Building Exploratory and Established Community Partnerships: Strategies for Starting Strong
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The document outlines strategies for building and enhancing community partnerships during the 2015 fall director's and coordinator's meeting. It emphasizes the importance of meaningful experiences, best practices, and effective approaches to common challenges in partnership development. Key topics include partner engagement, placement processes, and managing student service hours with an emphasis on mutual benefits and high-quality service.
Building Exploratory and Established Community Partnerships: Strategies for Starting Strong
- 1. BUILDING EXPLORATORY AND ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: STRATEGIES FOR STARTING STRONG Fall Director’s and Coordinator’s Meeting 2015
- 2. OBJECTIVES ➤ SHARE meaningful partner experiences ➤ UPLIFT the best practices for partnership development ➤ STRATEGIZE approaches to common challenges in partnership development
- 3. SHARE What was your favorite experience with a community partner? What about that relationship made you feel supported?
- 4. Take a few moments to categorize each of your primary partnerships into their current level of engagement.
- 6. Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners ➤ Access to motivated, trained students serving 10 hours/week for multiple years ➤ Multi-level, team-oriented partnership ➤ Serve important role as co- educators Partner View of Bonners PLACEMENT PROCESS
- 7. Mapping Agencies Proximity to Campus Accessibility by walking, car, public transportation Type of Agency: ➤ public school ➤ community group ➤ government agency ➤ coalition or collaboration Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners PLACEMENT PROCESS
- 8. Selecting Lead Bonner Partners ➤ Location ➤ Issues and Need ➤ Strong Agencies Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners PLACEMENT PROCESS
- 9. Partner Orientation & Site Visits 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 Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners PLACEMENT PROCESS
- 10. Identify Issues & Interests ➤ Pressing local community issues ➤ Current areas of engagement Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners Placement Process
- 12. Placement Types ➤ One Time / Short-term Projects ➤ Regular Direct Service Placements ➤ Site/Issue Based Team (of (3+ Volunteers) ➤ Summer Internships Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners PLACEMENT PROCESS
- 13. ➤ Develop with partner ➤ Statement about program ➤ Statement about the work involved, including intended benefits) ➤ Clear and Concise Writing Good Position Descriptions Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners PLACEMENT PROCESS
- 14. Orienting Students to Service & Sites Orientation prepares and educates students in: ➤ Philosophy of reciprocal community partnerships ➤ Background on local community ➤ The Developmental Model ➤ Team and Community Building Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners PLACEMENT PROCESS
- 15. Matching Students to Sites Help students find their placement through: ➤ One-time service projects ➤ Shadowing ➤ Community partner presentations ➤ Volunteer Fair ➤ Site visits Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners PLACEMENT PROCESS
- 16. Managing Student Service Hours Expectations foster high-quality service and accountability: ➤ Community Learning Agreement ➤ Hour Logs ➤ Service Accomplishments ➤ Reflection and Evaluation ➤ One-on-One Advising Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners PLACEMENT PROCESS
- 17. Writing a Good Community Learning Agreement (CLA) ➤ Starting with a strong position descriptions yields a stronger CLA ➤ Student can inherited position descriptions ➤ Adds Service Objective(s) ➤ Add Learning Goals Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners Collect Accomplishments Support Students Recruit Students Write Position Descriptions Collect Opportunities Meet with Partners PLACEMENT PROCESS
- 19. SCENARIOS ➤ Divide into 2 groups (Community Partner and Bonner Program) ➤ Read the scenario ➤ As a group, answer the following questions. 1. What do you need to know before walking into the meeting? 2. What is your agenda? 3. What do you hope to gain from this meeting?
- 20. CLOSING