Features

PROFILES:

  • Member Profile, including login password and custom program enrollment forms
    • including AmeriCorps Enrollment form tracking hardcopy enrollment documentation received, enrollment status history, and hour log status
  • Partner Agency & Service Position, including issue area & AmeriCorps eligibility & requirements for criminal background checks
  • Training & Enrichment Events, including issue/skill/knowledge areas & AmeriCorps eligibility
  • Member and community partner submission of proposed service positions and training events (new feature)
  • Member Analysis Reports (# and %, by network and org/campus) for:
    • Gender
    • Race
    • Enrollment Status
    • Criminal Background Checks Required & Completed (list of members by campus)
  • Service Position Analysis Reports for:
    • Issue Areas
    • Active Members Participating (list by agency/position)
    • Criminal Background Checks Required (list by agency/position)
  • Training & Enrichment Analysis Reports for:
    • Issue Areas
    • Skill & Knowledge Areas
    • Attendance (totals listed by event)

COMMUNITY LEARNING AGREEMENT:

  • Member describe primary service site job description, weekly hour commitment, service objectives, and learning objectives
  • Member print hardcopy CLA with signature lines for service site supervisor, campus administrator, and member
  • Administator electronic approval of member CLA
  • CLA Status reports for administrators listing member CLAs and status

HOUR LOGS:

  • Member logging by day of both service & training hours
  • Member print hardcopy hour log reports (by week, bi-weekly, monthly) with signature lines for service site supervisor, campus administrator, and member
  • Administrator logging by week (optional if member logging feature turned off)
  • Administrator electronic approval of member hour log entries
  • Hour log status for students on home page (e.g., total hours completed to date, hours remaining for AmeriCorps)
  • Hour log status reports for administrators listing members' service and training hours
  • Hour log reminder emails based on % hours completed toward goal (new feature)
  • Hour Log Report of total and percentage of service & training hours (by campus & network)
  • Hour Log Report of total and percentage of service hours by issue area (by campus & network)
  • Hour Log Report of total and percentage of training hours by skill area and knowledge areas (by campus & network)

SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

  • Member logging of end-of-period service accomplishments
  • Member print hardcopy of service accomplishment report
  • Administrator electronic approval of member service accomplishments
  • Service Accomplishment Report (by campus & network) for administrators aggregating all member service accomplishments

MEMBER REFELECTION/EVALUATION:

  • Electronic form for member reflections on personal development and service experience (narrative), identifying skills/knowledge acquired (pull down menu), and rating of service placement (number scale)
  • Administrator Report tracking member completion of Reflection/Evaluation
  • Evaluation Reports analyzing member ratings of service experience and skills/knowledge acquired

AMERICORPS MANAGEMENT:

  • AmeriCorps Slot Award Status Report (by campus/org and program year, showing number of slots awarded, enrolled, to be enrolled)
  • AmeriCorps Member Enrollment Status Report (by program year and status, showing enrollment type, start date, expected end date, total hours to date)
  • AmeriCorps Member Hour Log Report (by program year and status, showing hours member logged, hour administrator approved, last entered date)
  • AmeriCorps Member Expected Completion Date Report (by program year and expected completition date)
  • AmeriCorps Member Retention Report (by program year)
  • AmeriCorps Case Management Report (list of issues that need to be addressed for specific members, by campus)

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS:

  • Most forms above include ability to send via BWBRS an email notification to the adminstrator and individual member, including:
    • Community Learning Agreements
    • Hour Log Reports
    • Service Accomplishments
    • Reflection/Evaluation
    • Case Management re: AmeriCorps Member Enrollment
    • Slot Award Status
  • The text and date for each email notification is saved at the bottom of the respective page to allow for easy reference.
  • Developing automatic email reminders (new feature) for:
    • Community Learning Agreements due
    • Hour Log Reports due
    • Service Accomplishments due
    • Reflection/Evaluations due
    • AmeriCorps Members Exits (upcoming & late) due

NEWS & CALENDAR:

  • Administrator managed content for home page of BWBRS
  • Option to send news, calendar and reminder emails on weekly basis (new feature)

PERMISSION LEVELS:

  • Licensee (lead administrator who sets up system for use by participating campuses/programs)
  • Campus/Program Advisor (lead administrator at specific campus or progarm who manages BWBRS for their members, service sites, etc.)
  • Student/Member Coordinator (limited administrative access for editing and tracking -- but not approving -- service partners/positions, training & enrichment events, and hour logs; new feature)
  • Member (for purpose of
    • maintaining personal profile,
    • searching for service positions and training events,
    • adding/editing Community Learning Agreements, Hour Logs, Service Accomplishments, and Reflection/Evaluation
    • reviewing portfolio
    • connecting via "public profile" with other members in network

The BWBRS 3.0 interface has features that make it more suitable as a public platform for service programs and centers. It can be tailored to the color scheme and logo for the campus or program. Easy-to-find help guides (and video tours) will make it than ever to train your staff and members.