'22 NDM - Community Partnerships.pdf
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Overview of the Bonner Program's approach to community partnerships that are meaningful, developmental and impactful.
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'22 NDM - Community Partnerships.pdf
- 1. Meaningful, Developmental, Impactful Community Partnerships
- 2. What We’ll Cover • Expectations & Developmental Progression • Types of Partners & Student Roles • Managing Local Partnerships & Placement Process • Know Your Issue & Social Action • Junior/Senior Capstone Projects
- 4. • 6-9 hrs/wk of direct community engagement during school year (+ 1-2 hrs/wk of training, education & re fl ection) • Meaningful full-time internships in summer (Bonner Scholars x 2 summers required) How much service?
- 5. • Well de fi ned, multi-year, intensive, developmental opportunities • Reciprocal: Agency staff committed to student development (co-educator) What makes a good partner?
- 6. • Access to motivated, trained students serving 10 hours/ week for multiple years • Multi-level, team-oriented partnership • Serve important role as co- educators Partner view of Bonners
- 9. Developmental Progression: Example Advocacy Prepare presentation to School Board Forum Organize public forum on school breakfast Issue Brief School breakfast program Research School breakfast participation; Survey attitudes Training Workshops for School Garden Cooperative Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall Team Help expand to other Schools in District Regular Coach students in School Garden Club Occasional Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
- 11. Service Providers Partners (Focus) Service Provider (Individuals) Collaborative (Systems) Campaign (Policies) Student Roles Client Service Service Leadership Organization Capacity Building Advocacy Tasks tutoring, serving soup, etc. Recruiting, Training, and Supervising Volunteers 1) Event Management 2) Fundraising 3) Marketing & Communications 4) Program & Curriculum Development 5) Research 6) Technology 7) Volunteer Management System e.g., letter writing, community organizing, etc.
- 13. Capacity-Building Opportunities Implement • Volunteer Training • Volunteer Tracking • Volunteer Recognition Decide • Model Programs • Policy Options • Resources Evaluate • Program Evaluation • On-Going Data Collection & Analysis Plan • Needs & Asset Assessment • Issue Analysis
- 17. Collaboratives Partners (Focus) Service Provider (Individuals) Collaborative (Systems) Campaign (Policies) Student Roles Client Service Program Coordinator Organization Capacity Building Advocacy Tasks e.g., tutoring, serving soup, etc. Recruiting, Training, and Supervising Volunteers 1) Event Management 2) Fundraising 3) Marketing & Communications 4) Program & Curriculum Development 5) Research 6) Technology 7) Volunteer Management System e.g., letter writing, community organizing, etc.
- 18. The New Brunswick Community Food Alliance brings together city residents and youth, college students, community leaders, and local government to build a sustainable and just food system in our city. Our mission is to ensure that all New Brunswick residents have access to nutritious, safe, affordable, and culturally appropriate food at all times.
- 19. “Collaboratives”— Four Levels Cooperation Simple Coordination Moderately Complicated Collaboration Complex (technical solutions) Collective Impact Highly Complex (systems change)
- 20. Campaigns Partners (Focus) Service Provider (Individuals) Collaborative (Systems) Campaign (Policies) Student Roles Client Service Program Coordinator Organization Capacity Building Social Action Tasks e.g., tutoring, serving soup, etc. Recruiting, Training, and Supervising Volunteers 1) Event Management 2) Fundraising 3) Marketing & Communications 4) Program & Curriculum Development 5) Research 6) Technology 7) Volunteer Management System e.g., letter writing, negotiation, protests, etc.
- 22. Planning Activity Add community partners to grid
- 31. Planning Activity Add school year Capstone Planning steps to Program Management Calendar
- 32. Know Your Issue
- 33. Know Your Issue
- 35. Social Action
- 36. Social Action Course Model Campaigns launched by 9th week of semester.
- 37. • Issue Development • Leadership • Social Change Theory • Power and Recruitment • Target Analysis and Power Mapping • Campaign Plan: event planning, media outreach, evaluation • Fundraising and Negotiation • Strategy and Tactics: legislative or policy / alliance building, media & public relations, disruption, & target meetings / rallying, marching, picketing, street theater, public hearing, walkouts, occupying spaces, direct negotiation with target, lobby day, accountability session) • Group Dynamics: facilitation, decision making, con fl ict resolution Learning Goals
- 38. Resources • Textbook: Change! A Student Guide to Social Action • Teaching Guide: Change! A Guide to Teaching Social Action • Webinars (see Summer '22 Institute on Teaching Social Action)
- 39. Break
- 41. Assess Accomplishments and Partnerships Manage and Support Students Match and Prepare Students Write or Update Position & Project Descriptions Visit and Orient Partners Identify Lead Partners Partnership & Placement Process
- 43. Mapping Agencies • View proximity to Campus ✓Determine accessibility via walking, car, public transportation • Type of Agency: ✓public school ✓community group ✓government agency ✓coalition or collaboration Identify Lead Partners Assess Accomplishments and Partnerships Manage and Support Students Match and Prepare Students Write or Update Position & Project Descriptions Visit and Orient Partners Identify Lead Partners
- 44. Developmental Level for Partners • Exploratory • Emerging • Engaged • Exemplary Identify Lead Partners Assess Accomplishments and Partnerships Manage and Support Students Match and Prepare Students Write or Update Position & Project Descriptions Visit and Orient Partners Identify Lead Partners
- 45. Features & Levels of Partnerships • Understand Bonner Developmental Model • Role as co-educator • Individual student volunteers • Designated liaison • Group or team of student volunteers • Ongoing faculty connection • Short-term service opportunities (academic or co-curricular) • Developmentally distinct positions • Regular communication • Clear multi-year partnership plan • Strategic plan (or collective impact focus)
