bonner staffing

Staffing Your ProgramThe roles of directors, coordinators, students, and others

What We’ll Cover

• Staffing Standards & Structures

• Sample Organizational Structures

• Student Roles

Staffing Structures

Staffing Standards

• 40 students to 1 staff

• During BLP start up: clarify roles of staff and appoint director

• Bonner Director reports to Senior Administrator

• Creatively leverage available staffing (e.g., work study, VISTAs placed with partners)

Start-Up Model: Grow Over Time

- Bonner Program director may wear multiple hats - Begin with 5-10 students (usually freshmen with some upper

class student leaders) - Progressively add more students each year (by class) - Link with campus-wide service programs from outset (for

events, projects)

Bonner Program Director (manages Bonner Program)

Bonner Leaders (5-10 students — 2 serve as Congress Reps)

Other Campus Faculty/Staff (engaged in community service learning)

Student Service Programs (campus-wide volunteer management)

Sample of an Organizational Structure

Center Director (manages Center & oversees Bonner Program)

VISTAs (training, enrichment, community partnerships)

Other Center Staff (manage other programs)

Senior Intern(s) (training, enrichment, community partnerships)

Bonner Congress Reps (Foundation link, student voice, special projects)

Bonner Student Leadership Team (class reps, committees, community fund)

Site/Project Coordinators (campus-wide volunteer management)

Bonner Coordinator (manages Bonner Program)

Established Program: Continues to Build Staff

Bonner Program Director (overall management)

Bonner Scholars & Leaders (20-100 students — 2 serve as Congress Reps)

Other Campus Faculty/Staff (engaged in community service learning)

Center Director (manages Center & oversees Bonner Program)

VISTAs in management roles (training, enrichment, community partnerships)

Service Learning/CBR Staff (supporting academically-based service)

Community Work-Study Programs (i.e., America Reads, 1-2 year commitments by student)

Site/Project Leaders (for teams of students at 6-15 sites or clusters)

Other Student Service Projects/Clubs (1x or occasional service projects)

Student Roles

Student Roles

• Senior Intern(s)—training, site liaison, administration

• Congress Representatives—two student leaders with a big idea project

• Bonner Leadership Team & committees—class meetings, projects, community fund

• Bonner student liaison with campus-wide student leadership structure

Bonner Interns

Who?• 1 - 4 motivated students, mostly rising Seniors or Juniors, who serve

in key program management roles

• Primary placement for 10 hours/week is with Bonner Program

• Have demonstrated and developed leadership qualities throughout program (or on campus for new programs)

How to pick?• Identify students who have strong understanding of Bonner

Program and/or how service is organized on your campus

• Groom students in junior year (or before)

• some Senior Interns start in the summer before their year

What they do?• Coordinate the Bonner Leadership Team (students)

• Organize and help lead meetings, training, & enrichment activities

• Help manage service sites, serving as a liaison

• Help manage BWBRS

When and& Where? • Senior Interns have track at Summer Leadership Institute

• Many also were Congress Reps or attend Congress

Bonner Interns Training & Support

• Every summer and through online connections

• intensive training

• program management

• how to lead your peers

• how to design and lead workshops

• download and use the Senior Intern Handbook

Bonner Congress

Who?• Two motivated students who show leadership potential and a

desire to improve your program, school, and community

• Willing to communicate with peers, the Foundation, and other schools

• Will make a commitment above and beyond their regular service hours

How to pick?• Educate yourself and prospective students on the role

• Work with students to identify idea for their Congress Proposal

• Create a process that includes student voice (voting, presentations, nomination committee) and administrator input

What they do?• Design & implement a plan for a big idea to build or strengthen

their Bonner Program, campus, or community

• Collaborate with other Reps and learn from other campus programs

• Attend two meetings annually

When and Where? • Online (emails, Bonner Congress Group, Wiki)

• Fall Meeting and track at Summer Leadership Institute

Bonner Congress - Big Idea Project

• Their role is to Represent, Build, Lead

• They identify a project for strengthening:

• community impact • student development • campus-wide culture

!• Start-up can be the Big

Idea project

Bonner Congress Meetings

• Every fall and summer

• inspiring learning

• national networking

• connect with national and international partners

• attend workshops

• engage in visioning, planning and sharing best practices

Other Student Leadership Roles

Site or Issue Team Leader

• Manage a team of students who work at same service site or with a similar issue (i.e. homelessness)

• Issue-based research • Help set goals and create long-range plans • Recruit volunteers and coordinate projects

Class Reps• Represent class on the Bonner Leadership Team • Familiarity with the student development model • Assist with cohort/class meetings (training,

reflection)

Committees• Examples include: ★Bonner Love (community building) ★Community Fund ★Campus-wide Initiatives

Questions? Considerations?