fall directors 2014: first year trip (fyt)

First Year Trip LeveragingStudent Leaders

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

Cornerstone Activites

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

Service Trip Planning

First Year Trip- - open hearts, minds, and heads

3-7 days

Somewhere out of local context

Cohort experience for first Year and new Bonners

Use Bonner Funds Provide a

chance to delve into an issue - like poverty or immigration

Integrate with other Service Trips

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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 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

Trip Examples

Concord University Washington, DC – First Year Trip

• Co – curricular Model

• Trip Funding/Costs

• History of our First Year Trip

• Building long term relationships with organizations

Concord University Washington, DC – First Year Trip

• Purpose/Structure of our First Year Trip

• Service we do/Agencies we serve with

• Other Experiences/Activities

• Leadership Opportunities

Mcalester ’s First Year Trip

DiscussionWhat are the

differences and similarities between these trips?

How do they compare to your first year trip?

Leveraging Student Leadership

First Year Bonners

Exposure to travel

Fundraising

Post Trip Presentations

Returning Bonners

Serve as Mentors

Assisting with Pre-Trip Planning

Lead Trip Activities

Lead Daily Reflections

Working TimeThinking of ahead to your trip this year, where do you currently have

students serving as leaders?

How might you leverage their leadership in a new way for the

this year’s trip?