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Annual Meetings
University of Michigan, 2001

Notes:  New Advisor Training

Dennis Bowling, Purdue University; Steve Wietstock, Indiana University; Jennifer Joslin, University of Iowa; Julian Parrott; University of Illinois; Virginia Reese, University of Michigan; Keith Marshall, University of Illinois; Tim Walsh, University of Wisconsin; Ann Harvilla, University of Chicago; Debe Williams, University of Illinois

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Developing New Advisor Training topics

University of Michigan

• Degree Requirements
• Philosophy of Advising
• Point person for project/issues (Pre-professional, Discipline, Registrar's, Admissions, etc.)
• Assign mentor / experienced advisor
• Weekly "New Guys" meeting - for one year

University of Iowa

• Hire from a variety of backgrounds
  1/2 from student development
  1/2 from faculty background
• One year training program - Staff development every 2 weeks including individual training
• Committee from office who trains and mentors
• After 1 year of training, Advisors are on probation for 3 years
• Looking into an all campus advising group
• Institute a waiver that is good for one year that student signs allowing information to be released to parent

University of Illinois

• Want to centralize advisor training on a decentralized campus
• New advisor training and 1 year in-service
• Rely on Advisors to share information amongst themselves and through committees.
• Office of the Provost now provides money, but, Advisors do training with much support across campus. Creating communications
• Bait faculty in order to participate
• Develop office manual
• Scavenger hunts for advisors across campus
• Moving from Grad student to professional advising
• 2 day training program before students register
• Did abbreviated advisor/student training because hired in August
• What's important isn't the initial training, but continual training
• Offers a self-select advisor training 2 day before classes
• Faculty fills out survey regarding training they feel they need
• Problems with faculty arise when they don't want to advise. Faculty advisors route students to the chair or to other faculty. What kind of advising are students getting?
• Include handouts on FERPA / pull of statute, ADA case studies, and Office safety

University of Chicago

• Faculty advisors get stuck doing advising
• New advisors start early - focus on school / hiring issues / time / vacation / pay / sick time / etc.
• Keep directors time available to new advisors, but now always readily available
• Advisors train on the job
• Do have handbook with administrative topics and concentration manual. But, most information is passed by word of mouth.
• High turn over rate disruptive to students, but advising isn't what they want to do with their life.
• Names and numbers are taken when dealing with parents and students regarding FERPA to confirm regulations

Purdue University

• Start training program
• Advisors split into disciplines and those advisors train/mentor new guy
• Week long training program
  1. Work with Director
  2. Observation with advisor
  3. Make formal mentoring system
  4. Campus tour and party as welcome at end of day

University of Indiana

• Hire advisors for about 1 a year. Take in 2 - 3 advisors who are trained, but not guaranteed positions.
• 2 week intensive training
  1. Daily quizzes
  2. Visit different offices
  3. Observation of advisors and other schools or colleges
  4. Second week of Orientation, advisors given limited advising
  5. Then new advisors are on their own with weekly orientation meeting.
  6. Staff meetings and assessment points
  7. Completed after one year
• University policy and regulations - has been nothing
• Advising council committee is looking at ways to provide training for new advisors
• Pulling in specialized advising and study abroad, etc.
• Want to set up network for advisors
• Will set up mentor program
• Want to set up manual
• FERPA training and academic perspectives for students and parents
• Registrar's Office set up table on what information can be released and can't

University of Wisconsin

• Training in first year
• Intensive two week module with Departments and campus offices
• Training can occur at any time.
• New advisors shadow with all advisors to see different styles
• New advisors will see students within one month or so
• Debrief with advisor after seeing students
• Training 3 advisors or more - get together with weekly new advisors (case studies meeting)
• Big part of training is Orientation
• Pretty good professional development / staff meetings.
• Career advisors put on career conferences
• Campus wide training programs haven't been developed
• Advising office at U of W is often asked to help in training for other depts., and colleges
• Other schools hire advisor away from them
• Simple brochure on FERPA regulations and what information can be released

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Last revised March 5, 2002