This document discusses tools for student advising and program management using the BonnerWorks Backbone Reporting System (BWBRS). It outlines how BWBRS can be used to [1] establish clear standards and expectations for students through guidelines, contracts, and community learning agreements; [2] track student progress and enforce policies through features like logging hours, activities, and accomplishments; and [3] provide different access roles for administrators, students, and service partners. BWBRS allows balancing results, processes, and relationships for effective student advising and accountability.

1. Accountability
Tools for Student
Advising and Program
Management

2. Text
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3. What We’ll Cover
• The Ingredients you need
• BWBRS is your friend
• Clear Standards to Succeed
• Clear Repercussions
• Bridges out
• Exceptions

4. Results Process Relationships
Ingredients
You Need
Balancing 3
dimensions

5. Students make
mistakes. What
system will help
them best fix
those mistakes?
Systems for
Personal
Accountabilit

6. Clear
Standards
to
• Printed guidelines
and expectations
• Have students
review and sign a
contract or
agreement.

7. Sample Expectations
The Bonner Program is rooted in relationship
– whether it’s peer-to-peer or out in the
community. Bonner is not just about
completing hours and your commitment to
the program should reflect that. Bonner
Scholars are expected to:
• Engage in dialogue and activities during class
meetings and retreats
• Demonstrate respect for the opinions and
cultures of others
• Ask questions when you need help and meet
with Bonner staff in a timely manner about any
issues or concerns
• Meet deadlines for documentation, including
CLAs and hour logs
• Support and encourage fellow Bonners

8. Enforced Policies
Community Learning Agreementsshould be
turned in within one week of starting their site.
Weekly/Monthly Hour Logs: Students should be
expected to complete an average weekly and monthly total of
hours. If students fall behind this guideline, you should ask to
meet with them.
Policies for Late/Missing Hour Logs: Have
a written policy for handling students who submit late or missing
hours.

9. Training and Logging Hours
Train students to write effective CLAs (or
update their positions) and use BWBRS. This should take place at the beginning
of the program/semester. Some do it during Orientation, but it is helpful to do it
when the student can actually log on!
Use “Making CLA’s Great” and the sample one-pagers
Students should be asked to log hours on
a consistent basis — weekly!
This will get students in a habit of logging hours and will start a productive
pattern.

10. BWBR
S is
your
friend!
1. Admin Accounts
2. Student Accounts
3. Partner Accounts
4. Track Service Activities
5. Track Accomplishments
6. Track AmeriCorps

11. Administrat
or Accounts
Set log-in email
Set notification roles

12. 1. Reset password
2. BWBRS notification
frequency
Settings for
All Accounts

13. Stude
nt
List
You’ll maintain
your student
list here

14. The Student Profiles
have four main tabs::
1. GENERAL
2. CONTACT
3. DOCUMENTATION
4. ENROLLMENT
Stude
nt

15. Partner
&
Position
ListYou’ll maintain
a profile of
all your
service
partners here

16. Each partner
has its own
description.
Partner
Profiles

17. Each position has
its own
description.
Position
Profiles

18. Site coordinators can be
assigned to positions with
login access to approve
hour logs....
eSignature
Access for
Site

19. Each semester students
create a CLA for their
primary service site.
Student
Community
Learning
Agreement

20. Students record
all their service
and training
hours in BWBRS.
Student
Hour

21. Students record what they got
done through their service.
Service

22. Easily determine
how status on this
&and other reports.
Bonner
AmeriCor
ps