| The
Advisor is responsible to meet students during the fall orientation
to help students in their academic/ educational transition to
Elizabethtown College. |
The
student has the responsibility to meet with the first-year advisor
during fall orientation. |
| The
first-year advisor is prepared to meet with advisees within
the first week to assist with schedule changes in the drop/add
period |
The
student has the responsibility to meet with his/her first-year
advisor within the first week after orientation to open communications
and adjust schedules during the drop/add period. |
| The
advisor assists students in indenting educational, career, and
personal goals. |
The
student is an active participant in the advisor/ advisee relationship.
As such, the student will communicate concerns, needs, and problems
in an effort to keep the advisor apprised. |
| After
the five week early warning notices, the advisor assists students
in developing an academic plan which actualizes goals and objectives
consistent with the students abilities and interests. |
The
student accepts responsibility for decision making and decisions
and consults the advisor after the five week warning period
to assess goals and objectives |
| The
advisor encourages students to take an active role in their
academic program and refers the students to regulations, programs
and graduation requirements. |
The
student is knowledgeable about college policies, procedures,
and regulations as well as program and graduation requirements.
Sources of information include the college catalog; the Academic
Advising Handbook and major check sheets. |
| The
advisor serves as a primary communication source for students,
providing current information about academic policies, procedures,
regulations and programs during pre – registration, weeks
ten through twelve. |
The
student schedules a pre-registration advising appointment with
the first-year advisor to discuss program development in relation
to course selection, major/career goals, and scheduling of classes
during the tenth and twelfth weeks. |
| The
Advisor maintains a current file on each student’s progress
toward major and degree requirements, commensurate with the
student’s goals and objectives. |
The
student has prepared in advance for the preregistration advising
appointment, has obtained materials from Registration and Records
in readiness for the advising session, knows course requirements
for the major program, has thought about course selection and
has developed a tentative outline of courses and class meeting
times. |
| The
advisor has knowledge of college referral sources and services
which may assist students in their educational, career, and/or
personal development. When appropriate, the advisor may act
as a referral agent. |
The
student understands the first year advisor is an informational
source. (When appropriate, the advisor may serave as a referral
agent helping the student to obtain assistance in areas of concern.) |
| The
advisor is a listener, and facilitates students' growth in the
areas of academic, career, and personal concerns. |
The
student has the responsibility to maintain a personal advising
file, which includes program requirements, advising notes, and
other information disseminated by the first-year advisor in
this folder. |
| The
advisor confronts students openly and honestly on issues of
integrity, academic honesty. behaviors, rights and responsibilities. |
The
student is familiar with, and committed to upholding, the Pledge
of Integrity. |
| The
advisor has regular office hours posted. |
The student knows the office hours and locations of the first-year
advisor. |