Building Exploratory and Established Community Partnerships: Strategies for Starting Strong
1. BUILDING EXPLORATORY AND ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS: STRATEGIES FOR STARTING STRONG
Fall Director’s and Coordinator’s Meeting 2015
2. OBJECTIVES
➤ SHARE meaningful partner experiences
➤ UPLIFT the best practices for partnership
development
➤ STRATEGIZE approaches to common challenges
in partnership development
3. SHARE
What was your favorite experience with a
community partner? What about that
relationship made you feel supported?
4. Take a few moments to
categorize each of your
primary partnerships into
their current level of
engagement.
7. Mapping Agencies
Proximity to Campus
Accessibility by walking, car,
public transportation
Type of Agency:
➤ public school
➤ community group
➤ government agency
➤ coalition or collaboration
Collect
Accomplishments
Support
Students
Recruit
Students
Write Position
Descriptions
Collect
Opportunities
Meet with
Partners
PLACEMENT PROCESS
8. Selecting Lead Bonner
Partners
➤ Location
➤ Issues and Need
➤ Strong Agencies
Collect
Accomplishments
Support
Students
Recruit
Students
Write Position
Descriptions
Collect
Opportunities
Meet with
Partners
PLACEMENT PROCESS
9. Partner Orientation & Site Visits
Introduce Bonner Model/Expectations
âś“ Intensive (8-10 hrs/week) and multi-year (2-4 years)
âś“ Developmental model
âś“ Partners as co-educators
Communicate Reporting Process
âś“ CLAs, Hour Logs, and Service Accomplishments
✓ Calendar — school year and summer
âś“ Appropriate and inappropriate service projects
Collect
Accomplishments
Support
Students
Recruit
Students
Write Position
Descriptions
Collect
Opportunities
Meet with
Partners
PLACEMENT PROCESS
10. Identify Issues
& Interests
➤ Pressing local
community issues
➤ Current areas of
engagement
Collect
Accomplishments
Support
Students
Recruit
Students
Write Position
Descriptions
Collect
Opportunities
Meet with
Partners
Placement Process
12. Placement Types
➤ One Time / Short-term
Projects
➤ Regular Direct Service
Placements
➤ Site/Issue Based Team (of (3+
Volunteers)
➤ Summer Internships
Collect
Accomplishments
Support
Students
Recruit
Students
Write Position
Descriptions
Collect
Opportunities
Meet with
Partners
PLACEMENT PROCESS
13. ➤ Develop with partner
➤ Statement about program
➤ Statement about the work
involved, including intended
benefits)
➤ Clear and Concise
Writing Good Position
Descriptions
Collect
Accomplishments
Support
Students
Recruit
Students
Write Position
Descriptions
Collect
Opportunities
Meet with
Partners
PLACEMENT PROCESS
14. Orienting Students to
Service & Sites
Orientation prepares and
educates students in:
➤ Philosophy of reciprocal community
partnerships
➤ Background on local community
➤ The Developmental Model
➤ Team and Community Building
Collect
Accomplishments
Support
Students
Recruit
Students
Write Position
Descriptions
Collect
Opportunities
Meet with
Partners
PLACEMENT PROCESS
15. Matching Students to Sites
Help students find their
placement through:
➤ One-time service projects
➤ Shadowing
➤ Community partner presentations
➤ Volunteer Fair
➤ Site visits
Collect
Accomplishments
Support
Students
Recruit
Students
Write Position
Descriptions
Collect
Opportunities
Meet with
Partners
PLACEMENT PROCESS
16. Managing Student Service Hours
Expectations foster high-quality
service and accountability:
➤ Community Learning Agreement
➤ Hour Logs
➤ Service Accomplishments
➤ Reflection and Evaluation
➤ One-on-One Advising
Collect
Accomplishments
Support
Students
Recruit
Students
Write Position
Descriptions
Collect
Opportunities
Meet with
Partners
PLACEMENT PROCESS
17. Writing a Good Community
Learning Agreement (CLA)
➤ Starting with a strong position
descriptions yields a stronger
CLA
➤ Student can inherited position
descriptions
➤ Adds Service Objective(s)
➤ Add Learning Goals
Collect
Accomplishments
Support
Students
Recruit
Students
Write Position
Descriptions
Collect
Opportunities
Meet with
Partners
Collect
Accomplishments
Support
Students
Recruit
Students
Write Position
Descriptions
Collect
Opportunities
Meet with
Partners
PLACEMENT PROCESS
19. SCENARIOS
➤ Divide into 2 groups
(Community Partner and
Bonner Program)
➤ Read the scenario
➤ As a group, answer the
following questions.
1. What do you need to
know before walking into
the meeting?
2. What is your agenda?
3. What do you hope to gain
from this meeting?