Taking Advising to New Heights:

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2008 NACADA Annual Conference

• Taking Advising to New Heights
• Using NACADA Resources
• for Professional Development
• Session C313

Marsha Miller NACADA Assistant Director,
Resources Services miller_at_ksu.edu
Leigh Cunningham NACADA Coordinator of
Educational Programming Leigh_at_ksu.edu
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Good advising may be the single most
underestimated characteristic of a successful
college experience. Richard
Light Making the Most of College (2001)
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• Advising is viewed as a way to connect students
  to the campus and help them feel that someone is
  looking out for them.

George Kuh Student Success in College (2005)
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• Advisors are interpreters who help students
  navigate their new world. As such, academic
  advisors have to make connections.

Nancy King 2007 Summer Institute on
Academic Advising
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• Three components of quality advising
• Informational
• What advisors need to know includes internal and
  external environment, student needs, advisor
  self knowledge.
• Relational
• The skills advisors need to possess in order to
  do their jobs effectively
• Conceptual
• What advisors must understand

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• Without understanding (conceptual elements)
  there is no context for the delivery of service.
  Without information, there is no substance to
  advising. And without interpersonal skills
  (relational), the advisee/advisor interaction is
  left to chance.

Wes Habley Advisor Training Exemplary Practices
in the Development of Advisor Skills
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• List topics you would like to see addressed in
  inservice training on your campus
• Can you identify which conceptual foundation
  category each falls under? Informational,
  Relational skills, Conceptual theories
• What conceptual foundation issues are
  under-represented on your campus?

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Top 5 topics most often covered in training
sessions include

• Academic regulations and policies
• Campus Referral sources
• Use of information sources (test results,
  transcripts, etc.)
• Importance of Academic Advising
• Definition of Advising

Wes Habley (2004). The Status of Academic
Advising Findings from the ACT Sixth National
Survey
Which of our three foundational components
(conceptual, informational, relational)
under-represented?
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• NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising
  Resources
• Informational resources
• Relational skills
• Conceptual theories

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NACADA Homepage http//www.nacada.ksu.edu/
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• Clearinghouse Exploration
• Informational
• Information to improve advisor knowledge and
  develop professionally
• Relational
• Conceptual

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Statement of Core Values of Academic Advising

• Advisors are responsible
• to the individuals they advise
• for involving others, when appropriate, in the
  advising process
• to their institutions
• to higher education
• to their educational community
• for their professional practices and for
  themselves personally

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Council for the Advancement of Standards in
Higher Education
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Transforming the Future Engaging Advisors with
NACADA Resources for Professional Development
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• Clearinghouse Exploration
• Informational
• Information to help advise students
• Relational
• Conceptual

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• Needs and Characteristics
• of Special Populations
• Mental Health Issues http//www.nacada.ksu.edu/Cle
  aringhouse/AdvisingIssues/index.htmcounsel
• Generational Issues in advising
• http//www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/Links/gen
  erations.htm
• Exploring students
• http//www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingI
  ssues/careeradvising.htm

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• Clearinghouse Exploration
• Informational
• Relational
• Conceptual

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• University of Houston Case Study Review
  Questions
• With each case study consider, make notes, and
  speak about the following questions
• 1. What does the information given tell you about
  what might be issues for the student and what
  type of help he or she might need?
• 2. What do you want to know about this student
  and why?
• 3. What are possible issues with this student
  that need to be addressed?
• 4. How do we go about helping this student? What
  type of approach do you want to take with this
  student and why?
• 5. What are some of the referrals that might be
  made? What are some of the things you consider
  when determining whether or not the student is
  ready for these referrals?
• 6. What is the most effective way to make the
  referrals?
• 7. What university policies need to be explained
  to this student?
• Excerpted from The New Advisor Guidebook

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• NACADA Resources
• Connect with others
• Career Services
• E-Discussion lists
• Professional development

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NACADA Homepage http//www.nacada.ksu.edu/
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• NACADA Resources
• Connect with others
• Career Services
• NACADA sponsored listservs
• Professional development

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NACADA Resources

• Connect with others
• Career Services
• Listservs
• Professional development
• Conferences, Institutes
• Graduate Programs
• Publications / Development Tools

