Its All Fun

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Its All Fun Games Until Someone Gets Trained

• Terri Downing, Franklin Pierce College
• Susan Kolls, Northeastern University

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Steps in the Design Implementation of an
Academic Advising Training Program
From Academic Advising, A Comprehensive Handbook
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Steps One - Three

• Step One
• Review
• Step Two
• Identify
• Step Three
• Establish

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Steps Four - Six

• Step Four
• Select
• Step Five
• Implement
• Step Six
• Evaluate

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Back to Step Four

• Select appropriate content, strategies and
  methods
• FIRST Identify your audience
• Professional Advisors
• Faculty Advisors
• Peer Advisors
• Other?

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Next

• Select Content
• Conceptual
• Informational
• Relational

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Then

• Choose the Strategies and Methods that best
  address your audience and convey your content

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Conceptual

• What do advisors need to understand?
• For Example
• Definition of advising
• Role of advising in student development
• Relationship between advising and retention
• Advising Types
• Etc.

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Implement Conceptual Content

• Deck the Halls
• What message do we send to student about our
  institution?
• MBTI
• How does personality type impact advising
  situations?
• Advising Syllabus

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Informational

• What do advisors need to know?
• For Example
• Programs
• Policies
• Referral Services
• Statistics
• Curricular Issues
• Etc.

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Implement Informational Content

• Jeopardy
• Pertinent Categories
• The Weakest Link
• Someone is dangerously close to losing tenure
• Beach Ball
• Case Studies

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Relational

• What skills do advisors need to possess?
• For Example
• Listening
• Communication
• Interviewing
• Etc.

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Implement Relational Content

• Role-playing
• Balloon Walk
• Icebreakers
• Interview
• Shipwrecked
• Create a Nation
• Legos
• Etc.

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Step Six Evaluate

• Review
• Goals
• Objectives
• Anticipated Outcomes
• Develop Evaluation
• Review Evaluation as soon as possible
• Embrace Change!

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Additional Ideas?

• Share some ideas what have worked at your school

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Questions?

• Thank you!