Introduction to Academic Advising at Ohio State Training Session

Introduction to Academic Advising at Ohio State

Generally, this session is offered when there are enough new advisors (i.e., about five). We will outreach to all newly hired advisors to schedule a session.

Session Details

Intended Audience
This session is for new (generally equals first few months) full-time academic advisors as welll as Faculty advisors, who are not new to advising, but are interested in learning more about academic advising at Ohio State. Ohio State community staff/faculty members interested in learning more about academic advising may also participate in this session.

Format
Formal presentation (no group activities); however, conversation is encouraged through participant questions. We are able to offer a distance option via Carmen. If you are interested in attending from a distance, you will need to email Shannon Peltier (peltier.15@osu.edu) to let us know. Please send the email a week in advance of the scheduled session.

Facilitators
Shannon Peltier and Amy Treboni

Session Length
2.5 hours

Prerequisites

Please read the following articles prior to attending this session; they are intended to help with our conversations and an exercise we have planned (if we have the time). This material is also covered in the Carmen course. If you need to be added to the course, please contact Sarah Howard. These will help you share a personal definition of advising. If you are an experienced advisor and have not interacted with these, please consider doing so; they are an important foundation to the work you do.

Concept of Academic Advising Core Values of Academic Advising Definitions of Academic Advising

Session Topics

  • Ohio State Acronyms and Terms
  • Office of Academic Affairs Organizational Chart
    • Office of Undergraduate Education (UE)'s organizational chart
    • Overview of UE's role
  • University structure
  • Incoming student profile, graduation rates, etc. (data from Enrollment Services Analysis and Reporting)
  • Advising structure and philosophy (also covered in Carmen)
  • Overview of an advisor's job, with main emphasis on how functions may be different/similar across advising units
  • Mission and Vision for advising
  • Central Support for Academic Advising

General Education overview and reference materials

  • Doing business with the Student Services Center (SSC)/Financial Aid/University Registrar (OUR)
  • Counseling and Consultation Services, Student Wellness Center, Student Advocacy, Dennis Learning Center, Disability Services, and career-related resources.
  • Advising job family
  • CSAA Professional Development
  • ACADAOS
  • Annual advising conference

Learning Outcomes

  • (Knowledge) Describe, generally, the organizational structure of Ohio State
  • (Synthesis) Connect with advisors outside of one's advising unit
  • (Valuing) Appreciate the differences between advisors and advising units across campus
  • (Comprehension) Write a personal definition of advising
  • (Comprehension) Provide two examples for how to balance being an advocate for the student and enforcing policy
  • (Comprehension) Paraphrase the components and goals of the curricular experience at Ohio State
  • (Comprehension) Define the value of a liberal arts education
  • (Knowledge) Identify all available advising tools and resources
  • (Knowledge) Describe how to best refer a student to identified campus resources (i.e., Counseling and Consultation Service, Student Wellness Center, Student Advocacy, Dennis Learning Center, Disability Services, the Student Services Center, and career-related resources).