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July 2009 UpdatesBonner Weekly UpdatesCurrent Archived
The Bonner Foundation staff send an email each week to our Bonner Directors, Coordinators, Partners, etc. The purpose of the email is to keep everyone informed of important Bonner announcements as well as to send information we think might be beneficial or valued by the Network.
July 15, 2009Weekly Update July 15, 2009
[1] New Directors and Coordinators
[2] Fall Directors Meeting
[3] Reminder: Survey Request From Issue to Impact and Serve 2.0
[4] New Report — "Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education: Serving Communities, Revitalizing the Nation"
[5] Senior Intern Survey: It's not too late!
This issue and past issues of the Weekly Update are available on the Bonner Network Wiki: bonnernetwork.pbworks.com
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[1] New Directors and Coordinators
In just 2 weeks we will welcome New Directors and Coordinators to Princeton for our annual meeting. While registration is still open, all our housing spots are taken. Please see the Wiki for a list of possible hotels. If you have not yet registered, please do not delay as we need to be sure to have appropriate meeting space and adequate meals for all attendees.
If you have not received an email or phone call from Miriam Barnes or Alex Hanly confirming your registration for the New Directors Meeting and you are supposed to be there, please contact our office ASAP to secure your place.
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[2] Fall Directors Meeting
Mark your calendar for this year's Fall meeting for Bonner Program Directors and Coordinators. It will be held at the Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, NC from Sunday, November 8 to Wednesday, November 11, 2009. Please note that this is one day longer than last year. We will let you know when registration is available.
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[3] Reminder: Survey Request From Issue to Impact and Serve 2.0
Survey Request for Each Bonner Scholar/Leader Program: From Issue to Impact and Serve 2.0
Hello! Thanks to every campus who has already completed this follow-up survey on issue-based organizing and Serve 2.0. We would like to remind those campuses who haven't done so to complete the survey this week. Only one response per campus is needed!
Again, the purpose of this survey is to help the Bonner Foundation take stock of the work that has been of central focus over the past two years, as well as guide our future efforts. We want to ask about your work on two major areas:
• The Serve 2.0 Initiative — through which campuses across the Bonner Network have been experimenting with using social media tools to expand and deepen service; • The Issue to Impact Focus — through which we’ve begun organizing around issues and planning ways to implement multi-dimensional civic engagement work — including service, policy research, education, and more. In the linked survey, we want to ask each campus to share more about where you are at with these initiatives. This information will help the Bonner Foundation to better plan its future resources, meetings, planning tools, and other work. We just need ONE PERSON from each campus to complete this survey. It may be helpful if that person attended SLI (either staff or student) and also has played some role in your work with integrating web-based tools and social media. Please do so by Friday July 17th. Thanks! **********
[4] New Report — "Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education: Serving Communities, Revitalizing the Nation"
The Office of University Partnerships (OUP) in the US Department of Housing and
Urban Development announces the release of Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education: Serving Communities, Revitalizing the Nation. HUD regards minority-serving institutions as valuable partners in its efforts to empower local communities and the people who live there. OUP is proud to assist these colleges and universities in their endeavors and proud to share, through this publication, the inspiring stories of their many successes. To download this publication electronically or to learn how to request hard copies, please visit the OUP website, www.oup.org, and select this publication from the "Recently Released" section on our index page. You can also directly download the PDF at www.oup.org/files/pubs/msireport2009.pdf For additional resources about higher educational institutions as community assets, visit these pages on the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health website: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/links.html#CommPart http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/links.html#CommPartExamples **********
[5] Senior Intern Survey: It's not too late!
We have 32 of our goal of 35 senior interns completing the survey! Please encourage your senior intern to do so if they have not already!
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July 9, 2009[1] Staff Updates
[2] New Directors and Coordinators
[3] Bonner AmeriCorps Updates
[4] College Cost Reduction Access Act of 2007
[5] Survey Request for Bonner Scholar and Leader Programs
[6] Senior Intern Survey Reminder
[7] Conference Opportunities
[8] Job Opportunity
This issue and past issues of the Weekly Update are available on the Bonner Network Wiki: bonnernetwork.pbworks.com
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[1] Staff Updates
Miriam Barnes
Next Wednesday, July 15, is my (Miriam's) last day of work with the Bonner Foundation. I have had a wonderful year working with all of you, whether it was coordinating your conference details, talking with you on the phone or sending you weekly emails. It has been a joy and privilege to work with the Bonner Foundation and serve as Wayne's assistant.
