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Advisors as Teachers:

Advisors as Teachers:. A Learning Centered Advising Model. Introduction of presenters. Anjie Almeda, Department of Health Sciences, Academic Advisor Teri Farr, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Academic Advisor Mindy Kinney, University College- Academic Advisement, Advisor

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Advisors as Teachers:

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  1. Advisors as Teachers: A Learning Centered Advising Model

  2. Introduction of presenters • Anjie Almeda, Department of Health Sciences, Academic Advisor • Teri Farr, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Academic Advisor • Mindy Kinney, University College- Academic Advisement, Advisor • Wendi Whitman, University College- Academic Advisement, Coordinator

  3. Centralized advising in University College First Year General & undecided Academic probation Department & School Advising Sophomore – Senior Major programs of study Internship and career development Current structure of advising

  4. Professional, full time advisors Individualized attention Holistic Academic specialists in majors Streamlined service Disconnected from classes Trouble for exploring students Uni-directional information Difficult to assess Consumer mentality Advantages Disadvantages

  5. Overview of the Learning Centered Advising Model • Focus on teaching & learning • Management & responsibility for education • Utilization of resources on campus • Definition of Academic Advisor • Facilitation of assessment

  6. If Academic Advisors are teachers……. What is the curriculum? What is the pedagogy?

  7. If Academic Advisors are teachers, what is the curriculum?

  8. Advising Curriculum • Logic of education (i.e. the value of a liberal arts education) • View educational experience as a meaningful whole • Well informed educational decisions • Build on upon previously learned concepts

  9. What is the pedagogy?

  10. Sequence of learning Transferable skills Intellectual growth Advisors-as-teachers Utilize an advising syllabus from freshman year through graduation Advising syllabus must be consistent across academic units Advising Pedagogy

  11. Learning-Centered Advising Model on Campus • The Curriculum • The Teacher • The Learner • Governance

  12. Benefits to Campus • Consistent advising across campus • Allows for flexibility within the curriculum • Well suited to assessment • Advisors teach students about learning and how to become life long learners • Intentional, learning-centered advising is linked with higher retention and graduation rates

  13. Learning Centered Advising.. The right model at the right time for Illinois State!

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