Keys to Creating Powerful REmote Partnerships Among Campus Programs In Times of Crisis
On-Demand Webinar Recording | $329
This webinar addresses creating effective remote partnerships between campus departments using examples from FAU’s advising and career services program partnership. Their work helps reach more students, avoid student run-around, decrease numbers of undeclared students and better meet student needs.
Why This Topic Matters
Many college advising units and career centers support students separately or with limited collaboration. This approach leads to inconsistent messaging, over-messaging and competition for students’ attention. Creating a strong partnership between advising and career services that begins when students attend orientation provides a strongly supportive environment that improves students’ access to services and simplifies such processes as deciding and declaring a major.
Who Should Attend?
This program is ideal for college professionals in the areas of career services and academic advising or other campus departments who are looking to develop or improve a partnership between advising and career services to better serve students’ needs.
Overview
Five years ago, advising and career services at Florida Atlantic University decided to partner to better serve students’ needs. The silo approach to service had inconsistent messaging, competition for students’ attention and no process for referring students between services. The presenters began the partnership process by considering student data and current research on student success. They began meeting regularly to better understand each other’s roles and establish a common language. They then began constructing a partnership to include joint staff development, cross-training and a clear referral process. Data collected since the partnership began indicates increased first-year student use of career services, fewer second-year students with undeclared majors, higher service satisfaction rates and high job placement rates partly due to early engagement resulting from this critical campus partnership. During the current health crisis, FAU has gone to remote learning and is utilizing their unique partnership model to better manage this online transition. This webinar will focus on departmental partnership examples related to remote learning.
This interactive webinar will help attendees:
Consider how positive collaboration drives student success and increases customer services
Explore a partnership assessment model to help you evaluate your current partnership stage and determine your goal stage
Walk through steps to develop or improve a partnership following the example of FAU
Learn how to positively collaborate between advising and career services without being in the same division or under the same reporting structure
Look at key elements to a successful partnership and potential challenges to avoid
Consider examples of partnering remotely in a time of crisis
Pricing and On-Demand Recording Access Information
Purchase Price: $329
Your purchase includes:
An electronic link containing a recording of the webinar, slides and resources
All-staff recording access for 30 days
Follow-up challenges to help you apply webinar content
Instructors
Joe Murray, MSHR, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Studies, University Advising Services, Florida Atlantic University
In addition to managing undergraduate advising focusing on first and second year students, Joe also oversees the University Honors Program, undecided/undeclared students, Academic Success coaching and Peer Success coaching, Pre-Law, Dual Enrollment, First Generation, Student support classes, Summer bridge programs, student athletes, and Foster youth and homeless student support. Prior to joining the FAU team, Joe served as Director for Academic Advising and Retention Services at Miami (OH) University’s Hamilton Campus for 22 years. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Master of Science in Human Resource Management degrees from Purdue University.
Joe has helped to develop and refine the Appreciative Advising Inventory and has been part of a national task force aimed at advancing the concept of Appreciative Advising. In addition to teaching the Appreciative model to professional and faculty advisors, Joe has provided multiple training workshops and retreats to deliver the model from a customer service and employee management perspective. Joe has adopted the framework to all offices across campus, including Financial Aid, Admissions, Registration, Student Recruitment, International Student Services, Residence Life including the student RA’s, Library support personnel, Disability Services, Student Ambassadors and other student groups, Testing, Career services, and Student Life. Joe specializes in supporting and encouraging cultural change within higher education institutions.
Brian M. Montalvo, Senior Director, FAU Career Center
Brian is a higher education professional who's worked in higher education since 2000, and in career services since 2004. He joined the FAU family in July 2006. He currently serves as the Senior Director for the FAU Career Center where he oversees student services and the college career liaison program. In addition to career services, Brian has taught in the areas of Career Development and Strategies for College Success at both the graduate and undergraduate level. He has also published national and international articles and essays on a wide range of career development topics. Brian is also a regular presenter on ethics, career indecision, and other career-related topics at various professional (national, state, regional) conferences. Brian served as the Trustee for Higher Education Career Counselors and Specialists (2015-17) for the National Career Development Association (NCDA)
In recent years Brian was nominated for a Leader of Leaders Student Affairs & Enrollment Management award; Florida State University Distinguished Alumni Award; was the receipt of the Karl F. Ijamas Humanitarian Award for the Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management, as well as a Herbert Rand Fellow in recognition of outstanding service and scholarships in the field of career development. Brian earned a B.S. in psychology and M.S. & Ed.S. in counseling & human systems from Florida State University. Brian is also board certified as a National Certified Counselor (#214457), as well as a Certified Career Counselor (#CA-9051492737), and was designated as a Master Career Counselor (2009 - 2019).