Academic Advising & Career Services at UWSP Julie Schneider and Sue Kissinger

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Academic Advising &
Career Services at UWSP
New Faculty and Staff Seminar Series
Julie Schneider and Sue Kissinger
Academic & Career Advising Center
Student Academic Advising Center
Mission: To provide academic advising for undeclared majors,
students questioning their choice of major, and students in
transition from one major to another.
Other Services:
• Major alternatives advising
• Associate Degree advising
• Prior Learning Assessment
• Advising Resources
Did you know that 20-25% of every
first-year class is undeclared?
Redefining the Classroom:
The Concept of “Advising As Teaching”
Academic advising, based in the teaching
and learning mission of higher education,
is a series of intentional interactions with a
curriculum, a pedagogy, and a set of
student learning outcomes. Academic
advising synthesizes and contextualizes
students' educational experiences within
the frameworks of their aspirations,
abilities and lives to extend learning
beyond campus boundaries and
timeframes.
(NACADA)
Example: Student Academic Advising Center
• Pedagogy: Developmental><Prescriptive
• Curriculum: 3 Semester Plan
• Learning Outcomes: SAAC Syllabus
• Assessment: Current Advisee Satisfaction and
Declared Advisee Exit Surveys
Teaching/Scholarship/Service
• Counts for Service
GENERAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE
General educational service is the acceptance and
fulfillment of professional responsibilities outside the
classroom, e.g., academic advising, extracurricular
advising, participation in organizations related to the
discipline, acceptance of professional responsibilities
within the university or community, etc. (The Handbook
describes the responsibilities for advising, which is
considered an aspect of service, in Chapter 5, Section 3.)
UWSP Advising Policy
ADVISING POLICY
PARTICIPATING IN THE ADVISING PROCESS.
Students' Responsibilities.
Students are responsible for
• determining a course of study that satisfies the requirements defined for
the appropriate degree in the UWSP catalog;
• scheduling and appearing promptly for appointments with the adviser when
necessary (at least once each semester);
• preparing for an advising session by having the necessary forms available
and a list of questions and courses (and alternatives) needed;
• being knowledgeable about policies, procedures, and requirements as
published;
• being prepared to discuss personal values and goals as they relate to
academic and career-related needs;
• following through with appropriate action after the advising meeting; and
• accepting responsibility for the academic decisions to be made.
Advisers' Responsibilities.
Faculty and academic staff who serve as advisers are responsible for
• providing timely and accurate advising on academic and career
matters;
• making advising readily available;
• maintaining necessary files on advisees for monitoring progress
toward advisee's educational goals;
• conveying information on academic requirements, policies, and
procedures;
• assisting the student in identifying and pursuing educational goals
and objectives and in securing information about career
opportunities;
• helping the student
• examine course offerings in the major;
• relate these to courses in the student's broader field of study; and
• understand the graduation requirements for the chosen curriculum;
• tailoring the advising approach to individual students and making
referrals appropriate to their needs and interests;
• being responsive to discussions of students' personal values and
goals as they relate to academic and career-related needs; and
• being sensitive to issues relating to the student's retention at UWSP,
and making appropriate referrals when necessary/possible.
DELIVERING ADVISING SERVICES
Departments.
Autonomy
Departments shall have autonomy in structuring their advising
procedures within the limits set by these guidelines. (For example, a
department may choose to have only a part of its faculty, or part of the
faculty and academic staff, assigned to advising.)
Responsibility
Individual departments shall have primary responsibility for providing
timely and accurate advising to their majors and minors, and to
students in related disciplines assigned to that department for
advising. While peer advising may be provided in units where it is
appropriate and workable, it shall not replace faculty or academic staff
advising.
Policies
Departments and functional equivalent units, in consultation with
appropriate students, shall establish policies and procedures to
support commitment to and assessment of individual advising. Where
appropriate, departments shall specifically include advising as a
component of departmental and university service in merit
considerations at times.
Current State of Academic Advising
at UWSP
• Undeclared students are advised by SAAC
• Departmental Advising:
• Professional + Faculty advisors:
• COFAC (Communication)
• CLS (Biology)
• CNR (all)
• CPS (Business and Economics, Communication
Sciences and Disorders, Education, Health Care
Professions, Health Promotion/Human
Development)
• Faculty only: most CLS dept.
• Peer Advisors: CNR, Business and Economics, SAAC,….
Preparing to Advise
Step One: Getting Ready
a. Learn your department procedures/policies/advising format
b. Learn your department curricula
c. Learn the General Education Program
d. Access online resources
1.
UWSP Catalog (GEP, major requirements, etc)
2.
Department webpage
3.
Office of the Registrar
4.
Enrollment Services
5.
Academic Affairs
6.
SAAC
Step Two: Working with Advisees
a. Don’t expect new freshman/transfers to know anything about the
advising/registration process
b. Contacting advisees: adv-Schneider, Julie-UG
c. myPoint (Academics tab)
d. Reading a DPR
Hints/Tips/Tricks
a.
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c.
d.
e.
f.
Students’ responsibility
Scheduling times to meet
Rigor of courses in and related to curricula
Major/General Education overlap
Specific course/requirement tips (unique to departments at times)
Keep in mind that there are financial aid implications to
drop/add/withdrawal recommendations
Don’t guess – ask for assistance from your colleagues or
professional advisors on campus
Ask advisees questions beyond course selection such as:
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What are your goals for your education?
Why do you want to major in X?
What knowledge and skills are you gaining/hope to gain?
What careers are you considering?
Consider joining SPACADA (meet once/month)
Career Services
Mission: To provide comprehensive career/life planning and
job search services linking education and the world of work
for UWSP students and alumni
Other programs:
Title III Grant
Noel Compass Scholars program
Honors Intern program
Reaching Across Generations Mentoring
Great Lakes Internship Grant (new)
Did you know that our office serves a broad
range of constituents including students,
faculty, staff, employers, and alumni?
Career Services – meet the staff!
What We Provide Students
We can assist students with:
• Career Exploration: Career counseling, career assessments,
CareerLocker, Follow-Up Studies
• Job Search Preparation: Assistance with resumes and cover
letters, interview preparation - InterviewStream, Candid
Career Videos
• Internships & Experience /Employment: CareerPoint online
system, job fairs, Going Global
• Graduate/Professional Schools: Identifying programs,
preparing for exams
What We Provide Faculty & Staff
• Classroom presentations & ‘Don’t cancel your class’
coverage
• Career workshops and events
• Resources and staff to support programs for your student
groups
• Connections to employers interested in supporting
classroom activity
• Follow-up Studies of recent UWSP graduates in your
discipline
Online Resources
http://www.uwsp.edu/career/ [See Faculty & Staff link on left]
Questions?
Thanks for attending!
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