Those of you at SLI hopefully had the opportunity to meet Ellen who will serve as Wayne's assistant beginning September 14. Her email address is epeltz@bonner.org. She will also be at the New Directors meeting this month. In the interim period, Alex Hanly (alex@bonner.org), will serve as Wayne's assistant and work with our AmeriCorps team. Please contact Alex should you need to speak with Wayne or schedule meetings or visits.
Again thank you for the opportunity to work together. It's great to be a member of the Bonner family. Sending you Bonner love!
High School Interns
Just when you thought we couldn't possibly have more interns, we added three!
Anahi Ruiz (aruiz@bonner.org) is an intern through the Princeton Human Services Commission Summer Youth Employment Program. She is assisting with regular office duties as well as offering her passion for film making to the Bonner Video Project and other Serve 2.0 initiatives!
Thatcher Foster and Sarah Horton are both interning with our Policy Options Initiative. Thatcher's research is in recycling, particularly in getting Princeton to meet state standards of recycling 60% of all solid waste (currently at 38.5%). Sarah is continuing research regarding the achievement gap and school readiness.
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[2] New Directors and Coordinators
If you did not receive an email from Miriam Barnes confirming your registration for the New Directors Meeting and you are supposed to be there, please contact her ASAP to secure your place (particularly housing!). Miriam can be reached at 609-924-6663 or mbarnes@bonner.org.
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[3] Bonner AmeriCorps Updates
As always, don't hesitate to contact anyone on our Bonner AmeriCorps team with your questions/concerns: Janet Ashwood, Miriam Barnes, Christen Foell, Rebecca Grinstead, Gretchen Mielke and Annie Pasqua.
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[4] College Cost Reduction Access Act of 2007
Wednesday, July 1, the Department of Education announced the availability of the Income-based Repayment Plan program, authorized by the College Cost Reduction Access Act of 2007. The Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan helps to make repaying education loans more affordable for low-income borrowers, such as an AmeriCorps member living on a stipend. IBR is one type of repayment plan that may be used to make qualifying payments in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program offers forgiveness for outstanding Federal Direct loans for those individuals who make 120 qualifying payments after October 1, 2007, while working full-time in a “public service job” as defined in the Act. The Department of Education has interpreted ‘public service job’ to include full-time service in an AmeriCorps program. For AmeriCorps members, the availability of affordable monthly payments under IBR may make the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program more accessible.
For more information on Income-based Repayment Plans, please visit the Department of Education’s website.
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[5] Survey Request for Bonner Scholar and Leader Programs
Survey Request for Each Bonner Scholar/Leader Program: From Issue to Impact and Serve 2.0
Greetings! This summer, we want to spend some time taking stock of the work that has been of central focus over the past two years, as well as redirecting energies towards refining or developing new resources. We want to ask about your work on two major areas:
• The Serve 2.0 Initiative — through which campuses across the Bonner Network have been experimenting with using social media tools to expand and deepen service; • The Issue to Impact Focus — through which we’ve begun organizing around issues and planning ways to implement multi-dimensional civic engagement work — including service, policy research, education, and more. In the linked survey, we want to ask each campus to share more about where you are at with these initiatives. This information will help the Bonner Foundation to better plan its future resources, meetings, planning tools, and other work. We just need ONE PERSON from each campus to complete this survey. It may be helpful if that person attended SLI (either staff or student) and also has played some role in your work with integrating web-based tools and social media. Please do so by Wednesday July 15th. Thanks! ***********
[6] Senior Intern Survey Reminder
Please remind your senior interns to complete the Senior Intern Survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=oH0qkfxvT8iq_2fqBPtOQ3eQ_3d_3d. Please make sure they complete it! If you think your senior intern did not receive an invitation, please contact Mike Austerlitz (mike@bonner.org) or send them the link above.
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[7] Conference Opportunities
6th Annual National Urban Service-Learning Institute
August 5-7, 2009 @ New Foundations Charter School in Philadelphia, PA
The National Urban Service-Learning Institute focuses on applying the principles of service-learning in urban environments. This event brings together community members, young people, and school leaders to discuss service-learning outreach and application techniques that help urban students achieve academic excellence and become strong community leaders. Participants have an opportunity to explore current trends and topics affecting urban communities, and to share and learn from other urban districts.
