Fraternity/Sorority Advisor
Roundtable
July 22, 2014
Tonight’s Agenda
• Introductions
• Advisor Roundtable Dates and Upcoming Format
• External Review Overview
• Shared Philosophy on FSL Advising
• CFSL Staff Responsibility Changes
• FSL Chapter Dashboard
Upcoming Advisor Dates & Meeting Format
• Dates (All at 7:00 pm)
• Wednesday, September 24 @ UC Ballroom
• Wednesday, October 22 @ UC Ballroom
• Tuesday, November 18 @ UC Ballroom
• Format
• First half - Upcoming dates/deadlines/information
• Second - Education/training/advisor development
• Open to all advisors
‘External Review’ Overview
• University support for fraternities and sororities is strong; university
faculty and staff overwhelmingly want fraternities/sororities to be
successful
• Fraternal Excellence Program is a great way to measure chapter
achievement as a function of learning
• University can provide greater opportunities for chapter development
and mentorship; chapter work can equal council work
• Staff has more opportunity to integrate more team approaches to
advising
Philosophy on FSL Advising
• Came out of a collective CFSL/University conversation about how we
choose to approach advising fraternities and sororities
• Serves as a resource for chapter/faculty/staff advisors in
understanding and supporting university decision-making
Philosophy on FSL Advising
• We believe fraternities and sororities are organizations driven by positive,
humanitarian values of leadership, service, intellectual development, and
positive relationships. Therefore, we work to assist students in mobilizing and
integrating these values into the ways they live and lead.
• We believe that individual student learning is at the center of our work.
Therefore, it is our role to consistently create and review programs, environments,
and systems to ensure they maximize students’ ability to learn, grow, and
develop.
• We believe it is our role to align the fraternity/sorority experience with the core
outcomes of the higher education experience. Therefore, we strive to align the
fraternity/sorority experience with the Essential Learning Outcomes created by
the American Association for Colleges and Universities (AACU).
Philosophy on FSL Advising
• We believe that fraternities and sororities are most successful when a shared paradigm
for advising, mentoring, and coaching is used. Therefore, we strive to equip all those in
advising roles with the education necessary to effectively advise while providing students
room to be the drivers of their own fraternity/sorority experience.
• We believe that effective advising and coaching requires a commitment to learning and
development at the chapter, governing council, and individual student levels.
Therefore, we place equal time and energy into chapter development and council
development, all centered around the development of the individual student.
• We believe that students have the privilege and opportunity to take ownership over
their decisions. Therefore, we work with students in their journey to understand decisionmaking and the levels of expectation and accountability associated with that
responsibility.
CFSL Staff Responsibility Changes
• Changes Summary
• Greater focus on advisor training/education/development
• Greater focus on ‘Executive Leader’ education
• Integration of a ‘Chapter Coach’ model
• A contact person in the office that will provide regular perspective, advice, and coaching
to chapter leaders
• Chapters have been distributed throughout the CFSL staff due to their unique position
• Designed to enhance everybody, not to replace anybody
FSL Chapter Dashboard
• http://www.uh.edu/cfsl/chapters/chapter_dashboard.html
• What is the FSL Chapter Dashboard
• A public resource that provides basic information about how chapter are complying,
meeting, and or exceeding University standards and expectations
• Purpose
• Moves our conversation from ‘compliance’ to ‘achievement’
• Makes best use of our time, energy, and shared relationship as advisors
• A tool for students, faculty/staff and organization advisors in encouraging and
promoting chapter compliance and achievement
• Useful resource in ensuring chapter members / leaders are meeting and/or
exceeding basic organization / fraternity / sorority expectations
• Dashboard updated every Tuesday morning
Other Important Updates
• Fraternity/Sorority President’s Leadership Summit – August 18th
• Fraternal Excellence Program Important Dates
• October 10th – Submission
• November 22nd – Interview Completion
Questions/Comments?
Thanks for attending!