non-porift capacity-building service positions 8-26-13

Capacity Building Positions

Meaningful, Developmental, and Impactful

Monday, August 26, 13

What We’ll Cover

•Bonner Partnerships

•Transformational Goals

•Placement Process with a focus on Capacity Building Positions

•Foundation Support


Bonner Partnerships

Intensive

Multi-year

Reciprocal

Strong agency staff with capacity to host higher level placements


Community Partnerships:Service Road with Rising Expectations

Exploration - intentional placements that provide exposure and result in additional commitment

Experience - solid programmatic role (Program Assistant or specific title)

Example - site/project coordinator

Expertise - specialist


Systems

Partner in capacity-building for collaboratives working to achieve measurable community and systemic change.

Organizations

Partner in capacity-building for organizations to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and resources.

Programs

Train & support leaders who develop & manage evidence-based programs and projects.

Individuals& Places

Mobilize students, faculty, staff, & community members to support individuals & places.

Bonner Transformation GoalsCommunity Change


Developmental Progression

Advocacy Prepare presentation to School Board

Forum Organize public forum on school breakfast

Issue Brief School breakfast programs

Research School breakfast participation; Survey attitudes

Training Workshops for School Garden Cooperative

Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall

Team Help expand to other Schools in District

Regular Coach students in School Garden Club

Occasional Plant School Garden for Orientation Service


Capacity

building

as a stepping

stone

towards

measurable

impact


• Volunteer Management• Training & Program Development• Fundraising• Communications• Research

Capacity Building Activities


Capacity Building Opportunities Form

To be used in annual (or semi=-annual) conversation with

community partners to identify opportunities for student capacity-building positions and projects.


Capacity Building Opportunities Form


Collect Accomplishments

Support Students

RecruitStudents

Write Position Descriptions

Collect Opportunities

Meet with Partners

Placement Process



Support Students

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Access to motivated, trained , increasingly skilled students serving 5-8 hours/week for multiple years

Multi-level, team-oriented partnership

Serve important role as co-educators

Partner View of Bonners

Meet with Partners


Introduce Bonner Model/Expectations✓ Intensive (8-10 hrs/week) and multi-year (2-4 years)✓ Developmental model✓ Partners as co-educators

Communicate Reporting Process✓CLAs, Hour Logs, and Service Accomplishments✓Calendar — school year and summer✓ Appropriate and inappropriate service projects


Support Students

RecruitStudents



Meet with Partners

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Yes44%

Have you used the Capacity Building Opp. Form yet?


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How did you introduce capacity building form to partners?


Identify Issues& InterestsPressing local community issues

Current areas of engagement


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Will input opportunities survey into BWBRS . . .


So far, the Capacity Building Opportunities Form has been...

• “useful in helping CPs understand the scope of capacity building”

• “helpful in assisting partners to think about opportunities for students”

• “great visual for the Leadership team to help guide them through the first year orientation”

• “many of the capacity building roles are already consistent with some of their ideas around Bonner work”

• “helpful with creating concrete job opportunities”

• “very helpful in identifying new opportunities for student service positions and project”


Support Students

RecruitStudents



Meet with Partners



Placement TypesOne Time / Short-term Projects

Regular Direct Service Placements

Site/Issue Based Team (of (3+ Volunteers)

Summer Internships


Support Students

RecruitStudents



Meet with Partners



Develop with partner Statement about programStatement about the work involved, including intended benefits)Clear and ConciseConsider AmeriCorps Eligibility


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Support Students

RecruitStudents



Meet with Partners


Position descriptions can/should combine both

•direct, hands-on service (i.e., tutoring) and

•capacity-building service (i.e., creating the tutor curriculum).


Orienting Students to Service & SitesA pre school year event prepares and educates students in: -

...Philosophy of reciprocal community partnerships

...Background on local community

...The Developmental Model

...Team and Community Building


Support Students

RecruitStudents



Meet with Partners

Recruit & Place Students


Matching Students to Capacity-Building Positions

- Prior experience with partner or issue

- S[pecific skills needed for project

- Link to related academic course

- Possible summer internship

- other considerations...?


Support Students

RecruitStudents



Meet with Partners



Managing Students

Expectations foster high-quality service and accountability:. . .- Community Learning Agreement- Hour Logs- Service Accomplishments- Reflection and Evaluation- One-on-One Advising


Support Students

RecruitStudents



Meet with Partners



Writing a Good Community Learning AgreementFocus on specific role student will play with organization

Inherited position description should be modified

Adds Service Objective(s

Add Learning Goals


Support Students

RecruitStudents



Meet with Partners



Examples of training, readings, and reflection options -

Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector: The Unbeaten Path

Planning Effective Meetings;, How to Notes in Meetings

How to Create your own Google Maps

40 brilliant WordPress tutorials for designers

Interviewing Skills

Support StudentsCollect

AccomplishmentsSupport

StudentsRecruit

StudentsWrite Position

DescriptionsCollect

OpportunitiesMeet with Partners



Support Students

RecruitStudents



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Will input accomplishments results into BWBRS . . .


Foundation Support

Ideas for additional resources . . .

- handout on capacity building for partners

- additional training modules for students

- articles on capacity building for students &and partners

- create videos for partners;

- create PSAs, press releases/packets


non-porift capacity-building service positions 8-26-13

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