Presentation to staff and students at the College of William and Mary.

1. The Bonner Program:
Introduction
“Access to Education,
Opportunity to Serve”
A program of:
The Corella & Bertram Bonner Foundation
10 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-6663 • (609) 683-4626 fax
For more information, please visit our website at www.bonner.org

2. Network

3. National Bonner Network:
Overview
• 3,000 Bonners Scholars & Leaders
– 20-100 per campus | 5-25 per class
– Bonner Scholar avg EFC: ~ $3,000
• 5,000 Bonner Alumni
– 35% in non-profits
– 30% in local, state, Federal government
– 23% in education
• National consortium
– 4 L&S grants for CBR & social media
– 3 FIPSE grants for program start, replication & civic
engagement academic minor/concentration
– 15 years AmeriCorps funding
www.bonner.org

4. National Bonner Network:
Participating Campuses
www.bonner.org

6. Program Design

7. The Bonner Program:
Defining Characteristics
Goal:
Access to Education,
Opportunity to Serve
Design:
• Intensive
• Multi-year
• Developmental
www.bonner.org

8. The Bonner Program:
Change Strategy — Integrated Approach
Student Community
Development Partnerships
“Access to Measurable
Education, impact
Opportunity to
Serve”
Campus Infrastructure
Culture of service
www.bonner.org

9. Program
Management

10. Bonner Leader Program:
Common Expectations
• Call some students Bonners
– common identity links students & campuses
• Run a multi-year, intensive program
– stipend for 10 hour/week service
– summer support, if available
• Participate in our national gatherings
– Fall student meeting
– Fall director/coordinator meeting
– Summer Leadership Insitute
– New Directors & Coordinators Meeting
www.bonner.org

11. Program Management:
Bonner Program — Staffing & Student Roles
• Staffing Expectations
- Bonner Scholar Program: 40:1 FTE
- Bonner Leader Program: lead staff assigned to direct
- Bonner Director reports to Senior Administrator
• Leverage available positions (e.g.,VISTAs)
• Student Roles:
- Senior Intern(s)—training, site liaison, administration
- Two Congress Representatives—student voice &
leadership
- Student Leadership Team & committee structure
—class meetings, projects, community fund
- Bonner student liaison with campus-wide student
leadership structure
www.bonner.org

12. Campus-Wide Collaboration:
Networking with Key Stakeholders on Campus
Academic
Student Life/Affairs Admissions
Shared training; calendar; student Departments
recruitment, selection, diversity CBR, PolicyOptions.org, SL courses,
groups
minor
Career Services Chaplain/Religious
career advising, fairs, trainings, Bonner Life
nonprofit career exploration,
internships Program vocation; advising; enrichment
workshops
Multicultural Affairs International Affairs Public Relations
diversity, training, recruitment,
study abroad, trips, internships media, news, webpages
community relations
www.bonner.org

13. Frameworks

14. The Bonner Program:
Common Commitments
Civic Engagement: Participate International Perspective:
intentionally as a citizen in the democratic Develop international understanding that
process, actively engaging in public policy enables Bonners to participate successfully
and direct service. in a global society.
Community Social Justice:
Building: Establish and Advocate for fairness,
sustain a vibrant community impartiality and equality
of place, personal relationships while addressing systemic
and common interests. social and environmental
issues.
Diversity: Respect the many Spiritual Exploration:
different dimensions of diversity in Explore personal beliefs while respecting
our public lives. the spiritual practices of others.
www.bonner.org

15. Student Development:
Skill Areas
Personal Skills Leadership Skills Professional Skills
• Active listening • Conflict resolution • Budgeting
• Balance/boundaries • Delegation • Evaluation/research
• Communication • Planning • Event planning
• Fundraising
• Decision making • Public speaking
• Grant writing
• Organization • Running a meeting
• Marketing /
• Planning • Teamwork
Public relations
• Time management • Working with diverse • Mediation
• Goal setting groups • Networking
• Public education /
Advocacy
• Volunteer management
www.bonner.org

16. Student Development:
Knowledge
• Public Policy
• Poverty
• International perspective and issues
• Issue-based knowledge
• Place-based knowledge
• Diversity
www.bonner.org

17. Student Development:
Curricular & Co-Curricular Approach
Expertise
Example
Experience
Exploration
Expectation
www.bonner.org

18. Student Development:
Curricular & Co-Curricular Approach
Expertise
Through Service
(Developmental
placements, learning Example
through action)
Experience
Exploration
Expectation
www.bonner.org

19. Student Development:
Curricular & Co-Curricular Approach
Expertise
Through Service
(Developmental
placements, learning Example
through action)
Co-Curricular
Experience Activities
(Training & Enrichment,
Reflection, and Advising)
Exploration
Expectation
www.bonner.org

20. Student Development:
Curricular & Co-Curricular Approach
Expertise
Through Service
(Developmental
placements, learning Example
through action)
Co-Curricular
Experience Activities
(Training & Enrichment,
Reflection, and Advising)
Exploration
Expectation Academic linkages
(Service-learning, CBR,
minor, major &
certificates)
www.bonner.org

21. Community Partnerships:
Organizing Structure
Site-
Based
Team
Program
Assistant
Intentional Short-Term
Placement
www.bonner.org

22. Initiatives

23. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
www.bonner.org

24. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

25. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

26. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

27. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
Bonner Leaders (FWS + AmeriCorps)
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

28. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
Community-Based Research funding (L&S)
Bonner Leaders (FWS + AmeriCorps)
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

29. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
Common Commitments | Skills
Community-Based Research funding (L&S)
Bonner Leaders (FWS + AmeriCorps)
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

30. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
Bonner Cornerstones
Common Commitments | Skills
Community-Based Research funding (L&S)
Bonner Leaders (FWS + AmeriCorps)
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

31. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
Academic Journey (FIPSE)
Bonner Cornerstones
Common Commitments | Skills
Community-Based Research funding (L&S)
Bonner Leaders (FWS + AmeriCorps)
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

32. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
Knowledge Areas
Academic Journey (FIPSE)
Bonner Cornerstones
Common Commitments | Skills
Community-Based Research funding (L&S)
Bonner Leaders (FWS + AmeriCorps)
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

33. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
PolicyOptions
Knowledge Areas
Academic Journey (FIPSE)
Bonner Cornerstones
Common Commitments | Skills
Community-Based Research funding (L&S)
Bonner Leaders (FWS + AmeriCorps)
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

34. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
Serve 2.0
PolicyOptions
Knowledge Areas
Academic Journey (FIPSE)
Bonner Cornerstones
Common Commitments | Skills
Community-Based Research funding (L&S)
Bonner Leaders (FWS + AmeriCorps)
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

35. National Bonner Network:
Bonner Program Development
Impact Focus
Serve 2.0
PolicyOptions
Knowledge Areas
Academic Journey (FIPSE)
Bonner Cornerstones
Common Commitments | Skills
Community-Based Research funding (L&S)
Bonner Leaders (FWS + AmeriCorps)
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
www.bonner.org

36. Bonner Network Initiatives:
Initiatives
• Issue to Impact
– PolicyOptions.org Issue Briefs & News Bureaus
– Change Campaigns: hunger, homelessness, college access,
immigration, refugees, youth development, prisoner re-entry
– Capacity building for policy research & public education
– Community impact assessment
• Networking
– Bonner Alumni Network
– Professional Staff Development
– Faculty Outreach & Support
– Summer Internships & International Partnerships
www.bonner.org

37. Student
Development

38. Student Development:
Student Roles by Level
Type of Service
Vision/Strategy Expertise
Fundraising
Research / Writing /Academic Work
Outreach/Public Relations
Project Coordination
New Program Development
Improving Existing Services
Regular Volunteer Work
Explore
One-time Service Projects
www.bonner.org

39. Student Development:
Training & Enrichment — Example Sequence
Expertise
Example • Academic Research
• Career planning &
• Leading inquiry & vocation
reflection
• Evaluation
• Personal and civic
Experience values • Networking
• Project • Public Speaking
• Critical thinking coordination • Skills for lifelong
Exploration • Diversity involvement
• Fundraising & Grant
• Community • Group dynamics & Writing • Honors’ thesis project
knowledge communication —tied to service
• Advocacy skills
• Personal • Project planning • Academic
exploration
• Introduction to Connection
• Setting goals social issues/civics • CBR course—Public
• Time management • Government course Policy Issue Briefs
• Active listening
• Teamwork
• Poverty course
www.bonner.org

40. Student Development:
Cornerstone Activities
Expertise
Senior Capstone:
culminating leadership
project coupled with a
Example reflective
Junior developmental focused
Leadership: presentation
engages students in
Experience
applying their skills
Second Year and knowledge while
Exchange: deepening their own
Exploration deepens students leadership in the
First Year understanding process
Trip: exposes and exposes
students broader picture
to an issue or
area
www.bonner.org

41. Student Development
Knowledge — Academic Connections
• Intensive
• Multi-Year
• Developmental
• Course Connections
• Minor, Certificate,
Concentration
www.bonner.org

42. Student Development
Knowledge — Academic Connections
www.bonner.org

43. Community
Partnerships

44. Student Development:
Multiple-Level Engagement
www.bonner.org

45. Student Development:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

46. Student Development:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

47. Student Development:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

48. Student Development:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

49. Student Development:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

50. Student Development:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

51. Student Development:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

52. Student Development:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

53. Student Development:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

54. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

55. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
Direct Action (service)
Capacity Building
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

56. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service)
Capacity Building
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

57. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
Capacity Building
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

58. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

59. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

60. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

61. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

62. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

63. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR 85%
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

64. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR 85%
24%
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

65. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR 85%
24%
Policy News & Analysis 92%
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

66. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR 85%
24%
Policy News & Analysis 92%
34%
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

67. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR 85%
24%
Policy News & Analysis 92%
34%
Community Info Hub 88%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

68. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
Direct Service
Capacity
Action Building
Training &
Public
Education &
Strategic Advocacy
Planning
Issue, Place,
Organization
PolicyOptions Convening
Research Issue Briefs &
News Bureau
Issue Forums &
Working Groups
Community-
Based
Research
www.bonner.org

69. Community-Based Research:
Context — Organizational Development
Plan Decide
• Needs & Asset • Model Programs
Assessment • Policy Options
• Issue Analysis • Resources
Evaluate Implement
• Program Evaluation direct service
• On-Going Data
Collection or advocacy
www.bonner.org

70. PolicyOption Issue Briefs:
Issue Brief Questions
• What is the nature & extent of the problem?
• What’s been tried in the past to address it?
• What’s being done now?
• What are the distinctly different approaches to
addressing this issue?
www.bonner.org

71. PolicyOption Issue Briefs:
Issue Brief Template
• Goal Statement
• Scope of the Problem
• Past Policy
• Current Policy
• Policy Options / Program Models
• Key Organizations, Programs & People
• Glossary of Terms
• Bibliography
www.bonner.org

72. PolicyOption Issue Briefs:
Wiki for Collaborative Research
www.bonner.org

73. PolicyOption News Bureau:
Local, State & National Policy News & Research
www.bonner.org