Innovative Educators

Assessing the Effectiveness of Your Academic Advising Programs

Registration Fee: $295.00

Description

On-Demand Training: Assessing the Effectiveness of Your Academic Advising Programs

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$1750 for your choice of 12 presentations (If purchased individually $3540)
$1200 for your choice of 6 presentations (If purchased individually $1770)

$750 for your choice of 3 presentations (If purchased individually $885)

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"Assessment and evaluation are viewed by many as necessary evils. Nevertheless, they are absolutely essential to understanding the effectiveness of our services. Assessment must inform all that we do as academic advisors."

Thomas J. Grites

~Webinar Presenter

Description

In times of shrinking resources and greater accountability in higher education, it is imperative that proponents of advising justify the claim that advising makes a difference in the lives of students. This session will introduce the processes involved in the assessment of academic advising. It will include rationale for assessment and definition of assessment terminology. In addition, a five-state model for assessment will be discussed. The model includes:

Integrating assessment with institutional mission
Tools, techniques, and strategies
Interpreting and using results
Implementing strategies
Planning the next cycle

Objectives

Understand the differences between assessment and evaluation
Understand the relationship between institutional mission and student learning outcomes
Demonstrate an understanding of assessment tools, techniques, and strategies and the purposes which they serve
Learn how to interpret assessment data and communicate findings to various constituents on campus
Focus on using assessment results to implement enhancements to the advising program
Recognize that assessment is an ongoing process

Who should attend?

Key administrators in academic affairs and student affairs, enrollment management personnel, advising directors/coordinators, members of campus task force responsible for enhancements in academic advising

Who is the speaker?

Thomas J. Grites is assistant to the provost at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He has been directly involved in and a student of the academic advising process in higher education for over 30 years. Information and materials from his presentations at national conferences and from his publications have been used by advisors in a variety of institutions. Tom has served as a consultant and faculty development workshop leader to over 100 different campuses, and he has addressed numerous high school and community groups in his home state. He was instrumental in forming the National Academic Advising Association and served as its second President for two terms.

His research and writing have linked the importance of academic advising to such seemingly diverse areas as admissions, general education, high school counseling, economic profits, ethics, collective bargaining, and faculty development. His landmark publication, Academic Advising: Getting Us through the Eighties, served as a basis for the review of campus advising programs for many years. Developmental Academic Advising, of which he was a co-author, was used as the “standard text” for advising programs and advisor training programs for many years. He has authored more than 50 journal articles, position statements, book chapters, and consultant reports, and he has delivered over 70 conference presentations. He recently completed an orientation/textbook for transfer students.

In addition to his work in academic advising, he worked in college housing programs on three campuses; he regularly taught a general methods course in teacher education; he has also taught a Freshman Seminar course, a Basic Skills course in Critical Thinking, a graduate course on “Developmental Academic Advising” at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, and most recently a “transfer student seminar” that is modeled on the freshman seminar concept. He has also served on his local Board of Education for over 20 years.

He is a native of Danville, Illinois and earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Illinois State University. His doctoral work was completed at the University of Maryland. Both these institutions have awarded him their Distinguished Alumni Awards. Most recently he was inducted into the College of Education Hall of Fame at Illinois State during its 150^th Anniversary celebration. Tom resides in Absecon, New Jersey.

Registration Information

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How does it work?

1. We email you a link and password that will give you access to the On-Demand Training presentations
2. You distribute the link and password to your entire faculty and staff via email
3. You will have access to these links indefinitely

What are the benefits of On-Demand Trainings?

Accessible: Email the trainings to your entire faculty and staff, so they can take advantage of training opportunities anytime, anywhere. They can watch in the comfort of their office, their home or while traveling.
Cost-Effective: No travel required. An innovative way to provide your entire faculty and staff with a variety of professional development opportunities for one low price! The more you train, the more you save. The registration fee is per institution, not per person.
Easy: It’s as easy as point, click, participate. If you run into any problems, we’re always here to help.
Practical: Our training sessions focus on the most critical and relevant issues facing educators today. Our primary goal is to provide participants with the information, training and skills necessary to immediately implement positive change at their institutions.
Top-Notch Speakers: Our speakers are subject matter experts and recognized in their field.
No Expiration: When you purchase an On-Demand Training, it is yours indefinitely. You can use it whenever and as often as you want, offering consistent training to all of your hires.
Satisfaction Guaranteed: Our On-Demand Trainings are 100% guaranteed. Thus, there is no risk. If you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your money in full.

How will we use these trainings?

Hybrid Professional Development: Distribute an On-Demand Training to faculty and staff at the beginning of each month and plan a discussion session at the end of the month to determine how you will implement the strategies presented.
Online Faculty and Staff Learning Communities: Distribute On-Demand Trainings to faculty and staff so they can watch anytime, anywhere. Contact Innovative Educators at val@ieinfo.org and we will create an online discussion group specifically for your institution at no extra charge.
In-Service Training: Plan a day and time to show an On-Demand Training in a lecture hall or large conference room and invite faculty and staff to attend – debrief immediately following the presentation.
Staff Recognition: Develop a program around the On-Demand Trainings with monthly themes and recognize the staff members that implement the best idea related to the theme.
Team-Building: Utilize these On-Demand Trainings to develop cross-functional and cross-discipline teams to foster collegiality.
New Employee Training: Include these trainings as part of your new employee training program to ensure consistency.
Implementation and Follow-Up: Use the guide and evaluation materials provided by Innovative Educators to plan, implement and track your progress.