Bonner Program Staffing Standards Staff Roles Bonner Director Bonner Coordinator Bonner Senior Intern Bonner Leadership Team (BLT) Bonner Congress Campus-Wide Center for Civic Engagement Organizational Charts for Centers in the Bonner Network

1. Bonner Staffing
The roles of directors,
coordinators, students, and
others

2. What We’ll Cover
•Bonner Program Staffing Standards
•Staff Roles
‣ Bonner Director
‣ Bonner Coordinator
‣ Bonner Senior Intern
‣ Bonner Leadership Team (BLT)
‣ Bonner Congress
•Campus-Wide Center for Civic Engagement
•Organizational Charts for Centers in the Bonner Network

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

7. Bonner Director
Role
• Most often also holds the role of
Director of Civic Engagement on
campus
• Oversees the operations of the
civic engagement center and
Bonner program
• Serves as a key advocate 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 service-
learning

8. Bonner
Coordinator

9. Bonner
Coordinator Role
• Designs, facilitates, and assesses
the educational model,
structure, and programming for
the Bonner Program
• Provides ongoing mentorship
and support to Bonner students
• Monitors Bonners’ completion of
hours and other necessary
reporting associated with the
program
• Manages Bonner recruitment
and selection
• Maintains community
partnerships

10. Bonner Senior
Intern(s)

11. 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

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

13. Bonner Wiki: Bonner Senior Interns

14. Bonner Leadership
Team (BLT)

15. 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

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

17. BLT Selection
• Consider size and diversity of
program
‣ minimum 75% FWS eligible
• Early application process
(early spring)
‣ Written application
‣ Interview
• Selection approaches:
‣ Voting
‣ Internal Appointment
‣ Combination

18. BLT Training
• Orientation
• Strengths
Assignment/Team
Building
• Skill Development

19. Bonner Wiki: Bonner Leadership
Team (BLT)

20. Bonner Congress

21. Bonner Congress
Who?
• Two motivated students from your BLT who show
leadership potential and a desire to improve your
program, school, and community
• Willing to serve as a liaison between peers, the
Foundation, and the Network
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
When/
Where?
• Online (emails, Bonner Congress Group, Wiki)
• Fall Meeting and track at Summer Leadership Institute

22. Ideas to Action
Project
• Their role is to represent,
build, and lead
• Ideas to Action Project
chosen from campus and/
or Bonner Program Goals
‣ Community impact
‣ Student development
‣ Campus-wide
engagement
• Bonner Program Start-up
can be the Ideas to Action
Project

23. 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

24. Bonner Wiki: Bonner Congress

25. Campus-Wide
Center for Civic
Engagement

26. 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)

27. 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 or
clusters)
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)

28. Established Center
Service Learning Staff
(supporting academically-based service)
Community Service Federal
Work-Study Program
(1-2 year commitment)
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
projects)
Bonner Leadership Team
(class reps, committees, community
fund)

29. Bonner Wiki: Campus Wide Centers

30. Centers in
Bonner Network

31. 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

32. 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

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

34. 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

35. Assistant Vice President
Community Initiatives and
Center (CCE)
CCE Director
Assistant
Director,
Community
Relationships
& URD
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
Collaborative
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

36. Exercise
• Map out your current Center for
Civic Engagement
• What is the story of your Center?
How did you get here?
• Where are you hoping to expand
or improve?