Advisor Growth Program

Complete a minimum of 3 of the following activities: 

• Participate as a Mentee in the ETSU Mentor Program
• Provide feedback and recommendations on advising best practices for retention efforts
• Provide feedback and recommendations on enrollment issues and notify supervisor/department when space is limited
• Demonstrate improvements to advising best practice based on knowledge gained from professional development activities
• Explore AI tools or other advising technologies/software
• Deliver existing presentations
• Assist with student-facing workshops
• Provide your own suggestion for consideration for an activity you will complete. Suggested activities will need to be approved to apply toward this category.  

Complete a minimum of 3 of the following activities: 

• Attend professional workshops, events, trainings, presentations, and/or conferences
• Attend networking events
• Attend book clubs, journal discussions, and/or Lunch & Learns
• Shadow professional academic advisors within your college or other colleges as cross-training
• Shadow career counselors, observing how they guide students in exploring career paths, internships, and post-graduate opportunities
• Read an advising resource and provide a paragraph reflection to be shared in the Advising Weekly email
• Write a professional newsletter article
• Serve as a participant on a board or committee for a regional or national organization association/community
• Participate in online discussion boards for regional or national organization communities
• Attend ETSU meetings such as Staff Senate, Board of Trustees, Task Forces, Work Groups, etc.
• Join and participate in a NACADA Advising Community
• Earn a credential or certificate
• Apply for an OEDAA Microgrant as a conference participant 
• Provide your own suggestion for consideration for an activity you will complete. Suggested activities will need to be approved to apply toward this category.  

Complete a minimum of 3 of the following activities: 

• Serve as a participant in university advising groups/committees
• Serve as a volunteer for Commencement or other ceremonies/events affiliated with graduation
• Serve as a volunteer for a student event such as Welcome Week, end-of-semester Pancake Breakfast, First Generation Student Celebration, Move-In Day, etc.
• College/department service such as participation in college/department committees, search committees, recruitment activities, student-facing social media accounts and/or websites, information session/event/workshop contributions, semester kick-off events, etc.
• Provide your own suggestion for consideration for an activity you will complete. Suggested activities will need to be approved to apply toward this category.

Complete a minimum of 3 of the following activities:

• Assist in training/onboarding ETSU advisors and staff
• Offer shadowing opportunities
• Serve as a Mentor in the ETSU Mentor Program
• Coordinate orientation activities
• Collaborate with campus partners to develop and disseminate resources and information
• Pilot new advising tools
• Provide feedback and recommendations for improvements for areas in which students struggle (curriculum, prerequisites, etc.)
• Actively participate in the development and implementation of innovative ideas and/or initiatives related to advising programming and/or retention that were not already coordinated through the OEDAA
• Analyze appointment data and recommend process improvements based on data
• Create technology guides
• Create student-facing educational resources
• Recommend policy changes and/or provide feedback on policy proposals
• Provide your own suggestion for consideration for an activity you will complete. Suggested activities will need to be approved to apply toward this category.  

Complete a minimum of 3 of the following activities:

• Organize an Advisor Committee for Engagement event
• Contribute to the ETSU academic advisement weekly update newsletter (create a tech tip or other instructional guide, share advisor self-care resources or recommendations, etc.)
• Present information and/or share conference takeaways to colleagues at university-sponsored workshops/events/seminars, AAC Meetings, advisor trainings, etc.
• Actively contribute on a board or committee for a regional or national organization association/community
• Teach a section of a first-year experience course
• Volunteer as a scholarship/proposal reviewer for a regional or national organization
• Publish professional newsletters
• Write a professional blog post
• Submit a proposal to present at a regional or national conference 
• Apply for an OEDAA Microgrant as a conference co-presenter or presenter, and share knowledge/ideas from the conference with advising colleagues through a cross-college opportunity such as an AAC Meeting or a brown-bag session
• Participate in peer observation sessions to receive informal feedback from colleagues
• Provide your own suggestion for consideration for an activity you will complete. Suggested activities will need to be approved to apply toward this category.  

