NACADA Region 6 2010 conference in Lincoln, NE concurrent session.

1. Confessions of an Advisor: Doing My Job While Keeping My Sanity

3. Activity 1/Discussion

4. Confessions

5. Forms

6. Planners/Binders

7. Technology

8. Activity 2/Discussion

10. Activity 1 What are your top problems with students? What’s the worst part about the work you do? What’s the best part of your job? What part of college/life do your students simply not “get”? What parts of your job take up the most time? Do you hate answering ?’s and regret coming?

11. Confessions - Forms Intake File Management Monitor Progress Assessment

12. Intake – Academic Intent Survey

13. Intake – Academic Intent Survey

14. Intake - Application

15. Intake - Application

16. Intake - Application

17. Intake - Application

18. Intake- Eligibility Assessment

19. Intake- Eligibility Assessment

20. Intake- Intake Interview

21. Intake- Intake Interview

22. Intake – Participant Agreement

23. Intake – Participant Agreement

24. Intake – Individual Service Plan

25. Intake – Individual Service Plan

26. Intake – Individual Service Plan

27. Intake – Individual Service Plan

28. Monitor Progress – Grade Tracking

29. Monitor Progress – Grade Report

30. Monitor Progress – Grade Report

31. Monitor Progress – Goal Tracking

32. File Management - Checklists

33. File Management- Registration

36. Confessions - Planners Finances Academic Performance Time Management GPA Campus Involvement Stress Eating Habits Study Skills Managing Priorities Test Taking Habits Social Interactions And the list goes on and on and … Physical Wellness Sufficient Sleep

37. Actual Student Planner

38. Actual Student Planner

39. Actual Student Planner

40. Actual Student Planner

41. Actual Student Planner

42. Actual Student Planner

43. Confessions – Binders One or more Classes Everything from Syllabi to Old Tests Allows flexibility for other methods Custom Note Pages

47. Confessions – Technology Databases File Management Calendaring Communication

48. Activity 2 What are your top problems with students? What’s the worst part about the work you do? What’s the best part of your job? What part of college/life do your students simply not “get”? What parts of your job take up the most time? Do you hate answering ?’s and regret coming?

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50. Confessions of an Advisor: Doing My Job While Keeping My Sanity Josh Nichols Student Support Specialist TRiO Student Support Services Dickinson State University joshua.nichols@dsu.nodak.edu