The Bonner Capstone Series (Part 4 of 8) Creating your Capstone Development Plan In this session, students complete a Capstone Development Plan worksheet to support the creation of a capacity-building capstone.
Workshop Goals Participants will practice Participants will identify writing a personal 1 2 three concrete capstone development plan to ideas using needs incorporate all aspects of identified by partners professional development. Participants will have Participants will have the opportunity to 3 4 the tools to select three reflect on their identity potential capstone and career interests. advisors. 2
Today’s Agenda 1 OPENING/ 2 NEEDS ASSESSMENT CHOOSING A 3 ICEBREAKER DEBRIEF FACULTY ADVISOR Students will be Students will learn about Students will break up into introduced to the Personal what a faculty/staff advisor groups by site and reflect on Development Plan and will does and tips on how to find the Needs Assessment also do an icebreaker one. Students will then do a Brainstorm Worksheet. activity. role playing activity. IDENTITY AND 4 5 CLOSING VOCATION Students will fill out three Students will be asked to Venn diagrams of their reflect upon a quote on the potential “sweet spots”. Personal Development Plan Worksheet and draw or write what it means to them.
“ Signature Work ” : A culminating educational activity in which students integrate and apply their learning to a significant project with meaning to the student and society
Bonner Capstone: A signature A project that A project connects your created with the experience identity , community service , and academics
Ice Breaker Activity I feel…about my I learned…about capstone capacity building This year I hope to At my Bonner site, I do…for my capstone look forward to…
Organizational Capacity Building Opportunities VOLUNTEER TRAINING AND FUNDRAISING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH DISCIPLINARY SOCIAL PROJECTS ACTION
How to Choose a Faculty Advisor What roles do faculty/sta ff advisors play? 1 2 3 A FACULTY AN ADVISOR CAN BE AN ADVISOR CAN BE ADVISOR CAN SOMEONE WITH SOMEONE YOU PROVIDE YOU KNOWLEDGE IN ALREADY HAVE A WITH STRUCTURE YOUR ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH FIELD
Will you be my Advisor? Ways to ask someone to be your capstone faculty / sta ff advisor Email Connect with Bonner Staff In Person The Bonner Staff may already have connections with a staff or faculty member that you are interested in asking to be your advisor.
Sample Email Email or in Person Dear Professor Miller, My name is Juan Diaz and I am a second year Bonner Scholar. As a required part of the Bonner Program, I am seeking to complete a capstone. My capstone project should address a need that my Bonner Partner has, allowing me to do some work that builds community capacity while applying my learning. From a needs assessment that I conducted last semester, my Bonner site, the Farmer’s Market, is looking to expand its client base. For my capstone project, the idea of helping the Farmer’s Market implement a mobile market program has emerged. This will allow me to apply my studies of Economics, Business, and Social Enterprise. I need the support of a strong faculty advisor. I learned a lot from your course on food security that I hope to apply in this project. I believe that you could serve as a positive influencer with your knowledge and skills on the topic. If you are available and willing to dedicate your time as a capstone advisor, your main responsibilities would include directing me to further scholarship to enhance my knowledge on the subject and to advise the implementation of the project, including meeting with me throughout the project to ensure that I e ffi ciently utilize academic content to meet the identified need in the community I anticipate to begin working on my capstone project my senior fall semester and during this time, I would hope we could meet every few weeks for about an hour to discuss my progress. I believe that I could learn a lot from you so I hope that you'll consider serving as an advisor for my capstone project. If you have any further questions, comments, or concerns, I would be more than happy to meet with you during o ffi ce hours to discuss my ideas more thoroughly. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your time, Juan Diaz
Formula for Asking a Staff or Faculty Member to be an Advisor Why Me? Background • Scholarship • Explain what the Bonner • Structure Program is necessary • Relationship • Describe the purpose of a capstone project in the Bonner Program 1 3 EMAIL OR IN Describing the Idea What is Needed PERSON • When you begin to start and 2 4 • Briefly describe your finish working on the capstone capstone ideas and the frequency of the • Provide information on meetings what your Bonner site is • This allows the advisor to have and what they do an idea of the possible time commitment
The Bonner Capstone Workshop Series: Session 4 “ Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world’s greatest need” -Frederick Buechner
Civic Identity Capstone Idea: Experiences Pursuing a Conducting research on The Local career in how to implement a Farmer’s Market Urban mobile farmer’s market looking to increase Development their customer Faculty/Staff Advisor: base Dr. Miller (Teaches a class on Food Security) Interested in Food Security Academics Find Your “Sweet Spot”
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