DKS/TKS/Orientation: You Belong Here

Student Responsibilities

Advisor Responsibilities

Establish a professional relationship with advisor

  • Discuss transition to university life with your advisor
  • Begin to build rapport you’re your advisor
  • Understand the expectations and responsibilities of advising

Review curriculum, graduation requirements, policies, procedures and deadlines as necessary

  • Review curricular requirements for your major. 
  • Become acquainted with 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

Visit 1:

  • Discuss GPS with advisor and understand how to use the GPS audit to guide next semester’s course selections and stay on track with your goals and graduation requirements.

Visit 2:

  • Discuss GPS plan and use the GPS audit to plan for next semester’s course selection.

Clarifying academic, personal, and career goals and making a plan to achieve those goals

  • Establish academic, personal, and career goals with advisor

Utilize resources and support services as needed

  • Begin to utilize academic, personal, and career-focused resources.
  • Advisor may refer you to Career Exploration and Development, and/or UC 20010 for career/major support.
  • Student effectively navigates FlashLine and university website.
  • Develop relationship with a faculty/program advisor.
  • Seek out-of-class opportunities (e.g. student organizations, student leadership opportunities).

Know FERPA and maintain confidentiality

  • Understand FERPA and the importance of securing your confidential information.  

Establish a professional relationship with student.

  • Introduce academic advising and what to expect during their first year.

Review curriculum, graduation requirements, policies, procedures and deadlines as necessary

  • Provide general overview of curricular requirements.

Create and update a GPS plan with the student

  • Introduce the Graduation Planning System (GPS) tool. 
  • Create a plan for the student.  Include as many semesters as appropriate for the student and the program.

Assist student in clarifying his/her academic, personal, and career goals and assist student in making a plan to achieve those goals

  • Verify student’s major.
  • Talk to student about their goals while in college.

Review resources and make referrals as appropriate for the individual student.

  • Let students know that there is support available to help them succeed.

Maintain confidentiality.

  • Introduce students to FERPA and other privacy related issues.
  • 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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