NACADA's Annual Academic Advising Summer Institutes - Action Plans in Action!

Action Plan

As a Summer Institute participant, you are given the opportunity to prepare and present (in your discussion group) an ACTION PLAN for solving an advising challenge on your campus. The scope of the action plan is left up to you. The scope may be as narrow as devising a new form or as broad as proposing a new model for delivery of advising on your campus or recommending the use of new technology. You will receive assistance with this project by attending relevant sessions, group discussions, and group & individual consultations with institute facilitators who have expertise in the area you have chosen.  Below are some topics and descriptions of Action Plans that have been proposed and developed at previous Summer Institutes.

St. Louis Summer Institute Action Plans - 2010

Title of Action PlanDescriptionName & InstitutionInstitution Type
Advising Manual Advising manual to be used by college transfer advisors and all admissions counselorts who advise first time freshmen

Laura Ross Sturgis,

York Technical College, Rockhill, SC

2 year
ALANA in the 21st Century

To revise ALANA's systematic process, advising tools and mentoring materials for better alignment of goals and learning objectives to the college's mission and strategic plan.  The purpose is to increase student engagement, mentor recruitment and the college's understanding of ALANA's role

Johnika Dreher, Prince George's Community College2 year
Redefinition of Brown Mackie Boisie's Academic AdvisorsThis new name: Academic Support Counselor, is bulit to aid academic competency for committed students through the organization our our most common issue.  The next 6 months will focus and reorganize our common concerns, followed by a two year plan for upkeep and growth.Katie Blue, Brown Mackie College - Boise, ID2 year proprietary
UCF College of Arts and Humanities Intent Advising Online ModuleI propose to create a graduation advising module to educate students about the graduation cycle and certification process.  This module will encourage student participation in graduation advising while allowing advisors to focus individual advising for students encountering unusual challenges to gradulation.Claudine Turner, University of Central Florida4 year public
Real Connections, Real Results Through AdvisingTo inculcate an integrative, comprehensive, mission-based advising plan on the Tiffin Campus, focused on student-centered academic success and personal growth and development.Lisa M. Kirchner, Tiffin University4 year private
Blackboard Course for Prescriptive AdvisingDevelop a BlackBoard Course for prescriptive aspects of academic advising by Fall 2010, for the Center for Student Success under the College of Business at Angelo State University.Jennifer Stephens, Angelo State University4 year public
Revision of Undergraduate Manual

Make the manual more user friendly. Primary changes will be the addition of a table of contents and an advising syllabus.  Also, will rearrange the existing text to correspond with the table of contents, create a student committee for feedback and then make final revisions

Carolina Arroyo, University of Notre Dame

4 year private

Student Success Mentor OutreachTo determine a Student Success Mentor Outreach approach for students at various stages of their college experience that provides additional clarification for departments/organizations and their respective administrators, faculty, and staff.Cleveland Henderson Jr., Owens State Community College2 year public

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