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21st Annual National Service-Learning Conference
March 24-27, 2010 in San Jose, CA
This conference is the largest gathering of youth and practitioners involved in the service-learning movement, drawing approximately 2,500 attendees from across the US and many other countries each year. Through three days of general sessions, featured forums, and service-learning projects, the conference engages participants in local, national and global issues. It provides networking opportunities with service-learning leaders through more than 150 experiential workshops, receptions and informal meetings.
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[8] Job Opportunity
Program Specialist for Save the Children
Save the Children’s work in the United States has focused on our most underserved rural communities, providing early childhood, literacy, and nutrition and physical activity programs for children in 14 states as well working with high risk states on disaster risk reduction and preparedness plans. Acting as grantor, content provider and an ongoing source of technical support, Save the Children focuses on building strategic government and community partnerships to yield scalable, replicable, accountable model sites.
Our goal is to build the capacity of local schools and community-based organizations in rural America to provide high quality early childhood development services for children from birth to five, as well as literacy and nutrition and physical activity programs for children from kindergarten through eighth grade.
Our model program approach benefits children by providing highly trained staff, new age-appropriate books, safe equipment, healthy snacks, structured physical activity, software and technology resources and structured program content to help children become stronger readers and adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Through our programs, Save the Children is providing the youngest children with a strong foundation for learning and school-aged children with the skills they need to succeed academically and live healthy, active and productive lives.
The Program Specialist is the on-the-ground Save the Children (SC) staff member providing technical and management assistance to partners to ensure the effective coordination, implementation and monitoring of literacy and nutrition and physical activity (CHANGE) programs. Under the supervision of the Associate Director of Partnership Management, and working as a team member within a regional office, the Program Specialist oversees the implementation of the integrated programming at approximately 5 to 7 partner sites. (The number of sites will vary by location and the levels of guidance and support required to partners will vary depending on the specific needs of the partner.) Specific responsibilities include coordinating with the Associate Director of Partnership Management to identify new partner sites and conduct site assessments; guiding new partners through the start-up process of the two programs; providing training and technical assistance to partners to ensure high-quality programs; monitoring partner progress and performance to ensure that they are achieving program objectives; consulting with the Associate Director of Partnership Management and Regional Support Team (RST) members such as the Nutrition and Physical Activity (NuPA) Specialists and Education Specialists, as needed, to resolve complex issues; and, ensuring compliance with subgrant terms and conditions.
We are currently sourcing candidates for Program Specialists in our Albuquerque, NM and Berea, KY offices.
For further information or to apply online, please visit our website: www.savethechildren.org To apply click on “Careers” and search under US Programs for Program Specialists.
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[1] Bonner Family Picnic on the 4th of July!
[2] Annual Reports due July 10
[3] Bonner AmeriCorps Updates
[4] New Directors Meeting
[5] Introducing the Bonner Service Abroad Handbook! We need your input!
[6] Updates to Bonner Congress Wiki
[7] Senior Intern Survey
[8] Survey Request for Bonner Scholar and Leader Programs
[9] City Year Connections?
[10] Funding for Research that Supports Social Change
[11] Job Opportunities
(1) Assistant Director/Coordinator of the Siena College Bonner Service Leaders Program
(2) AmeriCorps*VISTA Literacy Coordinator at Washburn University
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[1] Bonner Family Picnic on the 4th of July!
If you're in the area or know Bonner students or alumni who will be, please make sure they know they're invited to a Bonner Picnic this Saturday, July 4 from 4 to 8 PM at the Foundation in Princeton. RSVP or direction questions to Marisa: marisa@bonner.org
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[2] Annual Reports due July 10
Just a friendly reminder that Annual Reports are due next Friday, July 10!
The 2008-2009 Annual Report Guidelines provide campuses with an opportunity to share their work this past year, especially in ways that reflect key initiatives. We’ve continued to weave these guidelines around the Self-Assessment Tool and integrating the Serve 2.0 initiative. We also continue the use of the Bonner Network Wiki so that aspects of your Report may be shared across campuses, spreading the word about good work that has been accomplished this year.
