The document outlines the planning and management of summer service internships for Bonner Scholars and Leaders, emphasizing the importance of service experiences in student development and career building. It details types of placements, application timelines, and the necessary steps for ensuring successful summer service projects. Additionally, it provides resources for students to reflect on their experiences and connect them to their academic and career goals.

1. Formative Experiences:
Summer Service
Internships
Developmental summer
experiences for your Bonners

2. • Description
• Planning
• Management
• Capturing the Summer Learning
• Resources
• Reflections
What We’ll Cover

3. Description

4. Summer Service
Description
• Full-time
• At least seven (7) weeks
• 280 hours (300 hours
for AmeriCorps)
• May include financial
compensation
• Develop social capital
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
• 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 Positions
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 Summer Learning

16. Summer 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