San Antonio, TX Sheraton Gunter Hotel January 28-30, 2007

The Institute is designed for all levels of advising administrators:

New To Advising Administration - Learn the basics and network with others new to administration as well as those experienced administrators from whom you can learn valuable "hands-on" information.
Experienced Advising Administrators - Gain additional skills and knowledge in key areas of your responsibility and gain valuable connections through networking with other experienced administrators peer institutions.
Chief student affairs officers, academic affairs officers, and presidents - Learn the key issues facing advisors and advising administrators and how you can support their work on a daily basis and network with administrators at other campuses to learn about successful advising programs and strategies that your campus could implement.

Participants will develop an ACTION PLAN for implementation on their campus:

The Institute will utilize learning community groups facilitated by institute faculty who are experienced advising administrators and leaders in the field. The faculty and groups will assist in the development of the participant actions plans. The action plan will focus on a key issue or concern on your campus that you want to focus on for improvement or change and will assist new administrators and experienced administrators alike in making significant changes and improvements at their institutions.

The Institute Learning Communities and Institute Faculty will also provide a foundation for participants to:

• Guide you in the development of an implementation plan for improvement or change on your campus
• Respond to the latest issues appearing on campuses and facilitate a process through which you may better understand the issues, skills, and knowledge
• Help you address issues within your academic advising programs
• Assist you in utilizing the resources and expertise available to you
• Help develop a clearer sense of your academic advising programs, how to effectively administer them, and how your programs should fit within your own institution
• Network and learn from administrators from a variety of institutional types and sizes

Plenary Sessions

Plenary Session 1 - Setting the Stage for Advising Administrators

Broad overview of the major issues including mission, purpose, training and development, assessment, etc.

Plenary Session 2 - The Environment of Advising Administration

This session will assist administrators in gaining the skills needed to understand the campus environment in which they exist and the issues of how that environment or culture affects their work as advising administrators. An understanding of basic organizational theory (Bowman & Deal) will be provided to assist administrators with evaluating their own cultures and environment.

Plenary Session 3 - Implementing Change in the Environment

This session will assist administrators in how to implement their action plans on their campuses using the environmental and cultural issues discussed in Plenary 2.

Concurrent Topics

Developing and Administering Training and Development Programs

Working with Faculty Advising Models

Assessment of Advising Programs

Legal and Ethical Issues for Administrators

Technology Utilization

Budgeting and Financial Management

Evaluation of Advisors

Advising as Teaching - What an Administrator Must Know and Support

Leadership vs. Management

Dealing with Difficult People

Individual Consultations

Opportunities to meet individually or as a team with institute faculty wil be provided throughout the institute.

**If you have a free evening on the 26th or 27th you may want to check out the Majestic Theatre , located directly across the street from the Gunter Hotel.

Note: This is an intensive, working institute; you may want to schedule an extra day in San Antonio to enjoy the surrounding area and the RiverWalk.

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