- 46. Partner Orientation & Site Visits •Introduce Bonner Model/Expectations ✓ Intensive (8-10 hrs/week) and multi-year (2-4 years) ✓ Developmental model ✓ Partners as co-educators •Communicate Reporting Process ✓ CLAs, Hour Logs, and Service Accomplishments ✓ Calendar — school year and summer ✓ Appropriate and inappropriate service projects Visit & Orient Partners Assess Accomplishments and Partnerships Manage and Support Students Match and Prepare Students Write or Update Position & Project Descriptions Visit and Orient Partners Identify Lead Partners
- 47. Visit & Orient Partners Service Opportunities Form Assess Accomplishments and Partnerships Manage and Support Students Match and Prepare Students Write or Update Position & Project Descriptions Visit and Orient Partners Identify Lead Partners
- 51. Orienting Students to Service & Sites • An orientation to prepare and educate students in: ✓Philosophy of reciprocal community partnerships ✓Background on local community ✓The Developmental Model ✓Team and Community Building Match & Prepare Students Assess Accomplishments and Partnerships Manage and Support Students Match and Prepare Students Write or Update Position & Project Descriptions Visit and Orient Partners Identify Lead Partners
- 52. Matching Students to Sites • Help students fi nd their placement through: ✓One-time service projects ✓Shadowing ✓Community partner presentations ✓Volunteer Fair ✓Site visits Match & Prepare Students Assess Accomplishments and Partnerships Manage and Support Students Match and Prepare Students Write or Update Position & Project Descriptions Visit and Orient Partners Identify Lead Partners
- 59. Managing Service Hours • Expectations foster high-quality service and accountability: ✓Community Learning Agreement ✓Hour Logs ✓Service Accomplishments ✓Re fl ection and Evaluation ✓One-on-One Advising Manage & Support Students Assess Accomplishments and Partnerships Manage and Support Students Match and Prepare Students Write or Update Position & Project Descriptions Visit and Orient Partners Identify Lead Partners
- 60. Writing a Good Community Learning Agreement • Starting with a strong position descriptions yields a stronger CLA • Student can inherit position description • Add Service Objective(s) • Add Learning Goals Manage & Support Students Assess Accomplishments and Partnerships Manage and Support Students Match and Prepare Students Write or Update Position & Project Descriptions Visit and Orient Partners Identify Lead Partners
- 61. Entering Hour Logs in BWBRS • Weekly • Enter all service and training/ meeting hours • eSignatures by Student • eSignatures by Site Supervisor Assess Accomplishments and Partnerships Manage and Support Students Match and Prepare Students Write or Update Position & Project Descriptions Visit and Orient Partners Identify Lead Partners Manage & Support Students
- 62. Assess Accomplishments & Partnerships Entering a Service Accomplishment in BWBRS • Each Bonner submits service accomplishments at the end of each semester • Compare to service objectives in Community Learning Agreement (CLA) • Used in 1:1 re fl ection with students Assess Accomplishments and Partnerships Manage and Support Students Match and Prepare Students Write or Update Position & Project Descriptions Visit and Orient Partners Identify Lead Partners
- 64. Activity Add school year planning steps to Program Management Calendar
- 65. School Year Service Calendar Planning 1) Identify Lead Partners 2) Visit Partners 3) Host a Partner Orientation 4) Collect position & project descriptions 5) Add position & projects to online tracking 6) Host opportunities fair 7) Organize partner tour 8) Con fi rm student matches 9) Approve Community Learning Agreements 10) Survey partners on Fall experience 11) Survey partners on Spring experience 12) Survey partners on Summer experience
- 67. Summer Service: Expectations •Bonner Scholars ✓ At least two Summer of Service of 280 hours and minimum of 7 weeks each •Bonner Leaders ✓ Strongly encouraged (some programs will require and fi nd additional funds)
- 68. School Year + Summer
- 69. Summer Service: Types of Placements First Summer Close to home or school, commuting to familiar site Second Summer More intensive, perhaps living in a new area Third Summer Making career connections, potentially going abroad Summer Service: Developmental Placements
- 70. Jan/Feb Summer Service Packet handed out; Bonners research on site options, discuss interests in one-on-one meetings March/Apr • Summer Service Application due • Bonner Coordinator contacts summer service sites to con fi rm placement May • Bonner Scholar Summer Earning Stipends disbursed June • Summer CLAs due August • Summer Hour Logs/Site Evaluations due September • Bonner Scholar Summer Service Earning Stipends disbursed • Discuss summer service experience in fi rst class or monthly meeting • Add new service sites and student re fl ections to the Summer Service Binder Summer Service Timeline
- 71. • Site Approval Form - Part I: Summer Service Information Sheet - Part II: Summer Site Validation Checklist - Part III: Summer Service Placement Application • Site Evaluation Form • Re fl ection Guide Summer Service: Sample Forms
- 72. Summer Service: Managing Students • Community Learning Agreements ✓Students describe their speci fi c position activities for that particular term ✓Also used for summer placements • E-Signatures ✓A web-based method for site supervisors, campus administrators, and Foundation staff to review and approve student hours • Creating Partner Evaluation Forms ✓Measure the partnership over the summer, great for assessment and setting expectations for next summer’s placement
- 73. Activity Add summer planning steps to Program Management Calendar
- 74. Summer Service Calendar Planning 1) Discuss Summer Service expectation 2) Start discussing Summer Interests 3) Summer Service Application Due 4) Summer Placement Con fi rmation 5) Summer CLAs due 6) Summer Site Evaluations due 7) Discuss Summer experience