Complete a minimum of 3 of the following activities:

• Actively contribute in university advising groups/committees
• Actively contribute as a volunteer for Commencement or other ceremonies/events affiliated with graduation
• Actively contribute as a volunteer for a student event such as Welcome Week, end-of-semester Pancake Breakfast, First Generation Student Celebration, Move-In Day, etc.
• Actively contribute as a volunteer in university-level committees, task forces, or work groups
• Actively contribute as a staff advisor for a student organization
• College/Department service such as active contributions in college/department committees, search committees, curriculum committee, transfer pathway committees, reviewing catalog/curriculum changes for departments, coordinating Orientation logistics for the College, recruitment activities, conducting classroom and/or club presentations, maintaining student-facing social media accounts and/or websites, providing student-facing information sessions/workshops/events, coordinating semester kick-off events, coordinating student leadership programs (Student/Peer Ambassador Program, Mentor Program, etc.), redesigning/maintaining College scholarship application processes, providing feedback regarding articulation agreements, coordinating and overseeing program application processes.
• Create and maintain new student facing materials for College/Department/Major
• Volunteer at conferences
• Provide your own suggestion for consideration for an activity you will complete. Suggested activities will need to be approved to apply toward this category.

Complete a minimum of 3 of the following activities: 

• Lead trainings for ETSU advisors
• Coordinate or develop materials to enhance Mentor Programs
• Provide advanced mentorship such as mentoring committee members, mentoring scholarly writing, and/or mentoring on the development of professional presentations
• Provide leadership in the development and implementation of innovative ideas and/or initiatives related to cross-campus advising programming and/or retention that were not already coordinated through the OEDAA
• Design outreach strategies using data
• Use data-informed practices to assess and evaluate interventions and initiatives, and make recommendations for improvement
• Design assessments
• Lead policy implementation efforts
• Develop digital advising practices
• Provide your own suggestion for consideration for an activity you will complete. Suggested activities will need to be approved to apply toward this category.  

Complete a minimum of 3 of the following activities: 

• Organize and actively lead an Advisor Committee for Engagement event
• Lead professional development activities or seminars
• Present at regional and/or national conferences
• Develop conference programming
• Serve in a leadership role on a board or committee for regional or national organization association/community
• Publish a professional article
• Publish peer-reviewed work
• Author book chapters
• Develop advisor handbooks or curriculum
• Create advising toolkits
• Serve as a reviewer or editor for professional publications
• Develop curriculum for a first-year experience course
• Apply for an OEDAA Microgrant as a conference co-presenter or presenter, and host a cross-college discussion to share knowledge/ideas from the conference with advising colleagues
• Provide feedback to colleagues through peer observation sessions
• Provide your own suggestion for consideration for an activity you will complete. Suggested activities will need to be approved to apply toward this category.  

Complete a minimum of 3 of the following activities: 

• Provide active leadership, such as serving as the Chair, for university advising groups/committees
• Provide active leadership as a volunteer for Commencement or other ceremonies/events affiliated with graduation
• Provide active leadership as a volunteer for a student event such as Welcome Week, end-of-semester Pancake Breakfast, First Generation Student Celebration, Move-In Day, etc.
• Provide active leadership on university-level committees, task forces, implementation teams, and/or work groups
• Provide active leadership as a staff advisor for a student organization
• College/Department service such as active leadership in college/department committees, search committees, curriculum committee, transfer pathway committees, reviewing catalog/curriculum changes for departments, coordinating Orientation logistics for the College, recruitment activities, conducting classroom and/or club presentations, maintaining student-facing social media accounts and/or websites, providing student-facing information sessions/workshops/events, coordinating semester kick-off events, coordinating student leadership programs (Student/Peer Ambassador Program, Mentor Program, etc.), redesigning/maintaining College scholarship application processes, providing feedback regarding articulation agreements, coordinating and overseeing program application processes
• Collaborate with the OEDAA to create and implement university-wide advising opportunities such as brown-bag sessions, reading groups, Lunch & Learns, book clubs, or other learning opportunities
• Provide active leadership in developing new student facing materials for College/Department/Major
• Provide your own suggestion for consideration for an activity you will complete. Suggested activities will need to be approved to apply toward this category.