Overview for how you can staff your Bonner Program, shared at the 2018 New Bonner Directors and Coordinators Orientation.

1. Staffing Your Bonner Program

2. What We’ll Cover
• Bonner Program Staffing Standards
• Staff Roles
• Campus-Wide Center for Civic Engagement
• Organizational Charts

3. Bonner Program
Staffing Standards

4. Staffing Standards
• 40 students: to 1 staff
• During Bonner Program 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)

5. Bonner Wiki: Bonner Program Staffing

6. Bonner Director
• Oversees the operations of the
civic engagement center and
Bonner program
• Serves as a key advocate and
leader for community and civic
engagement on campus
• Supervises and provides support
to the Bonner Coordinator and
other Center staff
• Often plays a central role in
promoting academic connections

7. Bonner Coordinator
• Designs, facilitates, and assesses the
education, structure, and
programming for Bonner Program
• Provides ongoing mentorship and
support to Bonner students
• Monitors Bonners’ performance
and completion of hours and
expectations
• Manages all components, including
recruitment and selection
• Manages sites and positions

8. Student
Leadership Roles

9. Bonner Senior Interns
Who?
• 1 - 4 motivated students, mostly rising Seniors or Juniors, who
serve in key program management roles
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)
What they do?
• Coordinate the Bonner Leadership Team (BLT) and students
• Organize and help lead meetings and training & enrichment
activities
• Help manage service sites, serving as a liaison
• Help manage BWBRS
When/Where?
• Senior Interns have a track at Summer Leadership Institute
• Many also were Congress Reps or attend Congress

10. Senior Intern Training
• Every summer and through
online connections
• Intensive training in:
‣ Program management
‣ Peer leadership
‣ How to design and facilitate
workshops
• See Senior Intern Handbook

11. Bonner Wiki: Bonner Senior Interns

12. Bonner Leadership Team (BLT)
Who?
• Student leaders who assist in the governance and visioning of
a Bonner Program on campus
How to pick?
• Determine the purpose of the team
• Decide where student voice is at the forefront of achieving
Bonner Program goals
• Select or elect students to serve on the BLT
What they do?
• Dependent on each school’s specific needs
• Serve as student leaders and help guide the Bonner Program
in specific roles
When&/Where?
• Bonner Congress
• Bonner Summer Leadership Institute

13. BLT Structures: Sample Structures
Class Based Roles
Committee Based Roles
Chair Based Roles
Family Based Roles

14. BLT Selection
• Early application process
(early spring)
‣ Written application
‣ Interview
• Selection approaches:
‣ Voting
‣ Internal Appointment
‣ Combination

15. BLT Training
• Orientation
• Strengths Assignment
• Team Building
• Skill Development
• Facilitation
• Meeting Design

16. Bonner Wiki: Bonner Leadership Team

17. Bonner Congress

18. Bonner Congress
Who?
• Two motivated students from BLT who show leadership and
desire to strengthen program, school, and community
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 an ideas to action project to build
or strengthen their Bonner Program, campus, or community
• Attend two meetings annually
• Provide student voice and perspective to the Bonner Foundation
When/Where?
• Online (emails, Bonner Congress Group, Wiki)
• Fall Meeting and track at Summer Leadership Institute

19. 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

20. Bonner Wiki: Bonner Congress

21. Campus-Wide
Center for Civic
Engagement

22. Start-Up Model
• 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 with two serving as Congress Reps)
Other Campus Faculty and Staff
(engaged in community service learning)
Site/Project Leaders
(campus-wide volunteer management)

23. Intermediate Size Center
Bonner Program Director
(overall management)
Other Campus Faculty and Staff
(engaged in community service learning)
Center Director
(manages Center & oversees Bonner Program)
VISTA(s)
(training, enrichment, community
partnerships)
Site/Project Leaders
(for teams of students at 6-15 sites)
Bonner Senior Intern(s)
(training, enrichment, community partnerships)
Bonner Congress Reps
(Foundation link, student voice, special projects)
Bonner Leadership Team
(class reps, committees, community fund)

