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LGBTQA Advising and Advocacy

Goals & Objectives

Vision

The vision of the Advising Community for LGBTQA Advising and Advocacy is to provide a safe, supportive network for Academic Advising professionals to share successful practices, research, and personal stories to encourage open and supportive campus climates world-wide.

Mission

The Advising Community for LGBTQA Advising and Advocacy seeks to provide information on professional development opportunities, successful practices, and a support network for Academic Advising Professionals of all identities as they advocate for all students, whether LGBTQA-identified or not.

Objectives

The Advising Community for LGBTQA Advising and Advocacy seeks to:

  • Educate the NACADA membership about current research, important information and resources available for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual and ally students, staff and faculty.
  • Encourage open, supportive and productive dialogue among NACADA members regarding sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender identity and gender expression and its relationship to advising, education/career planning, curriculum and retention.
  • Establish a forum in which NACADA members are encouraged to openly discuss LGBTQA advocacy within the association and at their institutions as well as their concerns and fears of allyhood.
  • Provide a support network for LGBTQA advisors to share openly their stories, concerns, issues, or any aspects of being an LGBTQA person in the work place.
2018-2020 Strategic Goals
  • Update Gender/Sex/Sexuality questions on the NACADA membership application
  • Reconsider the way the commission uses technology to engage its members
  • Increase visibility of LGBTQA (sub)populations (within NACADA and Students) and improve the knowledge base of the association
  • Increase the number of accepted regional and annual presentations from Community members: 1. At lease one advising community related presentation in all ten regions, and 2. Ten or more Annual Conference presentations
  • Increase advising community related publications in the Clearinghouse, Academic Advising Today, the new NACADA Journal, the Mentor, and the Journal of Academic Advising 
  • Increase the confidence of the Advising Community to engage in scholarship by offering workshops and resources
  • Assess the current Advising Community memberships about their goals and thoughts on the direction the Community should take moving forward.