Box 9, Folder 9, Document 20

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sULID OF TRUSTEES

The Atlanta Urban Corps Board of Trustees shall be composed
of the outstanding leaders from the student, educational, business
and government community in metropolitan Atlanta, including the
following:
Student Body Presidents from Atlanta area colleges
participating in the Atlanta Urban Corps.
College Presidents from Atlanta area colleges participating
in the Atlanta Urban Corps,
The Directors, or their designated representatives, of agencies
utilizing five or more interns,
The Directors, or their designated representatives, of
agencies sponsoring two or more interns,
Staff Director, Student Director, College Relations
Board Chairman,
Members of the Executive Board, and others deemed
necessary by a majority of the Board of Trustees,
The term of membership of an individual on the Board of Trustces
shall se one year beginning April 1 of each year,
The Board of Trustees shall advise the Executive Board of
The Atlanta Urban Corps on the overall development of the college
inteimship program, Members of the Board of Trustees are free to
attend all meetiing of the Executive Board and to make all
pertinent recommendations to the Executive Board as it deems desirable,
The Board of Trustees shall be the ultimate policy making body of
the Atlanta Urban Corps,
The Board of Trustees shall elect three non-operational ;
professionals to the Executive Board. These three shall include:
one representative of participating college financial aid officers,

one educator and one at-large,




ATLANTA URBAN CORPS EXECUTIVE BOARD

Student Director

Student clected by College Relations Board

Student elected by College Relations Board

Student elected by College Relations Board

Program Director
Professional representative of Student Financial Aid

Officers of participating colleges
Professional Educator
Professional At-Large

The Executive Board shall be responsible for operational
policy that shall be carried out by the Staff Dircctor,
Personnel involved in day-to-day responsibilities shall ultimately
report to the Staff Director, The Student Director shall work
closely with the Staff Director in carrying out these responsi-
bilities,

All members of the Executive Board will automatically be
members of the Board of Trustees,






RESPONSIBILITIES OF EXECUTIVE BOARD
OF ATLANTA URBAN CORPS

The Board has responsibility in the following areas:

1.

9.

The Board shall approve all Internship developments and shall
determine the areas of Internship. It shall approve all new
project areas for Internships,

The Board shall reevaluate all Internships and remove or
reassign Interns as it deems necessary upon recommendation
by the Personnel Comittee,

The Board shall maintain financial control over funds appro-
priated to the ATLANTA URBAN CORPS, Administration of said
funds shall be the responsibility of the Staff Director,

The Board shall act as an appeal grievance Board for all
parties in the ATLANTA URBAN CORPS, including both student
interns and the departments or agencies to which Interns are
assigned,

The Board shall determine all policies regarding public
relations and information releases,

The Board shall determine all cducational policies of the
ATLANTA URBAN CORPS upon recommendation of the Education
Director,

The Board shall determine the policy concerning the placement

of Urban Corps Interns in agencies,

The Board shall assume all responsibilitics not herein specified
that are deemed necessary to assure the success of the ATLANTA
URBAN CORPS,

All of the Executive Board policies and decisions are subject

to review by the Board of Trustces a. the Board of Trustees

aGcems neccessary.




PERSONNEL
Sterf Director
Student Director
I, Secretarial: (3)
(1) Seerctary
(1) Assistant Secretary
(1) Clerk
Payroll: (1)
(1) Fiscal Director
Internship Development (4)
(1) Internship Development Director
(3) City, Federal, Extra-city
Student Recruitment: (10)
(1) College Relations Board Chairman
(9) Campus Coordinator
Financing: (2)
College Work Study Prograin
(1) Student Financial Aid Coordinator
Private
(1) Private Financial Aid Coordinator

Ficld Evaluation: (6) (dune - August)

(1) Ficld Evaluation Director
(5) Field Staff

Public Relations: (2)

(1) Public: Relations Director
(1) Public Relations Staff
Education: (3)

(1) Education Director

(2) Education Staff

As initial recruitment and intern development are accomplished
these personnel may be shifted to field staff, The Staff Director
shall appoint all personncl whose appointment is not specified,

These appointments are subject to approval of the Exccutive Board,
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RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE

The Central Office of the Atlanta Urban Corps shall be
responsible for the normal day-to-day operation of the Atlanta

Urban Corps,
1.

