This presentation includes the following topics: Program Start-up: Working with Financial Aid office, Setting expectations, BWBRS, program visibility, and staying connected

1. Bonner Program Tracking & Visibility
Bonner Network Connection & Support

2. What We’ll Cover
• Working with Financial Aid Office
• Bonner Program: Setting Expectations
• Tracking: Bonner Web-based Reporting System
• Bonner Program Visibility
• Staying Connected & Foundation Support

3. Working with
Financial Aid Office

4. Bonner Leader
Model
• Four year commitment
• Work/Service Stipend
Expected = Federal Work
Study
• Some schools include
service scholarship
• Funding summers not
required

5. Federal Work
Study
• Meet with your Financial Aid
Office to find out what the FWS
allocation is and to negotiate
how Bonners can receive slots.
• Institutions are required to use
7% of their allocation at off
campus community
organizations/sites.

6. Bonner Leader Funding Survey
Funding Level Schools Additional Notes
Less than $2,500 2 programs
1 Liberal Arts/
1 large public
Between $2,500-
$3,000
3 programs
2 Liberal Arts/
1 large public/
Tuition varies ($11K-41K)
$3,350 14 programs
Most common
(regardless of summer)
More than $3,350 11 programs
Number of students range from 8
to 93; old and new programs

7. Bonner Leader Funding
School Funding Per Student Tuition
College of Saint Benedict
$3,500 (FWS) +
$2,500 scholarship
$39,402
Montclair State University $2,575 $11,318
University of North
Carolina - Chapel Hill
$2,175 $8,340
Ursinus College $4,000 (tuition discount) $50,360
Washington and Lee
University
$3,350 +
summer award
$44,507

8. What questions do you
have about working with
the financial aid office?

9. Bonner Program
Setting Expectations

10. Keys for a Successful Year
Communicate clear
expectations through . . .
• Orientation
• Handbook
• 1-on-1 Advising
• Skill-Building &
Community-Building
Activities
Set clear expectations
for…
• Service Hours
Requirement
• Education & Training
• Leadership Roles
• Community
Partnerships

11. • History of Bonner
• Bonner Student Development
• Bonner Expectations
• Code of Conduct
• Logging Hours on BWBRS
• Leave, Probation, Dismissal Policies
• Student Profiles
• Alumni Network
Bonner Student Handbook
Bonner Program Handbook
2020-21

12. Bonner 1-on-1 Advising
• Expectation: 1-on-1 advising meeting1x per semester
to…
‣ Review Community Learning Agreement
‣ Review community partner feedback
‣ Review reflection essays
‣ Revisit the developmental framework
• Additional advising opportunities with faculty, and
community partners

13. Bonner Web-Based
Reporting System
(BWBRS)

14. •Community Learning Agreements
‣ Should be completed within one week of starting service site
‣ Adds details to the position description that describe the
measurable impact of the service
•Hour Logs
‣ Hours should be approved every two weeks.
‣ Expect an average weekly number of hours to help them meet the
minimum semester hour requirement.
•Policies for Late/Missing Hour Logs
‣ Have a written policy for handling Bonners who submit late or
missing hours (e.g., withhold stipend)
‣ Remind w/ iCalendar
BWBRS Best Practices

15. BWBRS is
your
tracking
hub!

16. • Weekly
• Enter all service and training/
meeting hours
• eSignatures by Student
• eSignatures by Site
Supervisor
Students
Log Hours
in BWBRS

18. Bonner Program
Visibility

19. What mechanism do you
have in place to document
student work & program
highlights?

20. Annual Report

21. Annual Report

22. Counting Community Engagement
Social Action 2 campaigns | 6 students | 360 hours
Capacity Building
Projects 12 projects | 27 students | 3,500 hours
Service Internships 69 students | 1,650 hours
Service Leadership 14 teams | 39 students | 2,290 hours
Regular Direct Service (Weekly) 18 teams | 55 students | 3,300 hours
1x Service Events 7 events | 450 students | 2,250 hours

26. Staying Connected

27. Networking & Support
In-Person & Online

28. Foundation Staff Support
Start-Up
‣ Bonner
Program 101
on campus
‣ Recruitment
and Selection
‣ Training
Calendar
Design
‣ Campus-
wide
Collaboration
Program
Development
‣ Service Structure
and Positions
‣ Training Calendar
and Student
Development
‣ BWBRS
Management
‣ Student Leadership
Team Retreats
‣ Faculty Trainings
Other
‣ Orientation/
Sophomore
Exchange
‣ Celebrations
‣ Check - In Visits
Strategic
Planning
‣ Intensive Visits
for 2 days
involving staff,
students, faculty,
partners, and
alums
‣ 3-5 year plans
Alignment
‣ Discrete
meetings with
President and
Senior
Administrators

29. National Meetings
2020-21 Webinar Series for:
• Bonner Student Leaders
• Bonner Administrators
• Faculty
Summer Leadership Institute
• June 9-12, 2021 — tentative dates

30. Resources
Online

34. Bonner Staff listserv

35. Social Media

40. Bonner on Facebook

41. Twitter Snapchat Instagram