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It’s Your World Now: Alternative Advising Models

Explore alternative advising models to address the challenges of student preparation for education planning, institutional counseling capacity, and making student education plans meaningful. Strategies include career exploration courses, mandatory counseling orientation, and monitoring student SEP progress.

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It’s Your World Now: Alternative Advising Models

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  1. It’s Your World Now: Alternative Advising Models CCCCIO & CCCCSSO 2014 Spring Conference ∙ March 12, 2014

  2. The Issue: • Students are now required to complete mandatory orientation, assessment, and counseling services around student education planning.

  3. The Premise: ? ? ?

  4. Three Challenges • Student Preparation for Education Planning • Institutional Counseling Capacity • Making Student Education Plans Meaningful

  5. CHALLENGE 1: Student Preparation for Education Planning

  6. The O’Banion Advising Model • Exploration of Life Goals • Exploration of Vocational Goals • Program Choice • Course Choice • Course Scheduling

  7. Undeclared StudentsReality: Over half of incoming LBCC students have not identified a major. Strategies: • Building on High School Career Pathways • Career Exploration Course (COUNS 48) in High Schools • Mandatory COUNS 48 for undeclared students in Promise Pathways • Build Career Center into Career Pathways Trust Fund Proposals

  8. Pushing Student Ownership • Student education planning is a privilege, not a right Strategies: • Require students to complete certain tasks for each step in education planning process • i.e. Student needs to declare an academic/career goal to schedule a comprehensive education planning session

  9. CHALLENGE 2:Institutional Counseling Capacity

  10. Counseling CapacityCounselor : Student Ratio = 1:1,185 • Initial Orientation 10% • Initial Assessment 10% • Abbreviated SEP 10% • Counseling/Advising 15% • Comprehensive SEP 35% • Progress Probation 15% • Other Services 5%

  11. Tiered, Targeted Services Strategies: • New Student Orientation • Calendaring Counseling Services Over Semester • Instructional School Liaison Model

  12. New Delivery Models Strategies: • Paraprofessional Model • Mandatory Counseling Orientation Course for Promise Pathways • Electronic Student Education Plans – Degree Audit

  13. CHALLENGE 3: Making Student Education Plans Meaningful

  14. Why Have an Student Education Plan? • Limited Student Incentive to Follow Student Education Plan • No Institutional Commitment to Student Education Plan

  15. Making It Mean Something Strategies: • More Closely Monitoring Student SEP Progress for Financial Aid • Guaranteeing Abbreviated SEP for Promise Pathways • Working with Instructional Departments to Guarantee SEP Pathways

  16. Questions? Dr. Kaneesha Tarrant tarrankk@lattc.edu Dr. Greg Peterson gpeterson@lbcc.edu

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