The document discusses staffing considerations for Bonner programs, including recommended staffing standards, roles for students and staff, and sample organizational structures. It recommends a staffing ratio of 40 students to 1 staff member and defines roles for directors, coordinators, interns, and student leaders. It also provides options for housing the program within student affairs, academic affairs, or an integrated civic engagement center.

1. The roles of directors,
Staffing Your Program coordinators, students,
and others

2. What We’ll Cover
• Staffing Standards
• Student Roles
• Considerations for where to house
• Sample Organizational Structures
• Opportunities for collaborating across campus

3. Staffing Standards
• 40 students: to 1 staff
• During BLP start up: clarify
roles of staff and appoint
director
• Bonner Director reports to
Senior Administrator
• Creatively leverage available
staffing (e.g., work study,
VISTAs placed with
partners)

4. Thoughts?
Dividing Staff Roles?

5. Student Roles
• Senior Intern(s)—training, site
liaison, administration
• Congress Representatives—two
student leaders with a big
idea project
• Bonner Leadership Team &
committees—class
meetings, projects,
community fund
• Bonner student liaison with
campus-wide student
leadership structure

6. Bonner Interns
• 1 - 4 motivated students, mostly rising Seniors or Juniors, who
serve in key program management roles
Who? • Primary placement for 10 hours/week is with Bonner Program
• Have demonstrated and developed leadership qualities throughout
program (or on campus for new programs)
• Identify students who have strong understanding of
Bonner Program and/or how service is organized on your campus
How to pick? • Groom students in junior year (or before)
• some Senior Interns start in the summer before their year
• Coordinate the Bonner Leadership Team (students)
• Organize and help lead meetings, training, & enrichment activities
What they do? • Help manage service sites, serving as a liaison
• Help manage BWBRS
• Senior Interns have track at Summer Leadership Institute
When and& Where? • Many also were Congress Reps or attend Congress

7. Bonner Interns
Training & Support
• Every summer and through
online connections
• intensive training
• program management
• how to lead your peers
• how to design and lead
workshops
• download and use the
Senior Intern Handbook

8. Bonner Congress
• Two motivated students who show leadership potential and a
desire to improve your program, school, and community
Who? • Willing to communicate with peers, the Foundation, and other schools
• Will make a commitment above and beyond their regular service hours
• Educate yourself and prospective students on the role
• Work with students to identify idea for their Congress Proposal
How to pick? • Create a process that includes student voice (voting,
presentations, nomination committee) and administrator input
• Design & implement a plan for a big idea to build or strengthen
their Bonner Program, campus, or community
What they do? • Collaborate with other Reps and learn from other campus
programs
• Attend two meetings annually
• Online (emails, Bonner Congress Group, Wiki)
When and Where? • Fall Meeting and track at Summer Leadership Institute

9. Bonner Congress - Big Idea Project
• Their role is to
Represent, Build, Lead
• They identify a
project for
strengthening:
• community impact
• student development
• campus-wide culture
• Start-up can be the
Big Idea project

10. Bonner Congress
Meetings
• Every fall and summer
• inspiring learning
• national networking
• connect with national and
international partners
• attend workshops
• engage in visioning, planning
and sharing best practices

11. Other Student Leadership Roles
• Manage a team of students who work at same
Site or Issue service site or with a similar issue (i.e. homelessness)
• Issue-based research
Team Leader • Help set goals and create long-range plans
• Recruit volunteers and coordinate projects
• Represent class on the Bonner Leadership Team
• Familiarity with the student development model
Class Reps • Assist with cohort/class meetings (training,
reflection)
• Examples include:
★ Bonner Love (community building)
Committees ★ Community Fund
★ Campus-wide Initiatives

12. When looking where
to house consider
• Access to resources
• Visibility and location
• Access to students
• Access and status with
faculty
• Institutional respect
• The potential for building
a culture of service

