Advising , Supervising, Mentoring, oh my! What hat do you wear?

1. Advising, Supervising, Mentoring, oh my! What hat do you wear? CPAC 2014 Kim Kushner, Coordinator for Student Development & Leadership Kim.Kushner@colorado.edu 303-492-5675 Lindy Stein, Residence Hall Director Lindy.Stein@ colorado.edu 303-492-7732 University of Colorado Boulder

2. Introductions Tell us: • Your Name • Your School • Why you are at this session • What you would like to get out of the session

3. Agenda/OUTCOMES • Review terminology for some of our most important job responsibilities • Articulate and further define difference between advising and supervising • Reflect on professional role and its relationship to advising • Share best practices and struggles with student organization advising • Create action plan/goals to better your role as an advisor and student affairs practitioner

4. Frameworks • Managing, Supervising, Advising and Mentoring: Each Requires a Unique Hat for the Professional by Monica Marcelis Fochtman • Advisor Resource Training (ART), National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH)

5. Advise, manage, mentor, supervise: The Basics • Advise (v.): offer advice, to counsel; recommend, suggest; inform, notify • Manage (v.): to direct the affairs or interests of; direct or conduct business affairs • Manager (n.): One who controls resources & expenses • Mentor (n.): A wise and trusted counselor or teacher • Supervise (v.): To have the charge & direction of • Supervisor (n.): One who supervises

6. Draw Your Student Affairs Hat

7. Advise, manage, mentor, supervise: The Unique Hats we wear • Advise: Wearing the Hard Hat • Manage: Wearing the Clown Hat • Mentor: Wearing the Wizard Hat • Supervise: Wearing the Captain’s and First Mate’s Hat

8. Advisor overview

9. Roles of an advisor • A resource person • A planner • A financial counselor • A role model • A consultant • A sounding board • A liaison • A developer

10. Roles of an advisor: Beginning and Evaluation • Starting Point: • The advisor and group should determine jointly the advisor’s role • Let students discuss what they feel advisor’s role in group should be • The advisor should state a definition of the role, including institutional pressures that affect it

11. Roles of an advisor: Beginning and Evaluation • Evaluate the Role: • Is the advisor following the agreed-upon role? • Is there a need to renegotiate the role? • Is the advisor available to the group? • Is the advisor appropriately involved at meetings? • Is the advisor helpful to individual officers and members? • Does the advisor offer constructive feedback and appropriate suggestions? • Does the advisor share information concerning institutional policies and procedures with the group? • Does the advisor assist leaders in learning and using group development tools?

12. Final thoughts: Best Practices/Goal Setting • What works for you as an advisor and balancer of so many professional responsibilities/hats? • Where do you still need to grow? • Write down 3 SMART goals you have for this year regarding your advising role • SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-Framed

13. Final Quote