Specifically, it is responsible for:

Implementing the Internship Program.

Processing of Intern requests as directed
by the Executive Board,

Processing of Student applications,

Maintaining public relations,

Coordinating the educational aspects of the
Atlanta Urban Corps.

All other operational aspects of the Atlanta
Urban Corps subject to the review of the
Executive Board,

Development of intern positions in participating
agencies,

Compiling and printing forms and brochures for
use in the Urban Corps,
ATLANTA URBAN CORPS COLLEGE RELATIONS BOARD

The College Relations Board shall be composed of one student
representative from each of the Atlanta area participating colleges
of the Atlanta Urban Corps, Said representatives shall be nominated
by the preceding College Relations Board and approved by tle Student
Governments on the respective campuses,

The College Relations Board shall elect the Student Director,
the College Relations Board Chairman, and approve the Internship
Development Director appointed by the Program Director, The
College Relations Board shall have the power to remove any of its
selections to the above positions by a unanimous vote of the Board,
Above selections shall serve as ex-officio members of the College
Relations Board. The College Relations Board shall nominate
three non-operational members of the Executive Board subject to
the approval of the Board of Trustees.

The Board shall advise the Student Director, College Relations
Director, the Internship Development Director, and the Field
Evaluations Director in all matters pertaining to the relationship
between participating colleges and its students and the Atlanta
Urban Corps. Each representative to the Board shall be considered
the Atlanta Urban Corps coordinator for his college and shall

represent the Urban Corps on his own campus,






EDUCATION BOARD

The Education Board of the Atlanta Urban Corps shall be
responsible for the educational aspects of the Atlanta Urban Corps.
Specifically:

1. The Board shall be responsible for making recommendations
to the Personnel Committee and to the Executive Board
concerning the educational aspects of the Internships.

2. The Board shall be responsible for involving the academic
community in the program in a meaningful manner,

3. The Education Board shall recommend all seminars or
additional educational courses to the Executive Board,

It shall also be responsible for exploration of course
credit possibilities between participating colleges and
students and also utilization of existing courses for

use by interns,

The Education Board shall be chaired by the Education Director.
The size and menbership shall be determined by the Executive Board,
The Student Director shall appoint all student representatives to
the Education Board subject to the approval of the College Relations
Board,








PERSONNEL COMMITTER
Members

Staff Director -— Chairman

Student Director

Intern coordinator from City Government
Education Director

Field Evaluation Director

Internship Development Director

College Relations Chairman

Internship Coordinator from Extra-city agencies

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
ATLANTA URBAN CORPS
The Personnel Committee of the ATLANTA URBAN CORPS is
generally responsible for the placement and evaluation of Interns,
It makes recommendations to the Executive Board concerning all
aspects of personnel relations, Specifically, the Committee is
responsible for:
1. Making recommendations regarding internship positions
to the Executive Board,
2. Approving the initial assignment of all interns,
5. Making recommendations to the Executive Board on the
removal or reassignment of Interns,
4, Reassigning those Interns that require reassignment,
5. Consider all problems concerning personnel relations
between the Interns and their Supervisors,
6. The Personnel Committee shall act as the appeal board
for all gricvances, based on recommendations of the
Field Evaluation Unit,




FIELD EVALUATION UNIT

Tre purpose of this Ficld Evaluation Unit is two-fold. to
provide an independent evaluation of the performance of the student
and the quality of the assignment, and to provide direct assistance
to students and supervisors in the resolution of difficulties.
Written field reports will be compiled and made available to the
institution or sponsoring agency. Field staff members will
routinely visit students at their work locdions, conducting struct-—
ured interviews with them and their supervisors,

A joint evaluation and recommendation report will be made
on the entire program by the ficld evaluation unit and the Education

Board near the end of the work period,
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