Academic Advisor
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Description
The academic advisor acts as an integral member of the student support team supporting individual students via educational planning academic support and resources and personalized development. The academic advisor will use a proactive and holistic approach to supporting firstyear students in their transition to Washington College.
Essential Functions:
- Advising and student support
- Advises firstyear and premajor students
- Helps students identify goals: academic career and lifetime
- Assists students with course sequencing registration and academic program planning
- Connects students with campus resources
- Review and interpret placement and other standardized testing scores as part of a holistic advising approach
- Collaborates with Student Retention and Achievement team to provide individualized support and outreach particularly for atrisk student
- Provide group advising sessions in partnership with other campus stakeholders: athletics Intercultural Affairs Presidential Fellows etc.
- Planning and administrative support for Flock Together event for incoming students with Assistant Dean. Day of support for faculty advisor
- Records maintenance
- Maintains records of meetings correspondence and registration for an assigned caseload
- Communicate with Registrar as needed
- Stay informed on institutional requirements such as admissions academic programs course changes administrative/academic deadlines important dates student fees collegewide initiatives academic policies
- Understand and employ FERPA
- Ability to ensure and apply compliance with university and external policies and regulations
- Professional development
- Engage in professional development activities including but not limited to memberships in professional organizations; attendance at conferences workshops and training sessions; stay current with information technology skills (e.g. SelfService Colleague WCOnline)
- Develop a thorough advising manual
- Position Type and Schedule:
- Full Time 8:304:30 MF 35 hr/week)
- 12 month
- Evenings and weekends occasionally for campus events and open houses
- Reporting to Assistant Dean of Advising and Academic Advocacy
Qualifications
Education Skills and Experience:
- Bachelors degree required
- Masters degree preferred in Academic Advising Higher Education Counseling Social Work or equivalent
- Relevant experience in administrative higher education or related work experience.
- Experience developing and delivering student services with direct impact on students educational experiences
- Ability to master comprehensive subject matter expertise about multiple Washington College academic departments programs and/or concentrations including networks of faculty and their research interests and dual degree programs
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholder groups including multicultural competencies and experience working with diverse populations
- Personal Characteristics: strong focus on proactive student support innovative problemsolving skills flexibility attention detail ability to excel in an evolving environment
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
