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Establish a professional relationship with advisor
- Prepare to have major and career-focused conversations with your advisor.
- Continue building rapport with your advisor
Review curriculum, graduation requirements, policies, procedures and deadlines as necessary
- Understand and articulate curricular requirements for your major.
- Understand university graduation requirements
- Understand university policies and deadlines (e.g. Repeat for Recalculation, My Time to Register, Required Advising ,and Formula to Finish).
Effectively use GPS audit and plan
- Accurately utilize GPS plan and audit to plan for next semester courses prior to the advising appointment
- Discuss GPS audit and plan with your advisor
Clarifying academic, personal, and career goals and making a plan to achieve those goals
- Evaluate academic, personal, and career goals with your advisor.
- Student and advisor discuss opportunities to achieve goals.
Utilize resources and support services as needed
- Regularly utilize academic, personal, and career-focused resources as needed or required
- Advisor may refer you to Career Exploration and Development, and/or US 20010 for career/major support.
- Explore community engagement, experiential learning, student leadership, and study abroad opportunities.
- Maintain relationship with a faculty advisor/mentor to discuss future opportunities
Know FERPA and maintain confidentiality
- Understand FERPA and the importance of securing your confidential information.
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Establish a professional relationship with student.
- Maintain regular communication with the student.
- Review records in advance of the appointment.
- Assist student with transition into discipline-focused conversations. Use Pathfinder as a guide.
Review curriculum, graduation requirements, policies, procedures and deadlines as necessary
- Review curricular requirements.
- Explain university requirements (e.g. ELR, WIC, etc.).
- Discuss important policies and deadlines applicable to the student (e.g. registration dates, Repeat for Recalculation, important academic standing levels, semester honors).
Create and update a GPS plan with the student
Visit 1:
- Update GPS plan, review audit and plan with the student; create additional semester(s).
Visit 2:
- Update & revise GPS plan, review audit and complete plan with the student.
Assist student in clarifying his/her academic, personal, and career goals and assist student in making a plan to achieve those goals
- Review and reevaluate goals based on interest and accomplishments.
- Discuss opportunities to achieve goals.
- Discuss minor/certificate /elective options.
Review resources and make referrals as appropriate for the individual student.
- Encourage student to develop relationship with faculty/program advisor.
- Discuss academic/personal support services.
- If students are struggling with career options, refer to the Career Exploration and Development, Pathfinder Major Explorer, and/or US 20010.
- Use KSU Advising referral system as needed.
- Discuss study abroad options.
- -Encourage out-of-class opportunities (e.g. organizations, leadership).
Maintain confidentiality.
- Stay current on issues involving FERPA and other laws relating to confidentiality.
- Maintain accurate, complete, and succinct advising notes on student contact in KSU Advising.
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