Bonner Center Leadership Network Training Curriculum
INTRODUCTION
THE CULTURE of the past is not only the memory of mankind, but our own buried life... study of it leads to a recognition scene, a discovery in which we see, not only our past lives, but the total cultural form of our present life.— Northrup Frye, Anatomy of Criticism
WE WERE teaching classes on diabetes. So here, she’s listening to all of this advice that becomes empty, if you have a community that is designed to be sick. … It is that contradiction that raises your awareness, to a point in which Irma said, ‘I don't want to take this anymore — there has to be a way.’ —America Bracho, Santa Ana Health Crusade
THE CENTRAL lesson of anthropology... is the idea that the world... does not exist in some absolute sense but is just a model of reality... Other people (of different cultures at different technological levels) aren’t failed attempts at being us. By definition they are unique answers to a fundamental question, What does it mean to be human and alive? — Wade Davis, The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
THE ORGANIZER is a talent searcher, he’s like a talent producer. He’s looking for not just the one star but all kinds of talent. And if you find the right talent that you can train, then almost anything’s possible. Talent, in a sense, is people who have relationships with other people... it’s the talent of relating, a person who understands how to build trust... That’s my life. I’m a talent scout. — Mike Gecan, in Hope Dies Last by Studs Terkel
...THIS HELPED me make my career. Crispy Strips and our Chicken Pot Pie hugely boosted sales... KFC started growing again... And I got the credit for turning around a brand that had been losing for a long time. That success earned me a reputation for leadership that eventually put me in a position to run Yum! Brands. If you ask the finance people what ignited the business, they will tell you it was the new products, but my answer would be it was the triumph of the human spirit... — David Novak, Taking People with You, The Way to Make BIG Things Happen
PERFECT INFORMATION exists in a game when all players have complete knowledge about every element in the game at all times... (eg: chess)... Card games are... good examples of games of imperfect knowledge (eg: poker). — Salen and Zimmerman, Rules of Play, Game Design Fundamentals
Additional Sources Paul Fussel, The Great War and Modern Memory Mike Gecan... https://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/TA2013Gecan.pdf
| COURSES BC 01 (2 hours) How To Use It: Bonner Center Resources Offered: Premester Topics covered: At the end of this course you will be familiar with the Center, its mission, history, programs, sites, projects, personnel and resources. You will be able to inform and instruct teammates, Guilford students and instructors about on-going projects and explain how each can improve Guilford’s commitment to community engagement. BC 02 (3-5 hours) Tour of Community Sites, Projects and Partnerships Offered: Premester Topics covered: With the sub-theme, Seeing is Believing, a challenge to the Guilford College campus community to “get on the bus” and see for themselves the changing neighborhoods and communities living just minutes from the college. By the end of the tour, participants will understand how the region’s demographic changes challenge assumptions about how the College interprets globalism, localism, diversity, and its core values. BC 03 (4 hours) From Etiquette to IRB: A Survey of Community Responsibilities and Relationships Offered: Premester Topics covered: At the end of the course you will understand the responsibilities of leaders based on circumstances, relationships, intentions, agreements, customs, ethics, conventions and law. You will be able to recognize sets of responsibilities and associate them with projects, positions and relationships. You will understand how and when to effectively intervene and lead. BC 04 (6 hours) Understanding Racism (1) Offered: Scheduled throughout the year Topics covered: What you can do upon successful completion: BC 05 (6 hours) Understanding Racism (2) Offered: Scheduled throughout the year Topics covered: What you can do upon successful completion: BC 06 (6 hours) OODA: Community Engagement By Walking Around Offered: Premester Topics covered: OODA is an acronym for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act, also known as the Boyd feedback loop. In this course, the relation between observation of community interactions and action and intervention by Project and Site Coordinators, Fellows and Project Community Coordinators, drawn from a range of fields like history, anthropology, sports, education, business, neurology, game theory, visual arts, and psychology. You will be learn to use your observations and experiences and those of your team to manage the daily operations of your site or project and to incrementally improve performance and outcomes. Includes hands on exercises and performance tests, content of BC-A, BC-B, BC-C BC 07 (4 hours) Budget First: Event, Project and Site Planning Offered: Premester Topics covered: Planning of a site, project or event, starting with allocation of resources to planning, tracking progress and final reports. You will learn how and when to estimate costs, how to monetize contributions, find funding, leverage scarce resources and prioritize efforts and outcomes. You will learn about campus and community resources available to you. At the end of the course, you will be able to plan events using campus and community resources, document and measure their success, and use results to improve future events and performance. Includes hands on exercises and performance tests BC 08 (2 hours) Reflection, Feedback, Response, and What You Do with Them. Offered: Premester Topics covered: Leadership skills through knowledge, theory and practice. At the end of the course you will learn how to conduct reflections, solicit feedback and design and administer evaluations. You will learn how to incorporate feedback into the documentation and improvement of your event, project or site. Includes hands on exercises and performance tests BC 09 (1.5 hours) It’s Your Resume and Reputation Offered: Premester Topics covered: This course examines your resume in its evolutionary state — what you should know and consider before you submit a serious application to a job or opportunity. You will learn how to accumulate skills as a leader and learner and how to represent them to community and campus partners. You will learn how to translate them to your specific major or area of study, and how to apply your academic skill set to your community engagement work. BC 10 ( xx hours) CPR Training Offered: Premester Topics covered: What you can do upon successful completion: Includes hands on exercises and performance tests BC 11 (xx hours) Fundamentals of After School Tutoring Offered: Premester Topics covered: At the end of this course you will understand the role and responsibilities of a tutor. You will understand typical learning problems encountered by refugee and immigrant children and their families, including cultural and language barriers. You will be able to effectively demonstrate learning techniques and strategies for young learners and how to access online and other resources to assist you. Includes hands on exercises and performance tests BC 13 (xx hours) Media, Advocacy, Storytelling, Promotion Offered: Premester Topics covered: At the end of this course you’ll understand the importance and influence of media, how to use it to shape and tell the story of your site, project or people, advocate for it, how to create or prepare strong supportive photographs, graphics or diagrams, how to combine effective writing, speaking and delivery. Includes hands on exercises and performance tests
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CET 1(1.5 hours)Online Training and Responses Offered: Premester, first 3 weeks of Fall-Spring semester, first week of J-Term Topics covered: Required training for all students at Bonner sites and projects. After watching all online videos and completing the response form, you will have considered multiple viewpoints about what community service means, who renders the service and who receives it, the skills and education required, the nature of community, modernity and community, self- and ethnic identity in a dominant culture, the role technology plays in community service and engagement and the “Guilford Bubble”. CET 2 (1 hour) Group Discussion Offered: Premester, first 3 weeks of Fall-Spring semester, first week of J-Term Topics covered: Required training for all students at Bonner sites and projects. A one-hour facilitated discussion and follow up to written responses and impressions about online videos. CET 3 (1.5 hours) Cultural Competency Language Exercise Offered: Premester, call for Fall-Spring semester and J-Term scheduling Topics covered: Required training for all students at Bonner sites and projects. A one to one (or at most two learners) encounter between learner and facilitator that directly challenges the learner's assumptions about the centrality of her education, language and culture on and off campus. At the end of the session you will appreciate the challenges faced by marginalized communities, newcomers, refugees and immigrants in our city and have a global perspective on the non-English speaking world. |
