of Academic Advising David Freitag Pima Community College Overview What is a personal philosophy of Academic Advising How does a personal philosophy of Academic Advising affect your work ID: 800863
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Creating a Personal Philosophy of Academic Advising
David
Freitag
Pima Community College
Slide2Overview
What is a personal philosophy of Academic Advising?
How does a
personal philosophy of Academic
Advising affect your work?
Who should have a
personal philosophy of Academic
Advising?
Slide3Overview
What should be included in a personal philosophy of Academic Advising?
How do I go about creating a
personal philosophy of Academic
Advising?
Slide4What is it?
A creative endeavor
Communicates personal objectives for advising students
No wrong answers
A living document
Slide5A Personal Philosophy of Academic Advising is…
A
positive, self-motivating statement
A Foundation for advising practice
Guides and shapes day-to-day advising
Slide6How will it affect my work?
Provides “a sense of clarity and focus in day-to-day interactions with students and in long-term career goals.”
-Dyer
Slide7Slide8Who should have one?
Staff advisors
Faculty
Counselors
Graduate students and peer advisors
Everyone who
advises students
Slide9Slide10Slide11What should be included?
Something meaningful to you
!
Reflect the colleg
e’s values and goals
Reflect
the spirit of NACADA’s values
Communicate the theories
and approaches
you use in practicing academic advising
…
Slide12Chickering and Reisser’s Identity Development
theory
Developing
Competence
Managing Emotions
Moving through Autonomy toward Interdependence
Developing Mature Interpersonal relationships
Establishing Identity
Developing Purpose
Developing
Integrity
Slide13Kolb’s Theory of Learning
Slide14Holland’s Typological theory
A person’s satisfaction and growth depends on the closeness of ‘fit’ between their personality type and their occupational choice.
Slide15Sample Approaches
Developmental
Advising,
Prescriptive
Advising,
O’Banion’s
Academic Advising Model,
Explore life goals
Explore vocational goals
Program choice
Course choice
Scheduling courses
Learning-centered
Advising,
(advising as teaching)
Strengths-based
advising
,
(don’t focus on weaknesses)
Appreciative
Inquiry
(ask positive open-ended questions)
Slide16Questions to Answer
What are my institution’s published values, goals, and mission?
What is the purpose of Academic Advising at my institution?
What are my strengths as an Advisor?
What excites me about Advising?
Do I feel an affinity towards specific groups of students?
Slide17Most importantly….
Why am I an academic advisor?
How do I make a difference in the lives of students and my colleagues?
Slide18Resources
http://www.academic-advising.com
/
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu
/
http://
www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Clearinghouse.aspx
http://
www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Clearinghouse/View-Articles/Advising-as-a-profession-index.aspx
http://dus.psu.edu/mentor
/
Slide19The end
David
Freitag
dafreitag@pima.edu