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The Bonner Program: Orientation
“Access to Education,
A program of:The Corella & Bertram Bonner Foundation 10 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540(609) 924-6663 • (609) 683-4626 fax
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Opportunity to Serve”
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Description
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Orientation: First Step in Student Development Model
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Exploration
Experience
Example
Expertise
Orientation First Year Trip
Junior Leadership
Senior Capstone
Second Year Exchange
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Orientation: Key Content
• Introduces new members to your program’s:
✓mission
✓structure
✓goals
• Sets program expectations
• Builds community and momentum
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Building Blocks
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Orientation: Components of a Good Orientation
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Getting to Know: the Local
Community
Getting to Know: the College
Community Building
Bonner: The Goals and Expectations
Bonner: The Big Picture
Getting to Know: Self & Others
PersonalExploration
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Orientation: Community Building
• Introduce people “Get to know you” name games
• Build the team Challenge Courses
• Create a fun, meaningful community
Kickball, Karaoke, Cooking dinner together, etc...
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Orientation Building Blocks - Bonner: The Movement
• History, Vision, and Purpose
• Common Commitments
• National Bonner Network of Schools and Partners
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Orientation Building Blocks - Bonner Goals
• Student Development
• Community Partnerships
• Academic Connections
• Campus-wide Culture of Service
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Orientation: Building Blocks — Campus Orientation
• Create a fun, meaningful community ✓ Campus Center✓ Center Staff & Interns✓ How to work with others across
campus • Your Program Guidelines
✓ Program Expectations Overview ✓ Rules, Requirements, Meeting Times ✓ Themes of the Year
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Orientation Building Blocks - Into to the Community
• Educate students on community assets and needs
• Include ways to work effectively and sensitively with agencies
• Be creative!
✓create a video
✓create a community scavenger hunt
✓involve community based research
✓get students off campus if possible
✓involve partners as presenters
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Orientation Building Blocks - Personal Exploration
• Personal Reflection
✓Set goals for the year
✓Create a Personal Mission Statement
• Personal and Cultural Awareness
These activities provide Bonners with a chance to consider their own and others’ identity and issues of class, age, race, ethnicity, and gender that may be important to functioning within a diverse group
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Orientation Follow-Up
✓BWBRS Training
✓Revisit the student development model
✓AmeriCorps training
✓All Bonner gathering
✓CLA training
✓Meeting expectations
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Resources
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Orientation: Resources on the Wiki
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Orientation Sample Agenda - Oberlin College
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Orientation: Tips
✓Good clean fun!
✓Use meals for community building
✓Engage student leaders and community leaders in planning & presenting
✓Off campus location / overnight
✓Use the trainings & resources
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Working Session
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Orientation Your turn!
Map out a sample agenda
✓Timing
✓Length
✓Location
✓Flow
✓Five Building Blocks
✓Facilitators (students, partners, staff)