Bonner ForwardPlanning Next Steps
Agenda• The Context • The Plans • The Flow • Update
• The Context • The Plans • The Flow • Update
Foundation MissionThrough sustained partnerships with
colleges and congregations, the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner
Foundation seeks to improve the lives of individuals and communities by helping meet the basic needs of
nutrition and educational opportunity.
Values & Beliefs•The Bonner Foundation believes that colleges and congregations have vital roles to play in society in nurturing and mobilizing thoughtful, caring, and diverse leadership dedicated to community service.
•The Bonner Foundation recognizes that often the best way to help someone is to give them the opportunity to help themselves, and that the people best able to address a problem are the people whom it most directly affects.
•The Bonner Foundation recognizes that effective community service programs involve all stakeholders in their leadership.
•The Bonner Foundation recognizes that long-lasting partnerships are based on mutual respect and common commitments.
•The Bonner Foundation supports innovative programs that have the potential to serve as models for the field.
Our Status• Premier (and largest) service-based
scholarship program in the country
• $170 million endowment supporting 1,500 students at 26 schools 1,500 students + 1,500 more students at 40+ schools
• Largest campus-based AmeriCorps Education Award Only Program left standing
• Sustained excellence recognized at all levels
Our Status• Crisis Ministry Program a major force in central
Jersey
• Further strengthen with significant influx of full-time Bonners and students from Bonner campuses
• Current programs & direction make Bonner Network a national leader
• Critically important to maintain in light of financial pressures in higher education
Our StaffBoard of Trustees
National Bonner AmeriCorps Director
Kristi Cordier
Bonner Program Associate
Eliza Blades
National Bonner AmeriCorps Enrollment
Janet Ashwood & Sarah Meadows
NJ Bonner VISTA Leader
Afnan Rashid
VISTA NJ CoordinatorErik Snyder
PresidentBobby Hackett
Vice President of Program & Resource
DevelopmentAriane Hoy
National Bonner Program Director
Annie Pasqua
Office Manager /Bookkeeper
Elaine Wheeler
Our Projects
10 StaffCampus Support 67 schools
Special Initiatives 7
Meetings 6 National + 15+ NJ
Resources 4
Communication 2
Networking 5
Assessment 5
Grants 7
49 Projects
Our Projects in Stages
The ContextFoundation Mission,
Values & Beliefs
Many, Many Projects & Responsibilities
Day Job“The Whirlwind”
• The Context • The Plans • The Flow • Update
Project Plans
Project Plan Template
• Goal(s)
• Objectives
• Metrics (x to y by when)
• Workplan
Wildly Important Goals
Wildly Important Goals
Narrow Focus Here
Only a Few Foundation WIGs
WAR
Team Level WIG
WIG Measures
How they connect
The Scorecard
100% Schools Complete Capacity Building Surveys with Primary Partners by
December 15th.
Example: Capacity Building WIG
LAG MEASURE
Each program support staff member has quality
consultation with campus staff at least 3x per week.
LEAD MEASURE
The Scorecard: Capacity Building
Weeks
Schools
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WIG Lag Measure 100% schools complete Capacity Building Surveys with their primary partners by December 15th.STAFF /
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WIG Lead Measure Each program support staff member has quality consultation with campus staff at least 3x per week.
WIGs Can ChangeFall —> Spring —> Summer
Balanced Scorecard
• The Context • The Plans • The Flow • Update
Daily Huddle @ 9:36 am
Weekly Team Meetings
•WIG Review •Other Project Review
Weekly WIG Review
Weekly WIG Commitments
Monthly Check-Ins
Quick All Staff to review: •Progress on WIGs •Progress on other project metrics
Quarterly Half-Day Retreat
Longer All Staff meeting to: •Update All Staff on Project Plans •Present New or Emerging Projects
•Celebrate Progress on WIGs
• The Context • The Plans • The Flow • Update
CommunityCampusSystems
Leverage Bonner Network !as a community of best practice,
and resource for higher education locally and nationally
Partner in capacity-building for collaboratives working to achieve measurable community and systemic change.
Organizations
Build campus center that leads effort to make !
place-based community engagement deep, pervasive, integrated & developmental.
Partner in capacity-building for organizations to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and resources.
Programs
Develop and integrate community engaged learning
courses & programs.
Train & support leaders who develop & manage evidence-based programs and projects.
Individuals & Places
Develop & engage students’ knowledge, skills, values, and
collective action.
Mobilize students, faculty, staff, & community members to support individuals & places.
