The Office of Undergraduate Programs, in conjunction with the university’s Council on Undergraduate Education, the Council of Academic Advisors, the Vice Provost’s Academic Programs Council and the Provost’s Council of Deans, have developed a mandatory university-wide training program, Advising 101ab, for all new staff advisors and student affairs administrators at USC.
Advising 101a is designed to provide education and training in the basics of academic advising, including relational and conceptual skill building, and knowledge about USC policies and procedures. The goal, of course, is to ensure effective and accurate delivery of service for all USC students. A total of 559 staff-level academic/administrators, and faculty completed Advising 101a since fall 2001.
Listed below are the dates, times and locations for Advising 101a for the Spring 2011 semester:
February 1, 2011 9:00-12:00 & 1:00-2:30 at WPH403
February 2, 2011 9:00-12:00 & 1:00-3:00 at WPH403
3:00-4:00 at STU B1
February 3, 2011 9:00-12:00 & 1:00-2:00 at WPH403
Please note that the program is a three-day cluster. We offer one Advising 101a 3-day session per semester. To receive credit for the program, you must attend all three days. The sign up deadline for Advising 101a is Tuesday, January 26th, 2011.
In addition to Advising 101a, staff members from the Office of Academic Records and Registrar conduct Advising 101b. They provide hands-on training sessions on the processes most important for advisors and in-depth information on issues in their areas. The dates, times and locations of Advising 101b sessions at WPH403 are:
Monday, February 7, 10-11:30am (Academic Record Services)
Tuesday, February 8, 10-11:30am (Articulation Issues)
Wednesday, February 9, 10-11:30am (Registration Information and Processes)
Thursday, February 10, 10-11:30am (Probation and Petition Issues)
In addition, I would like to remind you that the University launched the USC Undergraduate Advisement Database for staff advisors effective August 7, 2007. The Advisement Database is a web-based tool for managing the information and processes involved in undergraduate student advisement at USC.
It is designed to increase retention and graduation rates by:
· Increasing the efficiency of the advisement process;
· Facilitating the transfer of data between schools and units;
· Enabling proactive advisement by identifying students at risk of not graduating from USC;
· Providing on-demand reporting for faster data analysis; and
· Safeguarding against loss of records due to staff turnover.
Most staff advisors have attended an Advisement Database training session. There will be monthly trainings for all advisors who were unable to attend the sessions offered several weeks ago as well as for all recently hired advisors. The dates and times will be announced soon. Veteran advisors who would like a refresher are encouraged to attend also.
The sign up deadline for the Advisement Database is one week prior to each session.
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