Developing your personal advising philosophy

1. Developing your personal advising philosophy Heather Ammons – Tiffany labon NACADA 2014 National Conference

2. OUtline • Philosophy • Why? • What guides it? • What can be included? • So what do we do now?

3. What is it? • How would you define it? • What you believe and why? • Putting your stake in the ground • Arguments for • Literature: “positive, self-motivating statement of what academic advising means to an advisor. It describes the theories an advisor uses as a foundation for her advising practice…it explains why she is an advisor, guides her day-to-day decisions, helps shape her professional goals and objectives, and provides a solid base for her advising practice.” (Frietag, 2011, p. 1)

4. Why? • Gives structure to interactions with students (How would you/should you react?) • Clarity • Opportunity to evaluate where you are and where you want to be • Get back to the heart of why you are an advisor • Establish goals • Provides meaning

5. What guides it? • CAS standards • NACADA Concept of Academic Advising • NACADA Core Values • Theory/Style/Approaches • Beliefs • Values

6. CAS Standards • The CAS standards serve as the launchpad/foundation for integrating its components into academic advising programs. • The CAS standards can be used on an individual basis to uphold the ethical standards, professional practices, and execution of student outcomes that we strive to achieve on a daily basis.

7. NACADA Concept of academic advising

8. Nacada core values

9. Theory/Style/Approaches • Advising • Developmental • Prescriptive • Appreciative • Intrusive • Praxis • Coaching/Learning/Teaching • Student Development • Counseling • Other fields • Anthropology • Sociology • Psychology

10. beliefs • Higher Education • Purpose of advising • Value of higher education • Your role in a student’s development • What should you and your office accomplish • Religious • Personal

11. values • What matters to you? • What values influence your role as an advisor? Family Integrity Education Respect Religion Generosity Cultural Mentoring Discovery

12. What can be included? • Possibilities: • Professional and educational goals • What you do • What you think the purpose of advising is • Theory that guides you • Beliefs • Topics that interest you • Best skills/competencies • Why are you doing this? • How do you make a difference? • Research interests • Where you want to improve • What would you include?

13. Great thing about it…

14. So what do we do now? • We write it down! • Word jot: What words/phrases/concepts HAVE to be included? • How do you define advising? • What informs this? • What excites you about academic advising? • Why are you an advisor? • Goals • Educational • Professional • How else can you start the process?

15. references • Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (2011). Academic Advising Programs in CAS professional standards for higher education. • Frietag, D. Creating a Personal Philosophy of Academic Advising. Retrieved from the NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources Web site: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingIssues/create-philosophy.htm • NACADA. (2005). NACADA statement of core values of academic advising. Retrieved from the NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources Web site: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingIssues/Core-Values.htm • National Academic Advising Association. (2006). NACADA concept of academic advising. Retrieved fromhttp://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingIssues/Concept-Advising.htm • White, E. R. (2006).Using CAS Standards for Self-Assessment and Improvement. Retrieved from the NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources Web site: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingIssues/CAS.htm

16. Need us? Find us…. • Heather Ammons • hammons@culverhouse.ua.edu • 205-348-4537 • @ammonsheather • Tiffany Labon • tnlabon@culverhouse.ua.edu • 205-348-4537 • @DrLabon