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• Delivery of Advising Services o Models o Advisor loads • Use of Technology in Advising o Different medias o Issues 3. Instruction • Identifying Outcomes for Advising o Advisor/process/delivery outcomes o Student learning outcomes • Advisor Training and Development o Advising as teaching o Components of effective advising • Assessment of Advising Programs o Assessment versus evaluation o Key factors o Assessment process o Utilizing existing instruments and resources o Communication of results o Acting on results 4. Professionalism • Legal and Ethical Issues o Moral, ethical, legal issues o FERPA o Working with parents o ADA o Working with students in distress • Financial Management of Your Program o Institutional issues: rules, regulations, policies o Funding resources • Campus Environment and Politics o Navigating the campus environment o Building connections Course Objectives: This course will provide information, discussion, and feedback regarding the following topics in the administration of academic advising in higher education: I. Developing a Mission <strong>State</strong>ment and Goals for Your Advising Program a. Definition of a mission statement b. Relationship to institutional mission statement c. Relationship to local vision and goals II. Identifying Outcomes for Advising
a. Advisor/process/delivery outcomes b. Student learning outcomes III. Delivery of Advising Services a. Models b. Advisor loads IV. Use of Technology in Advising a. Different medias b. Issues V. Advisor Training and Development a. Advising as teaching b. Components of effective advising VI. Advisor Evaluation, Reward and Recognition a. Evaluation versus assessment b. Methods of advisor evaluation c. Developing and advisor evaluation instrument d. Role of evaluation in reward and recognition e. Forms of reward f. Forms of recognition VII. Legal and Ethical Issues a. Moral, ethical, legal issues b. FERPA c. Working with parents d. ADA e. Working with students in distress VIII. Financial Management of Your Program a. Institutional issues: rules, regulations, policies b. Funding resources IX. Campus Environment and Politics a. Navigating the campus environment b. Building connections X. Assessment of Advising Programs a. Assessment versus evaluation b. Key factors c. Assessment process d. Utilizing existing instruments and resources e. Communication of results f. Acting on results Learning Outcomes: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the above listed course objectives via authoring of appropriate papers, adequate completion of additional assignments, sufficient participation in online discussions, and submission of a correct cumulative portfolio. At the completion of the course, students will have a clearly delineated administrative description of their respective advising programs, including identified issues and the start of an overall assessment paradigm for their programs. Grading: Grades will be based on the following: 1) Papers: You are required to submit a total of six 1-2 page papers during the semester as noted on the schedule for a total of 120 possible points. These are short research papers, NOT reaction papers. One of the most important aspects of these papers is being able to answer the questions correctly, but concisely as well, referencing the appropriate resources in your text and other assigned materials and readings. Here are the instructions for the assigned papers:
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