Bonner Transformation Goals
Wildly Important Goals
AmeriCorpsCapacity Building
PolicyOptionsBSP Tracking
Campus GoalsHigh Impact
Discussion
• What are your thoughts about the Bonner Foundation’s WIGs?
• How are the 4 Disciplines relevant for your own work on campus?
Updates• Bonner Congress
• High Impact Initiative
• PolicyOptions Local Bureaus
• Campus Support
Highlights:“Connecting with Bonners and Bonner
program coordinators from across the country”
“I really enjoyed the "Big Idea" sessions.”
“One of my favorite parts of the weekend was getting a historical tour of Guilford. James, the
tour guide and Bonner Director of Guilford, was extremely knowledgable of the history and made a meaningful connection to today's call to stand up for what is right in congruence to
social justice issues of today. ”
What did you learn?“I learned the evolution of leadership and how the first follower is just as important
as the leader.”
“New structures from the community garden at Guilford that I can apply to the
one I run!”
“I learned about the difficulties other universities face on their campuses and
how some of them are actually problems at my university as well”
Bonner Congress Feedback:Guilford Planning Team’s Survey
How helpful were Guliford College Bonners during your stay at Bonner Congress? 3.3Rate your experience with the host(s) who oversaw your sleeping accommodations. 3.2
Rate how much you feel you learned at the conference. 3.4
Rate how much you feel you shared at the conference. 3.3
Rate how easy/hard it was to navigate the conference. 2.1
First things first, how was the food? 3The purpose of a conference is to connect people in ways not possible through phone or online media. Apart from your travel mates, did you make significant connections with others while at the conference?
10% = No 90% = Yes
How many significant connections do feel you made?1-2 connections = 26.6% 2-4 connections = 46.6%
4 or more connections = 26.6%
Rate the workshops you attended in the workshop blocks. 3.3
Scale 1 - 4
(Poor) (Great)
The Bonner Advisory Board
Big Idea Check-ins
This is the BAB they will be doing check-ins with your congress reps. about your program’s Big Idea… blah de blah…managing by calendar.. putting together presentations for SLI…
BUT in order to really see these projects through, we need you!
By a show of hands:1. After Bonner Congress, how many of you met with your
Reps.?2. How many of you have seen the “managing by calendar
sheet” and given feedback on the timeline?3. How many of you feel that the Big Idea fits into your
overall program’s goals.
• 24 institutions • Teams of 8 or more
(home/away) • Staff, faculty, partners, & students • 3 Institutes • 3 year progression
HIgh IMPACT I NITIATIVE
what it’s like
• Place, Voice - community listening projects, mapping
• Depth, Sequence, Learning - First Year Experience, Students at Colleagues (Fellows)
projects
• Integration, Inquiry - work across departments
• Capacity, Impact - work with partners
projects
• Full teams & transitions • Institutional barriers • Daily whirlwind • Faculty engagement • Measures & metrics
cHALLENGES
• 2015 Summer Institute • Flexibility about team numbers • More attention to mix (include
decision makers) • More work on projects
beforehand to shift focus
what we’ll do
• Expand national partnerships (AACU, NERCHE, BTtoP, College Unbound, Citizen Alum, Community)
• Focus on depth & strategy • 2015 meetings with Provosts,
Deans, Department Chairs • Engage (tell the stories)
what we’ll do
• Welcome new
• Foundation staff/fellow work with campus teams
• Support significant progress
• Dive deeper into curricular change
• Strategy for pilots of student learning outcomes/assessment
BIG GOALS
Starting a Local BureauWebinar on PolicyOptions.org
Campus SupportCampus Support is designed to work collaboratively with campuses to support and celebrate programs within the Bonner Network through the use of
Campus Support Laisions and National Fellows
Review of Program Elements and Materials
Support Activities (Calls, Visits, etc...)
Campus SupportWIG
80% of Campuses report an improvement on the areas outlined in the Annual Report or established during the Fall 2014 academic year by the June
2015
Lead Measure
Intentional follow up through consistent communication, Campus Support Laision will
schedule 4-5 check-in per week
Campus SupportTimeline for Support
Provide you working time today to review goals from your Annual Report or articulate your goals for 2014-15
Foundation will project Campus Visits by December 15
In Spring 2015, schedule potientially two calls with your campus
Campus SupportTimeline for Support
Provide you with Annual Report Guidelines by March 10
Annual Reports Due May 9
Response Letters by SLI, June 10
Support Intergated into SLI
Expect Early and Mid Summer Support for planning for the Fall
Goal WorksheetSchool
Goal
Progress - What have you done this year in working towards these goals?
Challenges - What challenges do you see ahead?
Resources - What resources do you need?
Next Steps - What are your next steps in meeting this goal?
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