1. Recruit a group of at least 20 students to be Bonner Leaders;
2. Engage the Bonner Leaders in an intensive (8-10 hour per week) over four years while providing them with a Federal Work-Study or equivalent stipend;
3. Attend our Fall Directors/Coordinators meeting and Students Congress Meetings, as well as the Summer Leadership Institute.

Detailed Expectations

Below we provide a more detailed list of programmatic and operational expectations:

Financial Support to Bonner Leaders

• Enroll at least 20 students for whom the institution will provide a stipend through work-study, scholarship, AmeriCorps Education Awards, or other forms of financial support for their service during the school year each year.
• Strongly encourage (but not required) to provide additional financial support for:
• up to $2,500 for one summer service internship.
• first-year service trip
• second-year service exchange

Staffing & Infrastructure

• Assign a staff person to manage the Bonner Leader Program and be the point of contact for the Bonner Foundation communication and reporting.  The preferred level of staffing is one full-time person for 40 Bonner Leaders.
• House the Bonner Leader Program within or closely connected to a campus-wide community service or service-learning center or office

Service Expectations for Bonner Leaders

• Develop a four year program model, ideally integrating recruitment of Bonner Leaders into the school's regular recruitment process 
• Attend orientation at the beginning of the program.
• Perform a minimum of 280 hours of service during the school year
• Attend regularly scheduled Bonner meetings and events and one-on-one advising with a staff member
• Recommended: participate in a first-year service trip and a second-year service exchange
• Make a final presentation of learning
• Recommended: participate in a summer service internship.
• Engage in the student developmental model and common commitments.

Participation in the National Bonner Network

• Identify students participating in the program as “Bonner Leaders.”
• Track and report on the program using the Bonner Web-Based Reporting System(BWBRS)
• Attend the following annual Bonner Foundation meetings:
• New Bonner Directors & Coordinators Meeting
• Fall Bonner Directors & Coordinators Meeting
• Fall Bonner Student Congress Meeting
• Bonner Summer Leadership Institute 

Contents

• Frequently Asked Questions for Prospective Bonner Leader Programs
• How to Become a Participating Campus

• Expectations for Bonner Leader Programs

• Bonner Leader Program Start-Up Considerations

• Bonner Leader Program Start-Up Guide

• Request for Follow-Up