bonner leader program: start-up check list

Bonner Start-Up Check-List Review

Access to Education,

Opportunity to Serve

Agenda

Agenda

• Staffing and Location

• Securing Work-Study Stipends

• Recruiting Your First Class of Bonners

• Setting Training and Enrichment Calendar

• Developing

Staffing and Location • Decide where would the program be housed.

• Decide who will coordinate the Bonner Leader Program in the first year and other individuals who can provide support for the program.

• Recruit 2-3 sophomore or juniors to assist you with the start-up steps outlined below (and then be available to serve as Bonner Senior Interns in the start-up year).

Securing Work-Study Stipends • Secure the Community-Service Federal

Work-Study or College Work-Study stipends for your Bonner Leaders so they can serve an average of 10 hours per week throughout the school year.

• If possible, identify additional sources of funding that might be offered to your Bonner Leaders (including summer service stipends).

Bonner Leader Funding Survey (34)

Funding Level Schools Additional Notes

Less than $2,500 2 programs 1 Liberal Arts/1 large public

Between $2,500-$3,000 3 programs

2 Liberal Arts/1 large public/

Tuition varies ($11K-41K)

$3,350 14 programs Most common (regardless of summer)

More than $3,350 11 programsNumber of students range from 8 to 93; old and new

programs

Bonner Leader Funding ModelsSchool Funding Per Student Tuition Cost

College of Saint Benedict $3,500 (FWS) + $2,500 scholarship $39,402

Montclair State University $2,575 $11,318

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill $2,175 $8,340

Washington and Lee University

$3,350 + summer award $44,507

Profile: Who to Recruit

Ethic of service and 4-year commitment

Min 5 per class with minimum of 20 total

> 75% Federal Work Study eligible

> 60/40 gender balance

> diversity of school

Recruiting Your First Class • Decide how many Bonner Leaders you want

to recruit for the first year.

• Develop marketing material (e.g., website, brochure)

• Develop application material and process

• Recruit selection committee and process

Recruitment Basics• Incoming students (+

some upper-class leaders)

• Build into school recruitment & admissions process as yield tool (liaison)

• Engage current Bonners in process

• Formal application

• On-campus interviews

Admissions Collaboration•Designate 1-2 admissions

counselors as liaisons

•Annual presentation to all Admissions staff

•Identify eligible Students

•Align application process

•Intentional outreach

•Recruitment events/calls

•Synchronize timelines

Recruiting for Diversity

• Begin where campus stands as a whole

• Male, Students of Color, First Generation

• Admissions has these stats

• Diverse Recruiters, Engage Bonners

• “Small & Wide Net” Pipelines

• Appealing Language/Approaches

Interview Day

• Opportunity for face-to-face

• Engage Bonners and key campus contacts

• Go over Program Requirements

• Service partners and placements

• Parent/family sessions

Setting Training Calendar • Plan your Bonner Orientation, ideally for one

or two days before the regular first year orientation.

• Decide when during each week can you schedule a regular Bonner training and reflection meetings.

• Plan the topics for the first year of weekly Bonner meetings.

Community Partnerships: Service Road with Rising Expectations

Exploration - intentional placements that provide exposure and result in additional commitment

Experience - solid programmatic role (Program Assistant or specific title)

Example - Site or Project Leader

Expertise - Specialist

Finding Service Placements • Decide which community partners would be

good placements for the first year Bonners.

• Meet with community partners to explain Bonner Program model and begin planning service placements.

• Hold an orientation for Bonner community partners.

Site-BasedTeam

Site-BasedTeam

Site-BasedTeam

Site-BasedTeam

Regular Volunteer

Intentional Short-Term Placement

Program Coordinator

Community Partnerships: Organizing Structure

Community Engagement ModelsPartners Service Provider Collaborative Campaign

Roles Client Service

Program Coordinator Organization Capacity Building Advocacy

Taskse.g., tutoring, serving soup,

etc.

Recruiting, training, and supervising volunteers

1) Volunteer Management 2) Program Development

3) Fundraising 4) Communication

5) Research: CBR & PolicyOptions

e.g., letter writing,

community organizing, etc.

Program Structures

Clearinghouse/Directory Listing of Opportunities (online database)

Site/Issue-Based Teams (coalition of student-led service projects)

Bonner Program (four year training & increased roles culminating in capstone project)

Academic Structures

Service-Learning & Community-Based Research Courses

Problem / Issue-Based Concentrations(courses, service roles, CBR, and capstone project)

Skill-based Certificate / Fellowships(courses, client-defined capacity-building projects)

Bonner Engagement Model

Connecting to Bonner Network • Ask the Bonner Foundation staff to recommend

2-3 current Bonner directors/ coordinators as mentors during your start-up phase.

• Invite Bonner Foundation staff member to visit campus during planning year and/ or your start-up semester.

National Bonner Meetings • Consider sending the Bonner coordinator/director and the

student interns (Bonner Senior Interns) to the Bonner Summer Leadership Institute (May 23-26) (~$200-225 room & board fee).

• Decide who will attend the New Bonner Director and Coordinator Orientation held in Princeton, New Jersey (July 30 - August 2) (~$375-400 room & board fee).

• Begin thinking about who will attend the Fall Bonner Student Congress (mid to late October)(~$75-100 room & board fee).

• Begin thinking about who will attend the Fall Bonner Directors and Coordinators Meeting (early November)(~$375-400 room & board fee).

Bonner Wiki Resources

Bonner Wiki Resources

Bonner Wiki Resources