Provide additional Donna Oliver and Research travel budget Cost of travel Goal categories I-VII professional development Deborah Kitts (assisted by during summer 2014; to ensure advisors share other Advising create online faculty best practices including Coordinators) advising module summer access to needed data and 2014 information (professional travel for full-time and faculty advisors, faculty training, incl. an online module). Define the difference Advising coordinators Begin discussions, and Cost of hiring more Goal categories I-VII between mentoring and (with input from deans planning, in 2014-2015 professional advisors; advising, define and chairs) and Faculty academic year potentially more mentoring standards, and Senate incentives for faculty provide for a clear role for (those who keep advising faculty mentors and and those who want to professional advisors become mentors) could – – this could be college (or be monetary or other department) based. Assess types of compensation place of advising in faculty evaluation system and recommend changes to system if/as appropriate Identify data needs to Deborah Kitts; Spring 2014 none Goal categories I-VII inform advising Institutional Research conversations (e.g., % of current freshmen advised by professional advisors). Increase integration of Ellen Taylor and advising Discussions in 2014-2015 Potential cost of Goal categories I-VII career advising into coordinators academic year. additional staff in Career advising process of Center; cost of offering “Distributed” (including job shadowing) career advising by college additional COED 260 and integration of career will begin in fall 2014. courses and to “Intro experiences (more Major” courses involvement with Career Services, review of COED
Provide additional professional development to ensure advisors share best practices including access to needed data and information (professional travel for full-time and faculty advisors, faculty training, incl. an online module). Donna Oliver and Deborah Kitts (assisted by other Advising Coordinators) Research travel budget during summer 2014; create online faculty advising module summer 2014 Cost of travel Goal categories I-VII Define the difference between mentoring and advising, define mentoring standards, and provide for a clear role for faculty mentors and professional advisors – this could be college (or department) based. Assess place of advising in faculty evaluation system and recommend changes to system if/as appropriate Advising coordinators (with input from deans and chairs) and Faculty Senate Begin discussions, and planning, in 2014-2015 academic year Cost of hiring more professional advisors; potentially more incentives for faculty (those who keep advising and those who want to become mentors) – could be monetary or other types of compensation Goal categories I-VII Identify data needs to inform advising conversations (e.g., % of current freshmen advised by professional advisors). Deborah Kitts; Institutional Research Spring 2014 none Goal categories I-VII Increase integration of career advising into advising process (including job shadowing) and integration of career experiences (more involvement with Career Services, review of COED Ellen Taylor and advising coordinators Discussions in 2014-2015 academic year. “Distributed” of career advising by college will begin in fall 2014. Potential cost of additional staff in Career Center; cost of offering additional COED 260 courses and “Intro to Major” courses Goal categories I-VII
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