13. Some Governance Considerations
Strengths Concerns Other
Fit with broader departmental Fails to become integrated at the
Many campuses have started from
Student Affairs mission; student-led programs; institution’s core; lack of curricular
this vantage point
larger scale change; co-curricular devaluation
May build around the capacities of
Service can be episodic if only tied Having program under Academic
faculty & students and, with care,
Academic Affairs meet more complex community
to courses; lack of student voice Affairs does not guarantee
and leadership; staff driven curricular change
desires
Student & Academic
Campus can provide a broader
Affairs range of student & faculty
Lack of coordination can lead to This strategy may be equally
frustration; students often left to effective; it largely depends on the
involvement and types of civic
(separate but engagement
navigate options on their own leadership & resources
coordinated)
Integrated Center
Leverages resources from & Coordination and decision-making
Many established campuses seem
(‘hub’ where curricular & change within curricular and co- may involve more time & people;
to be moving here, but it requires
curricular; high potential for can end up with building but no
co-curricular are campus-wide institutionalization vision or plan
real negotiations around power
combined)

14. Questions?
Considerations?

15. Sample of an Organizational Structure
Center Director
(manages Center & oversees Bonner Program)
Bonner Coordinator Other Center Staff
(manages Bonner Program) (manage other programs)
VISTAs
(training, enrichment, community partnerships)
Senior Intern(s) Site/Project Coordinators
(training, enrichment, community partnerships) (campus-wide volunteer management)
Bonner Student Leadership Team Bonner Congress Reps
(class reps, committees, community fund) (Foundation link, student voice, special projects)

16. Start-Up Model: Grow Over Time
- Bonner Program director may wear multiple hats
- Begin with 5-10 students (usually freshmen with some upper
class student leaders)
- Progressively add more students each year (by class)
- Link with campus-wide service programs from outset (for
events, projects)
Bonner Program Director Other Campus Faculty/Staff
(manages Bonner Program) (engaged in community service learning)
Bonner Leaders Student Service Programs
(5-10 students — 2 serve as Congress Reps) (campus-wide volunteer management)

17. Established Program:
Continues to Build Staff
Center Director
(manages Center & oversees Bonner Program)
Bonner Program Director Other Campus Faculty/Staff
(overall management) (engaged in community service learning)
VISTAs in management roles Service Learning/CBR Staff
(training, enrichment, community partnerships) (supporting academically-based service)
Site/Project Leaders Community Work-Study Programs
(for teams of students at 6-15 sites or clusters) (i.e., America Reads, 1-2 year commitments by student)
Bonner Scholars & Leaders Other Student Service Projects/Clubs
(20-100 students — 2 serve as Congress Reps) (1x or occasional service projects)

18. Sample Campus: Rider University
President
Dean of Students
(Dr. Anthony Campbell)
Administrative Director of Campus Life
Assistant (Dave Keenan)
(Vickie Mclaughlin)
Assistant Director of Campus Life
(Annie Pasqua)
Coordinator of Community House /
Bonner Senior Intern Urban Education Coordinator / FT
House Director
AmeriCorps Member
(Jane Sanchez)
Bonner Leadership Team
(2 Freshmen, 2 Sophomores, 2 Juniors, 2 Seniors)
Site-Based Team Site-Based Team Site-Based Team Site-Based Team Site-Based Team
Site-Based Team Site-Based Team Site-Based Team Site-Based Team

19. Opportunities to Collaborate
Academic
Student Life/Affairs Admissions
Shared training; calendar; student Departments
recruitment, selection, diversity CBR, PolicyOptions.org, courses,
groups
minor, High-Impact Initiative
Leverage the Bonner
Career Services Chaplain/Religious
career advising, fairs, trainings,
Program to build Life
nonprofit career exploration,
internships
campus-wide vocation; advising; enrichment
workshops
culture
Multicultural International Public Relations/IT
Affairs Affairs Department
diversity, training, recruitment,
study abroad, trips, internships media, news, website
community relations

20. Strategies for Collaboration?

21. Key Factors for Institutional Support
• Access to and stated support of senior
leadership
• Financial support (i.e., work study, stipends)
for students to engage in service
• Visibility in online and written communications
(from recruiting to alumni news)
• Faculty engagement and curricular links
• Lived mission, strategic plans, and budget
that reflects community engagement priorities

22. Recommendations for Building Support
• Strategically build your team—starting with
students
• Creatively consider new programs—from more
Federal Work Study placements to partnering
with national organizations
• Integrate, integrate, integrate
• Communicate frequently, positively, and
strategically with those above you—manage
up
• Build a core constituency on and off campus

23. What else?