What Does Your Advisor Expect From You?

The advisee is expected to:

• Learn the name and office location of your advisor early in his/her first semester.
• Schedule appointments with your advisor and to keep them. If you find that it is not possible to keep the scheduled appointment, you should notify your advisor before the appointed time.
• Understand program and college policies, procedures and requirements as listed in the catalog, student college handbook, and student program handbook, and accept the responsibility for fulfilling them.
• Be responsible for requesting transcripts to be sent to the Office of Student Records, in a timely manner, so that your advisor may assist the advisee in course selection based on transfer credits.
• Consult with your advisor on a regular basis, for course selection, when in academic difficulty, prior to changing majors, prior to making changes in an approved schedule, prior to transferring to another college, or withdrawing from college.
• Take responsibility for decisions made. The advisee will seek assistance with the decisions to be made rather than expect the advisor to make the decisions.
• Follow through with appropriate action after the advising session in a timely manner.
• Clarify personal values and goals in advance of the advisement session and will be prepared. The advisee will have an idea of the kind of courses required and a list of alternatives.

Adapted from Advising Skills, Techniques and Resources, David S. Crockett, Editor (NACADA)