Thursday, May 27th ~ 1:00-3:00pm EDT $345
Overview
Although student retention rates are important, they do not adequately capture the essence and stories of the individual students these numbers represent. Students are retained one student at a time and it is crucial that administrators, staff, and faculty partner together to optimize student learning experiences. This webinar will introduce an exciting concept that has been proven to positively impact student retention, GPAs, and satisfaction in and out of the classroom. Based on the organizational development theory of Appreciative Inquiry and the positive psychology literature, Appreciative Advising provides a flexible framework for professionals seeking to optimize student success. The webinar will first explore the six phases of Appreciative Advising – Disarm, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver, and Don’t Settle.
We will also showcase how to successfully adapt this appreciative approach in developing and teaching first-year experience courses. Participants will then learn how each phase can be adapted to use in a wide variety of in-class and extracurricular venues, including residence life, career counseling, financial aid, University 101 courses, Greek affairs, admissions. Data will be presented that underscores how the Appreciative Advising can be used to impact student retention rates and much more.
Objectives:
1. Understand the theoretical infrastructure behind Appreciative Advising, including a brief overview of Appreciative Inquiry.
2. Understand and apply the six phases of Appreciative Advising: Disarm, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver, and Don’t Settle.
3. Learn how to ask positive, open-ended questions that will help professionals and faculty build rapport with students.
4. Learn how to use verbal and non-verbal immediacy behaviors that can put students at ease.
5. Explore potential adaptations of the model in participants’ individual working environment.
Who Should Attend?
Academic advisors
Advising administrators
Student affairs professionals
Vice-Presidents of Student Affairs
Student affairs leaders
University 101 instructors
University 101 coordinators
Retention coordinators
Academic coaching professional
Who are the speakers?
Jennifer L. Bloom is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Master’s degree program in the Higher Education & Student Affairs Program housed in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies at the University of South Carolina. Prior to her appointment at the University of South Carolina in August, 2007, she served as the Associate Dean for Student Affairs & the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. She earned her doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995.
Dr. Bloom served as the 2007-08 President of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). She received the NACADA Outstanding Advising Administrator Award in 2005 and University of Illinois’ Campus Academic Professional Excellence Award in 2007. Dr. Bloom has co-authored two books. The first book, Career Aspirations & Expeditions: Advancing Your Career in Higher Education Administration, was released in 2003 and co-authored by Nancy Archer-Martin. The second book, The Appreciative Advising Revolution, was released earlier in September 2008 and is co-authored by Bryant Hutson and Ye He. Her research interests include appreciative advising, academic advising, career paths in higher education administration, leadership, and change management.
Bryant L. Hutson is an Associate Director for Student Academic Services at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He coordinates programming and assessment for a number of student support and retention efforts, including First-Year Experience and at-risk student programs. His office received the Noel-Levitz Retention Excellence Award in 2004 and 2009, and the NACADA Outstanding Advising Program Award in 2004 for programs based in Appreciative Advising.
Bryant holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration with a concentration in educational research, measurement, and evaluation. He co-authored The Appreciative Advising Resolution with Jenny Bloom and Ye He, and has made over 40 peer-reviewed presentations at national conferences and has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals on academic advising and student retention. His research focuses on academic advising, student retention programs, and program evaluation. Previously, he was research associate at the Center for Educational Research and Evaluation in Greensboro, NC. Dr. Hutson also served as the state representative of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) for North Carolina from 2005 to 2008.
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