24. Established Center
Service Learning Staff
(supporting academically-based service)
Community Service Federal Work-Study
Program
Other Student Service Clubs
(1x or occasional service projects)
Bonner Program Director
(overall management)
Other Campus Faculty and Staff
(engaged in community service learning)
Center Director
(manages Center & oversees Bonner Program)
VISTA(s)
(training, enrichment, community partnerships)
Site/Project Leaders
(for teams of students at 6-15 sites or clusters)
Bonner Senior Intern(s)
(training, enrichment, community partnerships)
Bonner Congress Reps
(Foundation link, student voice, special
Bonner Leadership Team
(class reps, committees, community fund)

25. Bonner Wiki: Campus Wide Centers

26. Centers in
Bonner Network

27. Assistant Dean of Civic
Engagement
Assistant Director of
UCARE
Administrative
Lead Fellow
Communications
Fellow
External
Outreach
Fellow
(Community
Partners)
Internal
Outreach
Fellow
(Ursinus Partners)
Major Events
Fellow

28. Advisor
Student
Coordinator
Student
Coordinator
Alt Breaks Co-
Directors
Community
Co-Directors
Director of
Communication
Events Co-
Directors
Public
Relations Co-
Directors
Committee
Chairpersons
Committee
Chairpersons
Desk
Attendants
Committee
Chairpersons
Committee
Chairpersons

29. Center Director
Center Assistant
Director
Scholar in
Residence
Service Learning
Coordinator
Volunteer Resource
Coordinator
MSU StudentsSite Coordinators
AmeriCorps
Members
Project
Coordinator

30. Director of
Programs
Director of
Academic
Integration
Assistant Director,
Faculty Development,
Dake Program, CETL
VISTA Fellow,
Community
Policy Institute
VISTA
Leader
VISTA
Leader VISTA
Leader
(HUD)
Assistant Director,
Bonner Program,
Global Service
Internship
Assistant Director,
Quality Assurance,
Summer Service
Scholars
Assistant Director,
Postgrad Programs
(VISTA, Dake)
Coordinator of
NEXT Consulting
Program
Coordinator of
Community
Partnerships and
Communications
Office
Assistant
Coordinator,
VISTA HUD
ConnectHome
Bonner Student
Leadership

31. Assistant Vice President Community
Initiatives and Center (CCE)
CCE Director
Assistant
Director,
Community
Relationships
Associate Director,
Community
Engaged Learning
Associate
Director,
Operations
Associate Director
Student
Engagement & BSP
Director
Admin
Coordinator,
CCE
Program
Coordinator,
Community
Engaged
Learning
Admin
Specialist &
Data Reporting
Analyst
Director,
K-12
Associate Director,
Community
Relationships &
URD
Assistant Director,
Student
Engagement & BSP
Program Manager,
Student
Engagement & BSP
Admin Coordinator,
Student
Engagement & BSP
CCE Fellow,
Student
Engagement
Assistant Director,
CCE
Communications
& URD
Admin
Coordinator,
Community
Relationships &
URD
CCE Fellow,
URD Catalyst,
Community Relationships &
Community Engaged Learning
Bonner Student
Leadership Team

32. Sharing in the Room
• Guest presenters
• National Bonner Interns & Staff
• Participants

33. Suggested Exercises
• Map your current Center structure
• What is the story of your Center? How
did you get here?
• What infrastructure must you improve?

34. 1. Ensure your school is meeting the staffing requirements. If you are not, invite
Foundation Staff for Alignment Visit and engage senior leaders in dialogue with
Foundation Leadership.
2. Review resources and determine the best structure and composition for your
Bonner Leadership Team. We recommend the size should be 15-20% of your
total Bonners (i.e., 12 for a 60 person program; 4 people for a start-up of 20).
3. Personally recruit Senior Interns and Congress Reps for talent and diversity.
4. Examine your site structure also and engage Site / Issue Leaders.
5. Train student leaders in core skills using available workshops.
6. Review Self-Assessment Tool to gauge current level & functioning of your center.
7. Do recommended exercises to identify goals and areas to improve.
8. Work with Foundation staff to identify models and resources.
To Do Checklist (p. 31 in Handbook)