1. Becoming a LEADER IN ADVISING . . .
GAIL FAIRFIELD
Office of Completion & Student Success
Becoming a LEADER IN ADVISING . . .
Whether or not you want to be an administrator!

2. Plan for Today Generate ideas about excellence in advising leadership
Leading by Using an Inquiry Mindset
Leading by Involvement
Your Next Leadership Experiment!
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3. Consider Excellent Role Models
Who are they? Why are they excellent?
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4. Attitudes of Leadership
Know my value and my values
Appreciate and recognize myself and others
Reveal my strengths
Know my personal boundaries
Own my decisions and actions
Apologize and make amends
KEEP LEARNING
Take 30 minutes a week to reflect, learn, & grow!
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5. Leadership through an INQUIRY MINDSET
BE CURIOUS
IDENTIFY A GOAL
What do you want someone (self, students, other advisors, faculty) to be able to know/do/understand – and why?
What do you want to know about your student (or group of students) – and why?
BRAINSTORM POSSIBILITIES
Use technology
Understand EX policy
Know degree requirements
Consider minors
Get an internship
Are students who experience orientation in an in-person group with their assigned advisor more – or less – likely to come in for regular advising meetings?
Are students who see advisors regularly (twice a year) more or less likely to complete their degrees in eight semesters?
Is there is a correlation between taking course X together with course Y that results in a drop in semester GPA?
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6. Leadership through an INQUIRY MINDSET
DEFINE A PROJECT
What could be a way to help advisors understand . . .?
What could be a way to educate students about ?
What is some correlated data that will help me support my students more effectively?
ETC.
Do students who are working full time do better – or worse – if they take credits?
Do students who take the pre-req for course A, online, do better/worse than students who take the pre-req in a classroom?
Which students did really well in course B so I can recommend them for undergraduate research, or becoming teaching assistants?
Do First Gen students who do summer bridge programs have better fall-to-spring retention than First Gen students who didn’t do bridge programs?
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7. Leadership through an INQUIRY MINDSET
EXPERIMENT Try something, adapt it, try again ASSESS Identify what you will measure and how you will measure it
Baby – diaper – falling down
If at first you don’t succeed – try something else!
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8. Leadership through an INQUIRY MINDSET
DOCUMENT Describe the original issue, your goal, your actions, and the results. SHARE Publish it, workshop it, or it – just get it out!
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9. Using an Inquiry Mindset to Develop a Best Practice
Notice a need
Read, research, ask for input
Formulate an idea
Try it out
Assess, adapt & adjust
Summarize ideas and results
YOU ARE NOW THE LEADER: SHARE!!
Continually explaining about W deadline and unlikeliness of late withdrawals to at-risk students – AFTER they have requested late withdrawals
Hand-out with required signature?
Online Info-graphic or YouTube?
Info Session?
AdRx Quick Note?
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10. Using an Inquiry Mindset to Become the Expert
Find something that interests you
Read, research, & talk to people
Get or organize specific training so you can learn more
Apply what you’ve learned
Summarize your ideas and results
YOU ARE NOW THE LEADER: OFFER TO BECOME THE GO-TO PERSON!
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11. Using an Inquiry Mindset to Publish your Ideas
Find something that interests you about advising or student success
Gather ideas: read & talk to people
Do your homework about researching & writing
Remember what you learned in college
Check out the massive NACADA resources:
Design a research project, gather data, and analyze results
Write it up and share it with your colleagues
YOU ARE NOW THE LEADER: SUBMIT FOR PUBLICATION!!
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12. Skills for an Inquiry Mindset
Commitment – to paying attention
Listen
Observe
Notice the way that a “small” issue is part of a bigger “system”
Discernment – to identify the key factor that needs to evolve
Curiosity – to generate several ideas
Drive – to ask/read/search for ideas or practices
Humility – to ask for feedback or editing
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13. Skills for an Inquiry Mindset
Willingness – to experiment
Eagerness – to learn from experiments, especially if your idea doesn’t work (or doesn’t work perfectly)
Perseverance – to keep adapting and fine-tuning
Bated Breath – to see if others can replicate what you’ve done
Resolution – to document what you’ve done
And then, there’s EXCEL!
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14. Leading by Being Involved
Volunteer for unit-specific committees
Commit to BAAC committees
Engage in other campus-wide initiatives
Initiate Shadowing exchanges with advisors in other units
Help with new advisor training/orientation – even across campus
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15. Skills for Involvement
CURIOSITY
Persuasive Speaking
Active Listening
Self Assurance
Collaboration/Compromise
Innovation
Building on what’s worked before
Flexibility
Timely follow-through
And then there’s an understanding of politics!
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16. Part of Gail’s Story Two STRENGTHS Some LEARNINGS
Clarifying & Communicating Information
Identifying Interpersonal Skills in Advising
Some LEARNINGS
How to Lead Meetings (agenda, summary, & follow-through)
How to REALLY value input of all kinds
If people are frustrated
Clarify Expectations
Refine the System or Process
How to access and use data for tracking activities (IUIE, EXCEL!)
How do use the collected data for decision-making
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17. What are your STRENGTHS. What do you want to LEARN
What are your STRENGTHS? What do you want to LEARN? What’s Your Next Leadership Experiment?
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18. OCSS BLOG http://blogs.iu.edu/ocss/
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19. Q&A
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