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[3] Bonner AmeriCorps Updates
As always, don't hesitate to contact anyone on our Bonner AmeriCorps team with your questions/concerns: Janet Ashwood, Miriam Barnes, Christen Foell, Rebecca Grinstead, Gretchen Mielke and Annie Pasqua.
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[4] New Directors Meeting
Registration is still open for the New Directors and Coordinators Meeting being held in Princeton, NJ from Wednesday, July 29 to Saturday, August 1. Please be sure to have new staff register ASAP so we can be sure to provide necessary accommodations.
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[5] Introducing the Bonner Service Abroad Handbook! We need your input!
Do you have Bonners that go abroad? Whether it be for a week, a semester, a summer, or a year, Bonners should always consider the option to serve while abroad. We're working on a brand new handbook of resources, tools, and tips for Bonners who would like to serve with international partners.
Please check out the planning wiki, organized by Summer Intern and Bonner Scholar Kelly Behrend, at this link:
We need input on the content, various resources you may have, and most importantly- recommendations for Bonners who have served abroad and should be featured as examples in the new handbook!
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[6] Updates to Bonner Congress Wiki
Marisa has been working on the Bonner Congress Wiki, focusing on aesthetic design and resource content. Please take a moment to check it out and let her know what you think! Thanks, and happy Fourth of July! -Marisa
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[7] Senior Intern Survey
You should be aware that your senior interns were recently invited via email to complete a Senior Intern Survey. Please make sure they complete it! If you think your senior intern did not receive an invitation, please contact Mike Austerlitz (mike@bonner.org).
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[8] Survey Request for Bonner Scholar and Leader Programs
Survey Request for Each Bonner Scholar/Leader Program: From Issue to Impact and Serve 2.0
Greetings! This summer, we want to spend some time taking stock of the work that has been of central focus over the past two years, as well as redirecting energies towards refining or developing new resources. We want to ask about your work on two major areas:
• The Serve 2.0 Initiative — through which campuses across the Bonner Network have been experimenting with using social media tools to expand and deepen service; • The Issue to Impact Focus — through which we’ve begun organizing around issues and planning ways to implement multi-dimensional civic engagement work — including service, policy research, education, and more. In the linked survey, we want to ask each campus to share more about where you are at with these initiatives. This information will help the Bonner Foundation to better plan its future resources, meetings, planning tools, and other work. We just need ONE PERSON from each campus to complete this survey. It may be helpful if that person attended SLI (either staff or student) and also has played some role in your work with integrating web-based tools and social media. Please do so by Wednesday July 15th. Thanks! **********
[9] City Year Connections?
We have begun conversations with our newest national Bonner Partner organization — City Year. For those of you who haven't heard of City Year, here's some text from their website:
As we launch this partnership, we're wondering if any of your current or alumni Bonners have served at one of City Year's 19 locations? Please email their names to Bobby Hackett (rhackett@bonner.org), grad years, and if possible current phone and/or email contact information. We would like to speak with them about their experience and to solicit their advice in how we might promote the Bonner Program to emerging City Year graduates and to encourage current Bonners to consider City Year in their future.
Thanks for your help.
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[10] Funding for Research that Supports Social Change
The Sociological Initiatives Foundation provides grants of $10,000 to $20,000 to support research that supports social change.
The Foundation supports research that focuses on:
A Systems Change Emphasis. The Foundation supports projects that address institutional rather than individual or behavioral change and/or research and initiatives that provide insight into sociological and linguistic issues that may be useful to specific groups and or communities.
Linking Research to Community Action. It supports projects that have an explicit research design and a concrete connection to public or community impact.
Strengthening Organizations and Advancing the Field. The research should ideally build an organization or constituency's potential to expand public knowledge, impact policy, and create social change.
Some examples of desired applicants are:
Complete guidelines and on-line concept application for the August 15, 2009 deadline are available at http://comm-org.wisc.edu/sif.
Contact Prentice Zinn at pzinn@gmafoundations.com or 617-391-3091 x 307 if you have questions after reviewing the funding guidelines.
