Faculty Advisor Orientation

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Faculty Advisor Orientation

• September 28, 2009
• For new and not so new faculty advisors!

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Advising Approaches

• "Academic advising is the only structured
  activity on the campus in which all students
  have the opportunity for on-going, one-to-one
  interaction with a concerned representative of
  the University."
• Wes Habley
• (Who is Wes Habley, you may ask.)

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Faculty Advisor Orientation

• 100 Introductions
• 115 Academic Advising at UMD Who Are We
  Advising?
• 130 Advising Theory, Outcomes
• 145 Roles Expectations Advising Guide
• 2 00 Tech Applications for Advisors
• 215 Advice from Advisors
• 2 50 Closing Thoughts

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Introductions

• A little about us
• A little about you

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The Times They Are A-Changin Who are We
Advising? The Millennials!

• Special / Sheltered
• Confident
• Team-oriented
• High achieving
• Pressured
• Conventional
• Accepting

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Challenges

• Be Aware of
• Boundaries
• Issues such as academic integrity, intellectual
  ownership, cheating
• The need for detailed instructions
• and explicit syllabi
• Mental health issues, counseling, ADD
• Parental involvement
• First generation/immigrant/probationary students

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Theory and Outcomes

• Advising is Teaching
• UMD Learning Goals and Outcomes
• Advising Program Learning Outcomes
• Advising Toward Self-Authorship

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What Do Students Expect?

• Roles
• Expectations
• Advising Guide

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Tech Support and Buzzwords you should know!

• Advising Tools found online at
• http//www.d.umn.edu/faculty/
• APAS
• Grad Planner
• ePortfolio
• Engage!
• Advisor Connect (Email)
• Advising Resources

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APAS - Degree Audit Report

• A effective way to identify which degree
  requirements are still outstanding.
• Where to find reports?
• http//www.d.umn.edu/faculty/

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Graduation Planner

• Great tool for students to plan and explore
  various majors
• Where to find this tool?
• http//www.d.umn.edu/faculty/

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ePortfolio

• Advisee information collectively stored in one
  convenient location
• Where to find this tool?
• http//www.d.umn.edu/faculty/
• -view APAS
• -view transcript

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Engage! - Civic Engagement

• Place for students to find a variety of
  meaningful outside of the classroom experiences.
• Where to find?
• http//www.d.umn.edu/faculty/

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Adviser Connect (Email)

• Tool to communicate effectively with your
  advisees
• Where to find?
• http//www.d.umn.edu/faculty/

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Advising Resources

• A one-stop destination for most advising
  questions
• Where to find?
• http//www.d.umn.edu/faculty/

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And finally,

• Advice
• from
• Faculty Advisors

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Closing Thoughts and Questions,and Thank you
for coming!
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Bibliography

• Michael D. Coomes and Richard DeBard, eds.,
  Serving the Millennial Generation New Directions
  for Student Services (San Francisco Jossey-Bass,
  2004), 87.Reynol Junco and Jeanna Mastrodicasa,
  Connecting to the Net Generation What Higher
  Education Professionals Need to Know About
  Todays College Students (National Association of
  Student Personnel Administrators, Inc., 2007), 6.
• Jeanna Mastrodicasa, The Millennial Generation A
  New Type of Student Arrives on Campus, (2007),
  http//www.indiana.edu/oem/pages/retreat_material
  .html (accessed January 15, 2008)
• Neil Howe, William Strauss, Millennials Go to
  College Strategies for a New Generation on
  Campus, 2003
• Bob Dylan, The Times they Are A-Changin (1964)
  accessed February 17, 2008