This document provides guidance for coordinators on planning and managing summer service internships for Bonner Scholars. It discusses establishing full-time summer placements of 7-10 weeks in length and ensuring students complete at least two summer internships. Coordinators are advised to plan timelines, use forms to approve sites and evaluate placements, and facilitate student reflections on their summer experiences. Resources like alumni networks and career services can support meaningful educational experiences for interns.

1. Placing Your Students in
Summer of Service
Internships
Creating a developmental
summer experience for your
Bonners

2. • Description
• Planning
• Management
• Capturing the Summer
• Resources
• Other Summer of Service
Models
• Reflections
What We’ll Cover

3. Description

4. Summer Service
Description
• Full-time
• At least seven (7) weeks
• 280 hours (300 hours for
AmeriCorps)
• Include financial
compensation (stipend,
Education Award, etc).
Summer placements are;

5. Summer Service Expectations
• Bonner Scholars
• Required to do at least two
Summer of Service
• Bonner Leaders
• Summer of Service strongly
encouraged (some
programs will require; find
additional funds)

6. 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 of Service- Types of Placements

7. Summer Service:
How it Fits in with Student Development
•Continuing service and development beyond
school year
•Serving in a full-time capacity
• Skill-building
- Personal: Reflection, Goal Setting, Time Management
- Leadership: Working with Diverse Groups, Teamwork
- Professional: Networking, Resume-Building, Career Connections

8. Summer Service:
Potential for Life
Changing Experience
• Local, national,
and international
experiences
• Networking
• Career building
• Skill-building

9. Planning

10. Summer of Service
How to Plan for the Summer Timeline
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 confirm
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 first class or monthly
meeting
• Add new service sites and student reflections to the Summer
Service Binder

11. Summer of Service
Sample Forms
Site Approval Form
- Part I: Summer Service Information Sheet
- Part II: Summer Site Validation Checklist
- Part III: Summer Service Placement
Application
Site Evaluation Form
Reflection Guide

12. Summer Transition Procedure
‣ Enter Future Semester Start Dates
‣ Enter Partners, Position Descriptions, and
T&raining and Enrichments for the Summer
‣ Schedule a call with Foundation staff
The Bonner Web-Based Reporting System (BWBRS) system enables us
to get a sense of community partners in our network, the intensity and
variety of Bonner student placements, and the types of training and
enrichment activities that enhance students' service and learning goals
You will want to make sure the following steps happen before your
students leave for their summer of service internships.

13. Management

14. Managing Your Summer
Community Learning Agreements
CLAs are written by the student to describe their specific position activities for that
particular term
As a coordinator you want to make sure that this completed by each student who has a summer
placement
E-Signatures
An electronic method for site supervisors, campus administrators, and
Foundation staff to review and approve student hours
As a coordinator you will need to ensure that all site supervisors are set up to review and approve
student hours
Creating Partner Evaluation Forms
Document used to measure the partnership over the summer, great for
assessment and setting expectations for next summer’s placement

15. Capturing the Summer

16. Summer of Service
Student Reflections
• Reflections
• All-Bonner: bridging summer
service experiences with
advocacy and awareness in
campus and community
• Class-Based: conversations
relative to their place in the
student development model
• One-on-One: mapping out
how to connect their
summer service to their
traditional service site and
relevant training &
enrichment opportunities

17. Resources

18. Summer of Service
Bonner Partner Wiki Page

19. Summer of Service
Idealist.org - Resources

20. Summer of Service
Your School Career Services

21. Other Summer of Service Models

22. Bonner Summer
Fellowship Program
Pilot in 2012,
Expand in 2013

23. From Passion to
Profession
create a professional and collaborative network
for students , alumni, and participating
nonprofits;
leverage the knowledge, skills, and resources of
our alumni network in the personal and
professional development of our current students;
provide a capstone opportunity for our network’s
most talented students and a pipeline for partner
organizations; and
serve as a model for high-level public service
fellowships across our network.
The Bonner Fellowship Program
places Bonner Students in summer
internships with national partner
organizations and alumni with the
mission to:

24. Summer Fellowship
Cities 2013

25. Lessons Learned for a
Successful Summer
• As you think about
building the summer of
service experience for
your students consider the
two elements:
‣Bonner Alumni Support
‣Meaningful Educational
Support

26. Bonner Alumni Support
With more than 6,000 graduates of the program, this
initiative wants to leverage the knowledge and expertise
of alums to become a resource to current students.
Mobilizing Alumni Support
First, start with the alumni database and look
for alumni who currently live in your city. You can
connect with your Alumni Office on campus for
a complete list
Second, use social network websites like
LinkedIn and Facebook where a large volume of
our alumni are active to spread the word
Third, connect with Foundation staff for any
additional alumni lists

27. Creating Meaningful Educational Support
These opportunities are structured for fellows to continue on
with their learning that expands past the academic calendar.
Building and broadening Fellows’ perspective of their
eco-social context, inspire civic engagement, develop
leadership potential.
Best Practices To Consider:
Formulate, a training sequence where you
seek the expertise of community partners,
students, or alumni to help facilitate
Develop, innovative small group projects with
a focus on your local areas most pressing
issues to provide further awareness
Organize, weekly or bi-weekly social gathers
with a reflection component

28. Questions and Reflections

29. The Philadelphia Center provides experiential education
programs for undergraduate students that put into
practice the liberal arts mission by integrating
multidisciplinary seminars, comprehensive advising, and
substantial internship opportunities in the context of an
urban environment.
The Philadelphia Center
Michael Edmondson
Rosina Miller