New Student Orientation Advising

Are we just weathering the storm?

University of Kansas – School of Engineering 1900 Undergraduate Students Average incoming freshman class is 430 students Growth phase with high recruiting goals

Desired undergraduate enrollment – 1850 students Desired incoming freshman class – 475 Maintain quality

H.S. GPA – 3.0+ H.S. Rank – top 50% Math ACT Sub score - 22

High scholarship offers

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New Student Orientation Facts University of Kansas

Two day program Student Success Academics Advising and Enrollment

3,500 – 4,000 students 3,700 – 4,200 parents Offered 2 times per week, all summer (12-14 total sessions)

School of Engineering Offer 4 freshman sessions for Engineering 120 students per session

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Problems we face Short time frame High volume of students High anxiety for students Closed classes Fear Factor Losing students

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Appreciative Advising Concepts Six Phases

Disarm – making a positive first impression, reducing fear/uneasiness

Discover – build rapport, learn about students’ strengths, skills, abilities

Dream – uncovering students’ hopes and dreams for future

Design – creating a plan Deliver – support students as they carry

out plan Don’t settle – encourage students to

achieve full potential

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Six Components of Appreciative Advising Care about and believe in the potential of each student Possess an attitude of gratefulness Work to become better a better advisor Remember that advisors hold a great

deal of power You must find students truly interesting

and be willing to learn from them Possess cultural awareness and

responsiveness

“ The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care.” - Anonymous

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How Can We Incorporate This?Disarm

Warm welcome Safe and comfortable environment Appropriate self disclosure Appropriate nonverbal behavior

Discover Open-ended questions Attending behaviors and active listening Strength based story reconstruction

Dream Creating powerful images Prospective framework for dreaming Making connections between Dream and Discover phases

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Phases for one on one settingsDesign

Teach how to make decisions Provide positive feedback Be aware of the “curse of knowledge” Making referrals

Deliver Energize students to be their best Academic hope Ending the conversation well Following up

Don’t Settle Challenge and support Raising the bar Virtuous Cycle

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Before The Students Arrive We are prepared for the specific student

Email messages Individual Packet, specific to their situation

Full staff attends sessions Greeted individually Immediate accessibility, not a “presentation”

Disarm

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Our Points of Contact – Day One Opening Welcome

We are the FIRST session Dean and Associate Dean Directors Encouraging message, get students

excited, keep it informative, but not boring

Disarm

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Our Points of Contact – Day One Ice Cream Social

Engineering Complex Staff, Faculty, current students Student organizations Informal Disarm, Discover, Dream

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Our Points of Contact – Day One Utilize Current Students Encourage event

participation Showcase Opportunities Engineering Peer

Advisors

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Our Points of Contact – Day two Departmental Meetings Small Group Advising

Central Resources

Explain Enrollment Lab, not rushed Discover, Dream, Design

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Put Into Practice at Home Think about your current message Get creative with application Accept limitations Which steps can you achieve?

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Resources Appreciative Advising. 24 Feb. 2011.

www.appreciativeadvising.net Bloom, J.L., Martin, A. “Incorporating Appreciative Inquiry into

Academic Advising.” The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal 24 Feb. 2011 http://dus.psu.edu/mentor/020829jb.htm.

Bloom, J.L., Huston, B.L., &He, Y. The Appreciative Advising Revolution. Champaign, IL; Stipes.

Lords, E. “A Revolution in Academic Advising at a Texas Community College.” 22 Sept. 2000. The Chronicle of Higher Education, A47.

Sanchez, L. “Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: Can Group Advising Be Appreciative and Effective?” The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal 24 Feb. 2011 http://dus.psu.edu/mentor/080702ls.htm.

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