Applying Appreciative Advising Discover and Dream Techniques to Support Student Success

December 10, 2024 - 1:00 PM CT

Appreciative Advising is a proven approach to use when working with students, but how do you apply the theory to real-life advising? This interactive and energetic webinar will explore the Discover and Dream phases of Appreciative Advising in more depth. Focusing on just two of the Appreciative Advising phases gives participants an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the phases and how to use them within any advising approach. Using entertaining video clips, group discussion, and real-life practice, we aim to help advisors improve their Discover and Dream techniques. This will include a visualization exercise led by a somatic practitioner and opportunities to reflect on your own accomplishments and success. While this webinar is focused on Appreciative Advising, we believe the skills taught have broad application for all advisors and students.

What You'll Learn:

- Understand the Discover and Dream phases of Appreciative Advising, including their connection to student success
- Apply a variety of techniques from the Discover and Dream phases in student appointments as appropriate and needed
- Address challenges that may arise when implementing the Discover and Dream phases with students
- Practice an embodiment of mindfulness techniques to enhance cognitive aspects of the Discover and Dream phase

Webinar Presenters

Becca Weidner
Becca Weidner (she/her) is an Academic Advisor for the College of Fine Arts and Communications at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Becca received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University, a Master’s degree in Academic Advising from Kansas State University, and a Master’s in Public Administration from Brigham Young University. Becca is a co-author of the book Motivational Interviewing In Higher Education. She has presented many times at both regional and national advising conferences and enjoys sharing her love of advising with others. Becca currently serves on the NACADA Assessment of Advising Community Steering Committee. Becca is an advocate for students as they pursue their educational and professional goals. When she isn’t advising students, you can find Becca hiking, going to concerts, or strolling the aisles of bookstores looking for the perfect book to read.
Rachel Terry
Rachel Terry (she/her) has been in the advising and school counseling world for over a decade. She graduated with an M.Ed in Psychology from Utah State University and earned a graduate certificate in Academic Advising from Kansas State University. She currently works at Utah Valley University and oversees training advisors across campus. Rachel loves to hear her student’s stories and to work together as a team to help her students reach their educational, career, and life goals; the Disarm, Discover, and Dream phases of Appreciative Advising are her faves! She lives with her spouse and three children in Utah and enjoys listening to impactful audiobooks, drinking dirty iced chai lattes, spending time with friends, shopping for Halloween décor, and dreaming of tropical vacations.
Emily Emerick
Emily Emerick (she/her) is an academic advisor at Brigham Young University, specializing in International and Area Studies. A Boise, Idaho native, Emily earned her bachelor's degree in health from BYU and went on to receive her master's degree in Academic Advising from Kansas State University. Emily is passionate about guiding students through their academic journeys. She truly has a genuine interest in student success. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys exploring the great outdoors through hiking and swimming, relaxing at the beach, and immersing herself in podcasts and books.
Lehua Estrada
Lehua Estrada (she/they), originally from Kaua’i, is a dance artist, educator, performer and wellness and belonging facilitator. She danced professionally for over 20 years with various artists and organizations which gave her the opportunity to perform throughout the US, France, Italy, and Mexico. They have been on dance faculty at Southern Utah University, Brigham Young University, Maryland Youth Ballet, and Utah Valley University (UVU) where they also taught Ethics and Values in the Department of Philosophy and served as an Academic Counselor in the First Year Advising Center. At the heart of her approach to life, pedagogy, dance-making, parenting, and counseling are hard work, curiosity, vulnerability, joyous creativity, and sensitivity. Lehua is the originator of the Embraced for Being series that was birthed in response to the need for compassionate, engaged and inclusive anti-racist spaces in the dance community. Through it they have fostered movement sessions centered around inclusion, belonging, wellness, and awareness. She holds an MFA in Dance from the Peck School of the Arts, a BFA in Dance from the University of Utah, and she is a certified Feldenkrais ATM teacher, GYROTONIC® trainer, and GYROKINESIS trainer. Beyond dance, movement, mindfulness, and teaching, Lehua finds joy in her family, communing with nature, little mundane repetitive tasks, and being in company with kind humans over a good meal.

Core Competencies Addressed

Academic Advising Core Competencies that will be addressed in this presentation include:

Academic advising approaches and strategies.
Create rapport and build academic advising relationships.
Facilitate problem solving, decision-making, meaning-making, planning, and goal setting.

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Pricing

NACADA Members:

Before/on November 10 - $175
After/on November 11 - $200

Non-Members:

Before/on November 10 - $325
After/on November 11 - $350

Registration closes December 8, 2024