1. Acing AmeriCorps
Strategies and Resources

2. Starting Points
Enrollment
Placements
Hour Logs & eSignatures
Time-Line

3. Enrollments
The Enrollment
Workbook Guide
Plan term based on
Member’s Academic
and Personal plan

4. Placements
Placement Resources
Wiki
Foundation
Staff

5. Placements
Check for Non-Profit
Status
Look for Strong
positions
Know the Prohibited
Activities: Positions/
T&Es/Fundraising

6. Placements
Why is this so important?
Community Impact
Member Development
Economic Climate
AmeriCorps Grant
Provisions

7. Placements
Grey Areas- Fundraising
Must Link to service
Habitat ReStore
Gardens/Farms
Domestic Focus
Add Site Supervisor
(YOU!)

8. Training and Enrichment
Grey Areas
Links to service
Domestic Focus
Add Site Supervisor
(YOU!)

9. Hour Logs
Hard Copies and eSignatures
Submit MONTHLY
Print/sign by
Month- not Semester
Assign Site
Supervisors in
BWBRS

10. eSignatures
Taming the Paperwork Beast
Sign remotely
No hard copies need
to be mailed- Save
on postage
Rutgers/ Rider/
College of Charleston

11. eSignatures
Taming the Paperwork Beast
Setting up Site Supervisors
Approve hours by the
MONTH
First Entry: AC Orientation
Pick an approval date each
month
Implement ASAP

12. Member Tracking
Manage Hours and Exits
BWBRS Reports
Who is behind, ahead
or fallen off the
planet
Everyone who has
enrolled needs to
exit: eval/s and exit
form.

13. Sample Calendar
•Add T&Es:
•Less than 30 Minutes
•Check hours Remaining:
•Less than 25 Minutes
•eSignature Check:
•less than 20 Minutes

14. Plan your Calendar
Schedule rather than
React!
Exit Alerts- Make
BWBRS do the
work!

15. New (awesome) Tools
BWBRS
Analysis Tab
Hour Distribution by
Partner