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Find your People!!!. Please mingle with others and find three or four people who’s institutions and roles are most similar to your own. What is Advising. After you have found your people then please take the next few minutes to list as many words as you can that describe advising:
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Find your People!!! Please mingle with others and find three or four people who’s institutions and roles are most similar to your own
What is Advising • After you have found your people then please take the next few minutes to list as many words as you can that describe advising: • What is academic advising? • Why is academic advising important? • What do you see as your main objective as an academic advisor?
Developing an Advisor Training Program and . . . Clint Moser and Jeff McClellan Director and Former Director, Advisor Training & Development Utah Valley University Taking it to New Heights
Utah Valley University • Located in Orem, UT • Public University • Masters Degree • Bachelor Degrees • Associate Degrees • Diplomas • One-year certificates • 26,272 Students in fall 2008
What type of institution are you from? • Public • Private
What type of Institution continued…. • 2-year • 4-year Comprehensive • Liberal Arts • 4-year Masters • Doctoral
What size is your institution (student head count) • Under 5,000 • 5,001 – 10,000 • 10,001 – 20,000 • 20,001 – 30,000 • Over 30,000
Utah Valley University Advising • Utah Valley University has a collaborative model of academic advisement based on a split model. • This model includes a combination of full-time professional and faculty advisors in the academic schools and a central advising unit consisting of career and academic counseling, advisor training, and academic support services in student affairs.
Current Realities • Briefly write where your institution is at or what you are doing with regards to advising and advisor training.
Where did we come from Program History
Goals / Vision • Clearly state your long-term goal or vision for advising and training at your institution. • Try to use words that will help direct the growth of advising at your institution, but be as concise as possible. J
What is the scope of your desired program? • Institution wide • Departmental • School or college • Combination J
The Team • List key management /players by name. • Include previous accomplishments to show that these are people with a record of success. • Summarize number of years of experience in this field. J
Mapping the Support Network • Information • Connection • Who are the key players • What is their relative power/importance • What kind of power do they wield J
How supportive are your upper level and executive leaders? • Very Supportive • Somewhat support • Non-committal • Not supportive • Opposed J
How supportive are your advisors? • Very Supportive • Somewhat support • Non-committal • Not supportive • Opposed J
SWOT • Identify Strengths and Weaknesses • Identify problems. threats and opportunities. • State problems, and define the opportunities that are created by those problems. J J
Structure Structure Model Unclear Unclear
The Structure of Advising at UVU ALC AFPC Advisor Forum Advisor Training CACC Departmental Advisors/Offices Support advising Offices Primary Advisor Specialty Advisors Support Advising Staff Counselors Faculty Mentors Advising Administrators
Who does advising at your institution? • Faculty • Staff • Combination
UVU Model ALC Advising Administrators Advisement Forum Planning Council Advisor Training (Consulting Role)
What is your model for advising • Faculty Only • Split Model • Decentralized • Centralized • Total Intake • Supplementary
Are you looking to develop training that focuses on • Orientation only • First year • Ongoing training • Combination
To Begin. . . • Standardized Job Description • Mission and Vision Statements • CAS Standards and NACADA Documents • Process/Job Analysis • Know, do, value This resulted in 181 outcome statements which we categorized around 26 outcome themes and the five training foci J
Non-Traditional Delivery Methods Traditional
Examples J
Assessment • Embedded in the processes • Examples • Survey Gold • Rubrics and matrices • 360 evaluation
How to teach Developing Curriculum What to teach Concepts Ideas Values Skills Active learning What will you do? What will the participants do? J
The Extras • Training Coordinators • Supervisor/Administrator Training J
What we plan to do The Future J