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This section contains a collection of resources that can be of use to an academic advisor. The intention here is to offer samples, models, and ideas that can be considered, adopted, adapted, revised, and so on to suit.

ACADEMIC ADVISING TOOLS

ARTICLES & REPORTS

PRESENTATIONS

ACADEMIC ADVISING RELATED LINKS

ACADEMIC ADVISING TOOLS

• Sample Letter
• Nursing - Sample Success Plan
• Electrical - Sample First Meeting with At-Risk Student
• Computing Science - Sample Introductory Letter
• Sample Memo/Email
• Advisor-Advisee Agreement
• Academic Advisor Agreement - Social Service Worker
• Student Goals Inventory
• Study Skills Inventory
  

ARTICLES & REPORTS

• Academic Advising: Values and Benefits
• Roles and Responsibilities of an Academic Advisor
• Concept of Advising: Advisor as Coach
• Study Skills Workbook
• The Importance of Academic Advising
  A summary of the portion of a chapter entitled “Academic Advising” by David S. Crockett, vice-president for public affairs at the American College Testing Program and specialist in academic advising.  The article appears in Increasing Student Retention by Noel, Levitz, and Saluri, widely recognized experts in the field of student success.
• Answering the Hard Questions
  A summary of the discussion held during the AACL Kaleidoscope W07 workshop.

• Bibliography

PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS

Uploaded Presentation material from the 2008 annual NACADA conference in Chicago:  Help yourself to over 200 presentations.

Presentation to Algonquin College by College of the North Atlantic, 20 Novmeber 2008 Access for Success

Jayne Drake's Presentation "Academic Advising:  Cornerstone of Student Engagement"

And here's the slide show: Academic Advising Presentation Aug 26_08

ACADEMIC ADVISING RELATED LINKS

• ONT-Advise - a Newsletter about Post-secondary Academic Advising in Ontario

• http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2013.php

• Beloit Mindset List - describes entry-level College students by year of birth
  http://www.uclan.ac.uk/student_services/accentre/academic/index.htm
  A website for teachers learning to advise.

• http://counseling.uchicago.edu/resources/virtualpamphlets/index.shtml
  Very good handouts for students in study skills as well as other areas of concern. 
• http://www.gen.umn.edu/student/advising/model.htm
  A list of academic advising activities. NOTE: This page will not be updated after June 30, 2006
• http://www.purdue.edu/advisors/
  The Purdue University Academic Advisors Resource Guide.
• http://www.advising.wayne.edu/manual/advman.php
  The Wayne State Univeristy Advising Center Manual.