Resources for Academic Advisors
This page contains resources for Academic Advisors. Under Algonquin Resources, you will find information about how Academic Advising works at Algonquin College. Under Best Practices, you will find articles and websites with information about the field of Academic Advising.
- Academic Advising Newsletters
Past issues of the monthly Academic Advising Newsletter that is sent to Algonquin’s Academic Advisors. - AA40 – Algonquin College’s Academic Advising Policy
- First Meeting Checklist
Suggestions for Academic Advisors meeting with a student for the first time.
Learning-Centered Advising
- An End to Checklist Thinking: Learning-Centered Advising in Practice
A great overview of the learning-centered advising model and includes practical ways to implement it in everyday practice. - Learning-Centered Advising Resources
NACADA’s dedicated resource page for the learning-centered advising approach. - Academic Advising as Learning: 10 Organizing
Principles – What should students learn through advising? How might the learning take place? This article uses 10 organizing principles to answer these two questions. - If Advising is Teaching, What Do Advisors Teach?
A seminal article that introduces the learning-centered advising model .
NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising
- Pillars
The NACADA Board of Directors endorses 4 “Pillar” documents that champion the educational role of academic advising in a diverse world. - Concept of Advising
NACADA’s official statement on academic advising that reflects many of the current views and philosophies. - Core Competencies
The core competencies model is used to identify the broad range of understanding, knowledge, and skills that support academic advising, to guide professional development, and to promote the contributions of advising to student development, progress, and success. - Core Values
NACADA’s statement of core values, which reflects the many cultural and educational contexts in which academic advising is practiced globally. - Journal
The official refereed NACADA journal, published in June and December. This journal exists to advance scholarly discourse about the research, theory and practice of academic advising I higher education. - Communities
NACADA has a number of communities that focus in on various areas of academic advising. As a starting point, I’d recommend joining the Listserv for Faculty Advisors and Canada Advisors . - Clearinghouse
The Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources features member written articles on 250+ subjects and over 100 resource pages organized by topic and applicable to academic advising.
Other Resources
- Skills and Competencies for Effective Academic Advising and Personal Tutoring
A more recent qualitative analysis of critical aspects related to performing effective academic advising and personal tutoring and links findings back to NACADA’s core values. - Algonquin College’s Model and Core Values of Academic Advising
A high-level overview of the current advising model at Algonquin College.