Exploring Regional Institutes

Marisa Charley, Washington & Lee University; Ariane Hoy, Bonner Foundation; and Travis Proffitt, Emory & Henry College

• Introductions

• Learning from Experience

• Resources for Future Planning

• Group Collaboration and Sharing

• Next Steps

• To explore the potential impact of Regional Institutes (drawing on the Civic Innovations model)

• To sketch out resources and toolkit - and get your input

• To engage in discussion about how these Institutes could be valuable

Learning from Experience

Travis Proffitt, Emory & Henry College

Resources for Future

PlanningThe Bonner

Foundation and Fellows

Why do this...

• Build capacity of partners and institutions to engage in innovative, project-based learning and projects

• Engage and develop more faculty (on specific campuses and in regional/national collaboration)

• Network partners (with other key stakeholders), potentially in ways to foster collaboration and impact

Institutes involve...

• faculty

• partners

• student leaders

• staff

• funders/champions

• possibly alumni

Organize by Region...

• Midwest (MN, IN, WI, OH) - Consuelo

• Appalachia (NC, TN, VA, KY, WV) - Shannon, Travis

• Northeast (NJ, NY, ME) - Krystal

• Southeast (SC, GA, FL, MS) - Savannah

• MidAtlantic (PA, DC, MD) - Marisa

Resources to develop...

• Planning Guide (steps)

• Printed Program Template

• Workshops / Trainer Guides

• Budget

• Recruitment / Outreach Materials guide

• How to access/use Bonner Funds for this

Strategic Partnerships...

• Campus Compact

• Higher Education Associations

• Campus Community Partnerships for Health

• University of Kansas Community Toolkit

• IARSCLE

• Engaged Scholarship Consortium

• Who else...?

Other Constituents...

• Centers for Teaching and Learning (Faculty Development)

• CBR Advisory Board or Faculty Groups

• State Councils for Nonprofits

• Department Chairs

• United Way or partner groups

• Nonprofits/consortia that are focusing on capacity building and collective impact

• Faculty scholarship avenues

• Learning/Syllabus design and implementation

• Tenure and Rewards

• Course designator design

• Project based learning design/management

• Journal and publishing opportunities

• Collaboratives and collective impact models and training

• Developmental model/framework for faculty engagement (in CBR/CE/Experiential Learning)

• Community Based Research (CBR/CBPR)

• Project based learning design/management

• Strategy session design/facilitation

• Partners as co-educators

• Collaboratives and collective impact models and training

• Partners speak…what nonprofits are thinking about

• Research and provide information on community foundations

• Students as Colleagues; student leadership of project-based learning (“engaged signature work”)

Calendar Work Plan...

Fall Directors Meeting (November 1-4)

• Presentation (Session)

• Sharing model and idea

• Getting feedback

• Find out challenges/opportunities

January

• Financial model for meeting (Bonner funds included)

• Work Plan for Fellows and Staff

• Grant seeking?

• Strategic partnership conversations

Calendar Work Plan...June

• Plan/attend/support meeting at Emory & Henry

• Some fellows attend as Train-the-Trainer Event

• Develop/revise/curate existing and new resource materials

• Flesh out/refine templates and guides for sessions

• Discuss and articulate nuances and recommendations about

planning and collaboration (i.e., prep other leaders/fellows)

Next September/October

• Secure 1-3 other sites/hosts for future meetings

• Possibly target other campuses that have Fellows (Macalester,

Stetson, DePauw, Montclair, W&L)