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[11] Job Opportunities
(1) Assistant Director/Coordinator of the Siena College Bonner Service Leaders Program
Founded in 1937, Siena College has been faithful to its mission to serve. At the start of its third academic year of a Bonner Program, after the leadership of a VISTA Fellow, the College seeks to hire a fulltime Assistant Director/Coordinator of the Siena College Bonner Service Leaders Program. Working primarily with the Office of the President, the Franciscan Center for Service & Advocacy, the Office of the College Chaplain, the Siena VISTA Fellows Program, the Community Based Research Consortium of the Capital Region (4CR), as well as others on the campus, the position offers the unique opportunity for working with Bonners (and other undergraduate students), faculty, staff and administration to integrate academics and service within the framework of Siena’s DEEP Service model.
Job Description:
1) Overall coordination and continued development of the Siena College Bonner Service Leaders Program within the framework of the Siena DEEP Service Model:
Recruitment: Annual Recruitment of Freshmen; Ongoing Recruitment of Upperclassmen Training: Develop and implement a Freshmen Orientation program for incoming Siena College Bonner Service Leaders (SCBSLs) ; Develop and implement a training program, with the assistance of the Bonner training program, and highlighting the Siena DEEP Service model and Siena's Franciscan and Catholic traditions; Provide training to other service programs at Siena as needed. Development and Coordination of Cornerstone Activities: Develop and coordinate the First Year Service Trip; Student Participation in numerous Bonner or national student service conferences (SLI, Bonner Congress, IMPACT etc.); Second Year Exchange; Summer Service Placements and Community Learning Agreements; Recommitment and Spiritual Exploration; Supervision of Program Interns; International Service Trips; and Annual Service Recognition Events. Program Administration: Assist in academic advising; manage all AmeriCorps enrollments; maintain BWBRs for the logging of all service hours; assist in preparation of relevant reports for the Bonner Foundation. Program Development: Assist in developing DEEP community partnerships for Bonner students; assist in the development of the parallel academic track for SCBSLs to integrate academics and service in their Siena experience, and educate the on-campus and off-campus community about Bonner and Siena’s DEEP service model. 2) Siena Service Across Campus: Assessment and Data Collection of Service: Expanding the use of BWBRs as an institutional assessment tool for database tracking campus wide student service including training other offices how to make use of it. Spreading the DEEP Service Model: Assist other campus offices and programs to move toward a DEEP service model; assisting other components of the DEEP service model (academic service learning, VISTA, community based research) as needed; working toward full integration of service and academics at Siena. 3) Strategic Planning National Recognition: Assist in the work necessary to gain national recognition in the forms of Carnegie “Engaged Campus” classification, Presidential Honor Role and other national forms of recognition for service and community engagement. Resource Development: Assist in grant writing and other resource development consistent with the DEEP service model.
Qualifications:
Required: Knowledge and support of Siena’s Franciscan and Catholic heritage required; Bachelor’s degree required; Minimum of two years of post-graduate experience in an academically integrated student service program of excellence (preferably a Bonner program) required.
Strongly Preferred: Bonner alumni status; Experience with all of the following—AmeriCorps and other National Service Programs, strategic planning, building and sustaining community partnerships, grant writing and grant management, program development and implementation, academic service learning and community based research. To apply, please send a letter of application in which you discuss how your credentials and experience match what Siena College seeks in this position, and, if hired, how your work will make a positive contribution to the mission of the College. In addition, please send a resume including four professional references. All materials should be sent to:
Human Resources
Siena College
515 Loudonville, NY 12211 or email humanresources@siena.edu
Siena College is a Franciscan and Catholic institution and expects members of its community to be knowledgeable about its mission and to make a positive contribution to that mission. Siena College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from all qualified candidates.
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(2) AmeriCorps*VISTA Literacy Coordinator at Washburn University
Learning in the Community (LinC): The Center for Community Service and Civic Engagement at Washburn University invites applications for the position of AmeriCorps*VISTA Literacy Coordinator. This is a one year (with the possibility of renewal for an additional year), full-time position reporting to the Director of the Center for Community Service and Civic Engagement. The Center houses a large literacy program that covers pre-school through adult learners. The literacy programs that fall under this umbrella are currently run at five different sites and utilize approximately 50 volunteers during the academic year. This position involves volunteer recruitment, training and management; maintaining, strengthening and expanding relationships with community partners; and resource development.
The ideal candidate will have:
To apply or for more information, please contact:
Rick Ellis, Director
Center for Community Service and Civic Engagement
Washburn University
1700 SW College Ave., Benton Hall 405
Topeka, KS 66621
rick.ellis@washburn.edu
785-670-2117
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
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