Washington
D.C. Drive-In
February 22, 2008, 10am-3:30pm
The George Washington University
Registration (pdf)
Speaker
Dr. Jenny Bloom, Ph.D. , Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Studies, University of South Carolina
803.777.4735, jlbloom@uiuc.edu, http://appreciativeadvising.com
Jennifer L. Bloom is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Master’s degree program in the Higher Education & Student Affairs Program housed in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies at the University of South Carolina. Prior to her appointment at the University of South Carolina in August, 2007, she served as the Associate Dean for Student Affairs & the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. She earned her doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995.
Dr. Bloom is the current elected President of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) for the 2007-08 term. She serves on the Board of Directors of NACADA (2005-2008) and previously chaired the Advising Graduate & Professional Students Commission and the Member Career Services Committee. She received the NACADA Outstanding Advising Administrator Award in 2005 and University of Illinois’ Campus Academic Professional Excellence Award in 2007. Her research interests include appreciative advising, academic advising, career paths in higher education administration, leadership, and change management.
Appeciative Advising Overview
This fun and uplifting session will focus on how as advisors we can use the organizational development theory of Appreciative Inquiry to enhance our interactions with students. Appreciative Advising is focused on giving you specific techniques and questions to help you build rapport with your advisees, discover your students’ strengths, uncover their hopes and dreams, and then partner with them to develop a plan for accomplishing those dreams. The student success and retention literature clearly demonstrates that the work we do as advisors is important. Appreciative Advising translates theory to practice to enable you to optimize your interactions with students. Appreciative Advising is being successfully utilized at institutions like the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where they have data that Appreciative Advising has positively impacted their retention and student success rates for students on probation and students returning from suspension
Dr. Jenny Bloom, Ph.D. , Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Studies, University of South Carolina
803.777.4735, jlbloom@uiuc.edu, http://appreciativeadvising.com
Jennifer L. Bloom is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Master’s degree program in the Higher Education & Student Affairs Program housed in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies at the University of South Carolina. Prior to her appointment at the University of South Carolina in August, 2007, she served as the Associate Dean for Student Affairs & the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. She earned her doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995.
Dr. Bloom is the current elected President of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) for the 2007-08 term. She serves on the Board of Directors of NACADA (2005-2008) and previously chaired the Advising Graduate & Professional Students Commission and the Member Career Services Committee. She received the NACADA Outstanding Advising Administrator Award in 2005 and University of Illinois’ Campus Academic Professional Excellence Award in 2007. Her research interests include appreciative advising, academic advising, career paths in higher education administration, leadership, and change management.
Appeciative Advising Overview
This fun and uplifting session will focus on how as advisors we can use the organizational development theory of Appreciative Inquiry to enhance our interactions with students. Appreciative Advising is focused on giving you specific techniques and questions to help you build rapport with your advisees, discover your students’ strengths, uncover their hopes and dreams, and then partner with them to develop a plan for accomplishing those dreams. The student success and retention literature clearly demonstrates that the work we do as advisors is important. Appreciative Advising translates theory to practice to enable you to optimize your interactions with students. Appreciative Advising is being successfully utilized at institutions like the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where they have data that Appreciative Advising has positively impacted their retention and student success rates for students on probation and students returning from suspension
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the dates:
2008 Mid-Atlantic
Regional Conference The Concept Model of Advising: From Theory to Practice
April 16-18, 2008
Sheraton Station Square Hotel,
Pittsburgh, PA
Taking Advising to New Heights
October 1-4, 2008
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL
For
more information, contact:
Kate Bruffett
NACADA Washington D.C. Chair
Academic Counselor, American University
202.885.2543, nacada@cox.net