Jayne Jayne Drake Academic Advising - PowerPoint Presentation

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Jayne Jayne Drake

Academic Advising as a Teaching and Learning Process

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“You've got to be

very careful if you don't know

where

you are going, because you might not get there.”Yogi Berra

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“Would you tell me please which Way I ought

I go from here?”

“

That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the cat.

“I

don’t much care where—” said alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. “So long as I get somewhere, alice added as an explanation. “Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the cat. If only you walk long enough.”

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The Obligatory Data

21 m students studying in the US4300 colleges and universities44% graduate in four years

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0% graduate in six years56% six-year rate for males62% six-year rate for females93% aspire to more education 0% can do it alone

National Center for Education Statistics

By the numbers

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Premise 1

What studentsdo in college matters.

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Premise 2

Good Advising does not just happen.

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Premise 3

Good Advising, like good teaching, is an intentional process

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Premise

4The connections advisors make with their students contribute to their success.

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Premise 5

AA is important to Ohio State’s mission, overall financial health, and competitiveness because of the impact it has on student retention and success

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Premise

6One sizedoes not fit all.

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Advising needs flexible, eclectic practitioners able to adapt their advising strategies in accordance with the needs of their students. Being married to a single approach to academic advising, advisors potentially disregard the diverse ways in which students learn and presume a single, linear developmental path that is clearly more idealistic than realistic.

Kimball

and Campbell

, Academic Advising Approaches, 2014 .

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Today, it’s all about the advisor as teacher and our students as learners

Just who are the students that advisors are responsible for?Here is a sample

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First generation studentsVeterans

Transfer studentsNon-traditional studentsStudents w/ disabilitiesLGBTQ students

Undeclared students

Student athletesHonors studentsInternational studentsAdult studentsFirst year studentsDistance learnersProbationary and a

t risk students

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Fact: None of our students possesses a single identity factor. We need to understand the multi-layered identities inhabited by our students (and ourselves).

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Advisors must also have knowledge of

Curricular requirementsMandates from state legislaturesLegal and ethical issues

Professional development

Assessment of advisingCounseling and mental health issuesReferral resourcesLearning stylesTransfer credit evaluationEnrollment and registration issuesAcademic support services and referral resources

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What is

Academic Advisinganyway?

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What Academic Advising Is Not

Primarily an administrative function or a paper relationshipProviding signatures or a PIN number for studentsRegistering students for courses or signing withdrawal slipsWhile often a necessary part of our work, these are largely clerical functions

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Academic advising should not be consideredA judgmental process or a dictatorship—it’s my way or the highway

Personal counseling or psychotherapy sessionsSomething anyone can do or should do without specific training/professional developmentDifferent from Ohio State’s core valuesDo

you know what

they are?

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Commitment to ExcellenceCollaboration as One UniversityActing with Integrity

Personal AccountabilityDiversity in People and IdeasChange and InnovationSimplicity in Supporting Our ProcessesOpenness and Trust

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We begin in medieval times when a preceptor imparted his knowledge to students

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The Year Was 1636

An early brochure of Harvard College justified its existence: "To advance Learning and perpetuate it to Posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate Ministry to the Churches.“

Although many of its early graduates became ministers in Puritan congregations throughout New England, the College was never formally affiliated with a specific religious denomination.

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It is now the1880

sand the first formal advising program is established at Johns Hopkins

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The Year Was 1953 “Advising is a process with a long and dignified history in colleges and universities

. . . involving, as often does, tedious clerical work combined with hit and run conferences with students on curricula. It is a most cordially hated activity by the majority of college teachers.”M S. Maclean, Personnel and Guidance Journal

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And in 1960 . . .Prescriptive advising

“The task of advising is concentrated in the opening days of registration and enrollment and consists of aiding students in the selection of courses.” Asa Knowles, Handbook of College and University Administrators

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Prescriptive Advising

Doctor/Patient metaphor—Do as I say.Old:

Advisors as disseminators of

informationNew:Advisors as teachers, mentors, facilitators, guides, allowing forindividual differences

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Or try this 1984 definition “A systematic process based on a close student-advisor relationship intended to aid students in achieving educational, career, and personal goals through the use of the full range of institutional and community resources.”

Winston, Miller, Ender, and Grites

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Academic Advising IsBuilding intentional relationships with students

Advising conversations that extend beyond course selection, scheduling, and registrationHelping students connect their personal strengths and interests with their academic and life goals

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It’s a Given. . .

“Good advising may be the single mostunderestimated characteristic of a successful

college experience.”

Richard Light, Making the Most of College

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A new approach ~ A new focus

“An excellent advisor does the same for the student’s entire curriculum that the excellent teacher does for one course.”

Marc Lowenstein

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Lowenstein’s quote

begs the questions: What is it that the excellent teacher does for one course? What is it that the excellent advisor does for the student?

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Like an excellent teacher, the excellent academic advisor . . .

Nurtures Supports Challenges Prepares

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AsksShows

ClarifiesChallengesSupports

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“Academic advising provides assistance in mediating the dissonance between student expectations and the realities of the educational experience.”

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What do students want from faculty and advisors?

1. Respectful 6. Organized2. Knowledgeable 7. Responsive3. Approachable 8. Professional4. Engaging 9. Humorous

5. Communicative 10. Accessible

Delaney, Johnson, Johnson, and TreslanStudents’ Perceptions of Effective Teaching in Higher Education

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Why Students LeaveAcademic boredomPersonal reasonsAcademic under-

preparednessUncertainty about major/careerTransition/adjustment difficultiesFailure to connect with the institution

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Keys to Student SuccessStudent to student interactions

Student to faculty interactions

An increase in student time and involvement on campusLinks between curricular and non-curricular areasPrograms to help students with insufficient academic preparation

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curriculum modificationsenhanced academic advising

faculty teaching freshmen-level courses extended/continuing orientation living/learning environmentspeer counseling special freshmen administrative units

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Want to learn more?

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Rights (or expectations) of Advisees

Access to accurate information Being treated with respect Needs addressed seriously and with confidentiality

Accurate record of progress at the

institution (do you keep notes of your advising appointments?) Assistance from advisors in decision making Referrals to appropriate support services Obligation to make the final decision

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Responsibilities of Advisees

To participate actively in the advising process: Be responsible for their own actions

Be on time for appointments Be prepared Be willing to discuss problems and challenges Respect advisors

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Responsibilities of AdvisorsProvide accurate information

Treat students with respect Address student needs with confidentiality Keep accurate records of student progress Assist students in decision making Refer student to appropriate support services Allow students to make

final

decisions

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~Retention and Accountability

~Why academic advising is more important than ever

Rising

costs of higher educationThe current state of our economyChanging expectations of students and familiesIncreasing pressure from states for students to graduate in

a timely way

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(noun) something providing an effective solution to a difficult or previously unsolvable problem

Academic Advising is not a magic bullet to ensure the academic, personal, and professional success of your students at Ohio State, but everyone working together is.Magic Bullet

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Advising and Retention“Effective retention programs have come to understand that academic advising is at the very core of successful institutional efforts to educate and retain students.”

Vincent TintoLeaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition —Or—

Yogi

Bera and the Cheshire Cat got it all wrong.