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NACADA Homepage http//www.nacada.ksu.edu/
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Annual Conference
Taking Advising to New Heights October 1 - 4,
2008 Hyatt Regency Chicago
Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2009 - San Antonio, TX
Oct 3 6, 2010 - Disney World, Orlando, FL
October 2 5, 2011 Denver, CO
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Winter Events Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort
(Florida)
S E M I N A R

• Administrators Institute February 15-17, 2009
• designed for administrators of advising at all
  levels
• addresses areas such as management
  implementation of advising programs,
  advising as teaching, models of advisor
  development

• Assessment Institute February 18-20, 2009
• components of a successful assessment program
• specific strategies and tools for developing and
  implementing assessment programs

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Regional Conferences
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Academic Advising Summer Institutes
June 28-July 3, 2009
Last week of July, 2009

• General Sessions Foundations of Academic
  Advising, Advising and the Campus Environment,
  Advisor Training, Assessment of Advising,
  Initiating and Implementing Change in Academic
  Advising
• Topical Sessions Technology in Advising,
  Organization of Advising, Delivery Strategies,
  Advising Skills Techniques, Advisor Evaluation,
  Legal Issues, Creating an advising handbook

Action Plan Small Group Discussions
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• NACADA Resources
• Connect with others
• Career Services
• E-Discussion lists
• Professional development
• Conferences, Institutes
• Graduate Programs
• Publications / Development Tools

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NACADA Homepage http//www.nacada.ksu.edu/
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15 Semester Credit Hour Program

• Foundations of Academic Advising
• Multicultural Advising
• The College Student and the College Environment
• Trends in Career Development
• Learning Principles

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NACADA Homepage http//www.nacada.ksu.edu/
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Chapter 1 Setting the Stage Chapter 2 Theories of
Academic Advising Understanding the
Conceptual Framework Chapter 3 Managing
Information Chapter 4 Building Relational
Skills Chapter 5 Conducting Effective Advising
Sessions Chapter 6 Professional
Development Chapter 7 Creating an Effective
Advisor Development Program Voices from
the Field Case Studies Exemplary Practices
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• Resource Exploration
• Informational
• Relational
• Conceptual

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• George Kuh reflects on Advising for Student
  Success and delineates five principles for
  effective academic advising
• Susan Campbell provides a roadmap to define the
  vision, mission, goals, and objectives needed to
  lay the foundation for the effective assessment
  of advising.
• John Schuh explains how we can determine what
  students learn from advising.
• Marti Hemwall delineates three steps that are
  taken on campuses that realize the potential of
  faculty advising.
• Casey Self outlines the strengths and challenges
  faced by professional advisors. 
• Mike Leonard discusses the pros, cons, cautions,
  and future trends in technologies and advising
  applications.
• Tom Brown and Pat Folsom outline the conceptual,
  relational and informational issues surrounding
  effective advisor training and development. 
• Jennifer Bloom discusses a seven-step moving on
  model advisors can use to help graduating
  students successfully transition.
• College administrators, including a president and
  provost, reflect on the importance advising plays
  on a variety of campuses. 

Academic Advising A Comprehensive Handbook
(2nd Edition)
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Scenes for Learning and Reflection An Academic
Advising Professional Development DVD
DVD scenes Scene 1 Adult learner returning to
college Scene 2 Lack of progress Scene 3
Upset transfer student Scene 4 Advisor error
Scene 5 First-generation student Scene 6
Student complaint Scene 7 Student with personal
issues Scene 8 Advising a student athlete
Scene 9 Faculty advisor FERPA privacy issues
Scene 10  Proactive parenting
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• Foundations of Academic Advising CD Series

CD 1 What is Academic Advising?

• Four Content Modules
• History Definition of Academic Advising
• Process Content of Academic Advising
• Pedagogy Outcomes of Academic Advising
• Academic Advising on Your Campus

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Webinars on CD
www.nacada.ksu.edu/Webinars/onDisk.htm
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2008 NACADA Annual Conference

• Taking Advising to New Heights
• Using NACADA Resources
• for Professional Development
• Session C313

Marsha Miller miller_at_ksu.edu
Leigh Cunningham Leigh_at_ksu.edu