Utilizing Group Advising Effectively (Webinar)
March 14th, 2024 | 12:00 p.m. EST - 1:15 p.m. EST | $395
With many advising departments facing large student-to-advisor ratios, group advising can ease workloads while still providing targeted and effective advising to students.
Why This Topic Matters
Many advisors need strategies to manage large student caseloads. Group advising provides a manageable model that can improve the advising experience for students.
Who Should Attend?
This program is ideal for academic advisors who want to start or improve group advising on their campus, including:
Academic Advisors
Directors and Coordinators of Academic Advising
Overview
With advising departments managing large student caseloads with less resources, advisors need effective advising solutions to better serve students. Group advising can play a critical role in that solution when planned and utilized carefully.
This session begins with exploring the theory and best practices in group advising. It then looks at how to determine where group advising fits into your overall advising model.
Finally, group advising sessions require planning to create engaging sessions for students. You also need to consider privacy issues and how and when to follow-up with individuals.This webinar will help with:
Understanding the theory and best practices of group advising
Determining when and how to use group advising in your program
Developing engaging content and activities for large and small group advising sessions
Using successful facilitation strategies to create effective, inclusive group advising session
Considering privacy issues
Following up with individual students
Evaluating group advising sessions
Pricing and Webinar Connection Information
Live Webinar Site Connection and On-Demand Recording $395
Includes:
5 connections for staff members from your institution with each registration
Connection information sent one week prior to the event and again the day before the event. Any questions can be emailed to the program contact at the bottom of this web page.
An electronic link containing a recording of the webinar and resources emailed to you within 7 business days following the live webinar date (active for 30 days). The link can be shared with your entire staff to view the recording.
Follow-up resources and assignments to help you implement your learning.
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Instructor
Dr. Locksley Knibbs (He/Him), Lead Academic Advisor- Team Natural Sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University
Dr. Knibbs is an innovative and creative educator and leader with more than 18 years of demonstrated experience in program coordination, leadership, and management, and professional development. In addition to advising students, he has an in-depth understanding of the current trends and demographic shifts impacting today’s higher education environment. His expertise is in creating, managing, and leading academic support initiatives focused on holistic student development, social justice, and eliminating barriers to educational access and academic success through intentional collaboration, research, and inclusivity practices that promote equitable outcomes student success. He presents and writes to national audiences, including the advisor’s association NACADA.
Questions about the program?
Please email info@eduology.org.