The Art of Advising introduces new and veteran advisors to tools, strategies, and concepts that they can apply directly to the education and career planning process and helping students plan their next steps. Topics include: key components of education and career planning; indicators of effective advising; advising styles; mandated reporting, record keeping, and effective goal setting.
To earn the Certificate of Completion, participants must attend all 3 sessions and spend an hour in between each session on homework activities.
PART I: 5/5 - 9:30am - 1:00pm
PART II: 5/13 12:30pm-4:00pm
PART III: 5/28 12:30pm-4:00pm
NOTE: You register for this course through the SABES calendar for all three sessions going to -PART I on May 5th and click on the "Register" tab or click here: http://calendar.sabes.org/event/379.
Participation in this 3-session training fulfills the requirement by The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) that all advising staff in in an ESE-funded ABE program complete the SABES Foundations for New Staff: Art of Advising within the first 12 months of employment.
Newly hired advisors do not need to take this course if they were previously employed at an ESE-funded ABE program and already possess a Certificate of Completion from the Foundation's course or from the New Staff Orientation.
The pre-requisite to this training for new staff is the online course "Foundations for New Staff: Overview of the ABE Field”, an online, asynchronous (self-paced) course, estimated to take five hours (but varies for each person).
To register for Foundations for New Staff: Overview (online pre-requisite only) contact:
Joanne Harrington, 508-751-7928 or jharrington@qcc.mass.edu. It may take QCC up to 5 days to fulfill your registration request, so leave yourself time to complete the course.
New advisors should complete the online Foundations for New Staff course before the first session of Art of Advising on May 5th.
In order to attend the Art Of Advising course, you must successfully complete the 5-hour Overview of the ABE Field online course. Please bring your completion certificate from The Overview of the ABE Field course with you to the Art of Advising (Part I).
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