We are excited to share the news that IUK advising is being spotlighted as part of a special NACADA webinar on Coaching in higher education. Kokomo advising features among presenters drawn from both the 2019 and 2020 NACADA National Conferences. See full details below and check with your Director of academic advising if you are interested in seeing the event; sometimes campuses purchase a license and share viewing among all interested participants.
Congratulations to the IU Kokomo presenters below and the whole advising team at IUK!
Kelli Keener, Director of Advising
Eella Kemper, Academic Advisor for Allied Health Sciences and Nursing
Lori Collins, Academic Advisor for Allied Health Science
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Incorporating Coaching Skills into Academic Advising Practice: Discovering the Relational Power of Advising
Thursday, March 4, 2021
2:00 – 3:00 pm
In this webinar, we will hear from three advising teams who shared at the 2019 and 2020 NACADA Annual Conferences about the coaching strategies they have incorporated into their institutions’ advising programs with a high degree of documented success. Although they work with diverse populations (adult and non-traditional students, students facing academic recovery, as well as traditional-age students) in a variety of advising situations (both face to face and virtual), all have found that applying insights and strategies from a coaching approach can help achieve positive results, whatever our institution’s unique model may be.
The presenters will discuss how adding coaching strategies has enhanced their ability to support students’ progress and contributed to a positive environment for all. They will share how learning coaching techniques helped them discover the relational power of advising and move their interactions with students from transactional to holistic and transformational. They will talk through how leadership methods supported the program and contribute to an institutional cultural transformation, while providing insights into the organizational change management that was necessary for effectiveness. They will challenge expectations and ideas of the traditional separation of academic advisors and success coaches and share how adding coaching skills to their “advising toolbox” can help advisors move from informational experts to inquisitive participants in their students’ growth and development journeys.
Academic Advising Core Competencies that will be addressed in this presentation include:
- C4 Understanding of academic advising approaches and strategies
- C5 Understanding of expected outcomes of academic advising
- C6 Understanding of how equitable and inclusive environments are created and maintained
- R2 Ability to create rapport and build academic advising relationships
- R3 Ability to communicate in an inclusive and respectful manner
- R4 Ability to plan and conduct successful advising interactions
- R7 Ability to engage in on-going assessment and development of the advising practice
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