1.05 Advisor Training and Development

Advisors are expected to participate in a comprehensive, regularly scheduled, ongoing, in-service development program. Workshops will be conducted prior to registration each semester, and short monthly sessions will be held, each session focusing on a single component of effective advising and providing advisors with an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of the advisement system. Opportunities to attend regional conferences on academic advising will be offered as financial constraints allow.

Elements of content for advisor development will include:

1. conceptual elements such as the role of advising in student development and the relationship between advising and student retention,
2. informational elements such as policies and procedures, and
3. relational elements such as communication skills and referral skills.