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WSU Academic Advising Association Presentations

2015 Best of the Region – 2/13/2015 (Level II)

Morning Session: WSU ACADA Best of the Region Advising Forum featuring NACADA Best of the Region Award winners “Advising Students on Developing Resiliency as a Strategy for Academic Success” by Kerry Thomas and Nova Schauss, from Oregon State University. The Presenters suggest reading the book “Mindset” by Carol Dweck!

Presentation Material:

2015 Best of the Region PowerPoint

2015 Best of the Region Handout

2015 Best of the Region Lesson Plan

2014 Best of the Region Advising Forum

Presentations begin at 31:00minute mark.
 

Two Best of NACADA Region 8 workshops:
“I’ve Been Afraid of Changing”: Using Motivational Interviewing Principles in Academic Advising to Promote Positive Student Change.”
Miranda Atkinson
Assistant Director of Student Services, Career & Academic Advisor
School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon

“Does Happiness Matter? Applying Positive Psychology to Advising. “
Teri Duever
Academic Advisor
School of Psychological Science , Oregon State University

Cosponsored by WSU ACADA, ASWSU,  College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, CACD, College of CAHNRS, College of Communication,College of Education, College of Engineering and Architecture, Honors College, Office of Undergraduate Education

Access Center – 9/5/2014 (Roundtable)

The Program and Events Committee is hosting a roundtable discussion on September 5th from 10:30 to 12:00 featuring the WSU Access Center. The discussion will be held in the Access Center which is located in Room 217 of the Washington Building. Meredyth Goodwin will present an overview “of what we do and why we do it”, as well as “speak to specific issues that may be of particular interest to advisors, such as math and foreign language substitutions, the need for priority registration and why it is a reasonable accommodation, why students need to schedule their classes with breaks in between classes (for instance), or only after a certain time in the day, why a reduced course load is a reasonable accommodation, etc. “

Presentation Materials:

Access Center Roundtable PowerPoint

 

Applying Career and Identity Development Theories to Advising – 4/29/2014 (Level II)

This Level II Workshop will provide advisors an introduction to one career development and one identity development theory and how to utilize these with students. The main processes involved in both are exploration and commitment. Every advisor will eventually discuss career planning with a student, so this is not just for advisors who work with deciding students; however, this is also useful for students who may need to consider alternate majors. The presenter will walk through an introduction Marcia’s Identity Status Theory and Gottfredson’s Theory of Circumscription and Compromise. Through group discussion, participants will work together to identify ways to facilitate discussion with students based on these theories. Discussion will range from how does each advisor foster exploration and commitment with students to what are some ways advisors have worked with students who are inflexible with their major choice, yet should consider alternate majors. There will be scenarios for applied practice. The presenter will also discuss potential barriers in the developmental process, how to work through these barriers, and understand the risks associated with each phase of these developmental theories. There will be a discussion on how to apply these theories to students from various cultures.

Presentation Materials:

Presentation PowerPoint

Presentation Handout

Presentation Exercise Questions

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