Crafting Successful
Advisor Training and Development
ProgramsMaura Reynolds
Director of Academic AdvisingHope College
Holland, MichiganAugust 2013
Know the audience Who needs this information?
Who wants this information? Why is this information
important? How can I make this
information attractive & interesting to the audience?
Presenter? Teaching & learning center?
Plan What outcome/s do I intend? What resources I can used? What’s a good time (time of
day/term)? Material given beforehand?
Handouts during session? Posting material?
Setting (computer lab, classroom)?
Food/announcement
Model Active Learning
How can I support active learning?
How can I blend theory and practice?
How can participants be involved?
Other issues Names matter (??training-
development-workshop-update-session??)
Organize tell them what we’re going to talk
about then tell them then remind them what we told them
Short attention spans (variety = key to sustain interest)
Ask what went well & what didn’t (keep it short)
Activity break
Teaching is less about what the
teacher does and more about what the teacher gets the students to
do.
Purposes of Teaching
to inspire to challenge to present information
Fine line between providing needed
informationandoverwhelming advisors
or suggesting that the focus of
advising is rules.
As we plan, let’s use the same model
NACADA uses for the concept of academic
advising
Let’s use the expertise and experience of those in this
room and begin
planning…
