeper into an issue - like poverty - adding advocacy/policy dimension
Can also use IMPACT or other national conference!
1 Engage second year students in identifying partner school(s). This is a chance to build cross-campus connections!
2 Engage students as planners and leaders. This can happen through strategically using your Class Meetings to organize Exchange.
3Engage in preparation during Class Meetings — Find strategies for linking the Exchange to student development. For example, providing advocacy training or tutoring in Spanish.
4During the trip, engage in a wider array of meaningful activities — this isn’t just a service trip! It’s goal is to expose people to the bigger ideas, a sense of movement!
5After the trip, have your students process learning and share reflections to the broader Bonner and campus community. You may want to link with blogging, vlogging, videos, and other social media.
6 Consult the detailed Implementation Guide on the Wiki!
Exchange Organizing Steps
Third Year Leadership1-14 days!
International Service Immersion Trips
Cohort experience for some or all Third Years
Often raise funds
Build on issue knowledge - in broader context
Often link with course
Campus-wide events
Orientation
For international immersions
Relevant Resources:• International partnerships
resources• Curricula - found under
Common Commitments and new international curricula
• Bonners Abroad Blog
- Develop international partner relationships- Partner with Peacework- Utilize international resources on wiki
High-Impact Practice
- Undergraduate research- diversity and global learnining
Brainstorm
1-14 days!
International Service Immersion Trips
Cohort experience for some or all Third Years
Often raise funds
Build on issue knowledge - in broader context
Often link with course
Campus-wide events
Capstones and Senior Presentations
A semester or year project - plus a presentation
A chance to connect studies and engagement
A high-impact project
An engaging presentation for community and campus
Orientation
Capstones and Senior Presentations
Relevant Resources:• Implementation Guide on
Senior Presentation and Vocation
• Videos that can be found on YouTube - Bonner Network and other Bonner Program channels
- The student may initiate a culminating project - Many are developing connections to academic capstones in major or special program
High-Impact Practice
capstone
BrainstormA semester or year project - plus a presentation
A chance to connect studies and engagement
A high-impact project
An engaging presentation for community and campus
What’s on your worksheet
•Orientation
•First Year Trip
•Second Year Exchange
•Third Year Leadership
•Capstone & Senior Presentations