Current Host Site Resources

Supervisor References

• VISTA Supervisor Manual (Searchable)
  
• VISTA Member Handbook (Searchable)
  
• VISTA Terms, Conditions and Benefits
• Class Attendance Policy
• Alternative Spring Break Guidance
• www.vistacampus.org
• www.nationalservice.gov/resources
  

Supervisor Training Materials

• Supervisor Training PowerPoint Slides
  
• Supervisor Quiz
• On-Site Orientation and Training Plan (OSOT)
• Common Retention Challenges for VISTAS
  
• Supervisor Handout - VISTA Resources and Reporting
  

Miscellaneous Documents

• Photo Release Form
• Work Plan Template
• Team Performance Model - Drexler/Sibbet
• Class Attendance Permissions Form
• Teleservice Policy and Teleservice Checklist

VISTA Training Webinars

• Capacity-Building: Definitions and Planning
• Capacity Building Handout: Vision and Mission Statement Examples
• Running Effective Meetings and Delegating Responsibilities
• Recruiting and Training Volunteers
  
• Higher Education Governance and Culture, presented by Molly Collins, Grantwriter at Corning Community College
  

Best Practices for Campus/Community Partnerships

• NYCC Review of Campus Community Partnerships & VISTA (PowerPoint)
  
• Partnerships That Work: The Stories and Lessons from Campus/Community Collaborations (Publication, PA Campus Compact)
• Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (Organization, Seattle)

Community Engaged Learning

• Service Learning: A Toolkit (Publication, State University of NY, 2008)
• Engaged Teaching and Learning (Website, Siena College)
• Best Practices for Service Learning (Website, SUNY Cortland)
• Service-Learning Initiative (Website, Campus Compact)
• Project Pericles (Network of institutions of higher education)
• Association of American Colleges and Universities, Civic Learning
• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
• Canadian Alliance for Community Service-Learning
• National Service Learning Clearinghouse
• Proceedings of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement 11th Annual Conference
  
• Service-Learning Journal (Columbia College, NC)

Community Engaged Research

• Research University Engaged Scholarship Toolkit (Campus Compact)
• New Times Demand New Scholarship: Research Universities and Civic Engagement (2005 Conference on Research Universities and Civic Engagement)
• New Times Demand New Scholarship II: Opportunities and Challenges (2007 Conference on Research Universities and Civic Engagement)
• Journals that Focus on Engaged Scholarship (Campus Compact)

VISTA Recruitment Materials

• Recruitment Posters and Flyers
• Recruitment Process Overview
  

Reporting Documents
2012-13 VISTA Fall Semester Report, due January 10, 2013 (revised 10/19/12)
2012-13 VISTA Spring Semester Report, due May 24, 2013
2012-13 VISTA Summer Report, due before last day of service or Sept 10
Impact Capstone Project