1. Advising
Student
Leaders
to
Build
Be3er
Organiza6ons
Daniel
Schwartz
Assistant
Director
of
Student
Activities
Stevenson
University
MCPA
Fall
Conference
November
13,
2015

2. Outline
• Learning
outcomes
• What
is
an
advisor?
• Group
Dynamic
Theory
• What
it
means
to
be
successful
• Discussion

3.
As
a
result
of
the
presentation
participants
will
be
able
to:
• Name
two
advising
styles.
• Identify
and
facilitate
conflict
resolution
among
a
group.
• Challenge
and
encourage
students
effectively.
• Appropriately
mentor
student
leaders.
Learning
Outcomes

4. What
is
an
advisor?!

5. What
is
an
Advisor?
Difference
between
an
advisor
and
supervisor?
Advisor
Supervisor
! Ad•vice
(v.)
Offer
advice,
to
counsel;
recommend,
suggest;
inform,
notify.
! Advisor
toolbox:
1)
Support,
2)
Challenge,
3)
Ask
questions.
! Role
models,
cheerleaders
and
challengers
! Allowing
advisees
to
succeed
and
sometimes
fail.
! Su•per•vise
(v.)
To
have
the
charge
and
direction
of
! Su•per•sor
(n.)
One
who
supervises
! Depending
on
style
there
can
be
some
similarities
to
role
as
advisor,
but:
! Establishes
company
or
departmental
goals,
values
and
expectations.
! Usually
some
form
of
monetary
compensation.
! Can
hire
and
fire.

6. Roles
of
an
Advisor
• Mentor
• Professional
&
Personal
boundaries
• Team
Builder
• Plan
a
Retreat
• Motivator
• Mediator
• Policy
Interpreter
• Reflective
Agent

7. Advising
Styles
! Developmental
! Provides
guidance
in
the
decision
making
process.
! Programmatic
! Provides
event
planning
skill(s)
development
! Administrative
! Provides
the
organizational
structure
of
events
and
focuses
on
policy
and
budget.
! Delegator
! Empowers
the
students
to
conduct
their
own
decision
making,
problem
solving
and
delegating.
! Suggested
for
student(s)/
group
with
a
high
level
of
readiness.
! Coach
! Continues
to
direct
and
closely
supervise
task
accomplishment,
but
also
explains
decisions,
solicits
suggestions,
and
supports
progress.
! Suggested
for
a
group
that
has
a
few
leaders
that
are
at
a
higher
readiness
level
who
will
need
your
support
with
the
rest
of
the
group
to
get
things
accomplished.
! Supporter
! Facilitates
and
supports
the
efforts
toward
task
accomplishments,
and
shares
responsibilities
for
decision
making
with
students.
! Suggested
for
groups
that
are
just
starting
to
“get
it.”
! Director
! Provides
specific
instructions
and
closely
supervises
task
accomplishments.
! Suggested
for
newly
formed
organizations
or
organizations
that
did
not
have
a
smooth
officer
transition
from
the
previous
year.

8. Tuckman’s
Model
for
Group
Development
! Developed
by
Bruce
Tuckman
in
1965
! Included
2
realms
! Task
! Interpersonal
(Social)
! 4
Phases
! Necessary
for
a
group
to
grow,
face
challenges,
tackle
problems,
find
solutions,
plan,
deliver
results.
! Updated
in
1977

9. Tuckman’s
Model
for
Group
Development

10. Tuckman’s
Model
for
Group
Development
-­‐
Addi6ons
! Adjourning
-­‐
! Group
ends
its
existence
! Closure

11. Theory
to
Prac6ce
• Describe
an
incident
when
your
student
group
was
in
________
phase
and
what
you
did
to
guide
them.
• Discuss
what
we
can
do
as
advisors
to
help
our
students
in
the
different
stages.
• As
the
year
is
wrapping
up,
what
are
some
things
we
can
do
to
help
our
groups
adjourn?
• What
can
we
do
to
help
those
students
who
are
adjourning
this
group
and
forming
with
another
one?

12. What
does
it
means
to
be
successful?
• No
Such
Thing
as
Failure
–
• When
you
have
created
an
organization,
you
want
to
believe
there
is
no
such
thing
as
failure.
The
fact
that
your
group
has
been
recognized
as
a
true
organization
is
quite
an
achievement
in
itself.
But
that
does
not
mean
that
everything
will
be
easy
for
your
group.
In
those
moments
when
it
is
difficult
to
accomplish
your
goals
and
the
path
you
are
following
seems
to
have
led
you
to
a
dead
end,
consider
ways
to
shift
the
perspective
of
your
organization
and
“reinvent”
your
approach.
! “Reinvent”
–
Think
of
different
ways
to
achieve
your
organizations
goals.
! Branding
! Strong
visible
presence
(Campus
&
Online)
! Create
a
strong
bond
between
organizations
Executive
or
Advisory
Board

13. Discussion
&
Ques6ons
Daniel Schwartz,!
Assistant Director of Student Activities!
Stevenson University!
dschwartz@Stevenson.edu!
443-352-4318!

14. References
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