ADVISOR COMPETENCIES

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ADVISOR COMPETENCIES Results of the NACURH
Advisor Survey Presented by Richard DeShields,
PACURH Advisor NACURH 2008Oklahoma State
University
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Purpose of the Survey
The Regional Advisors within the NACURH
Organization met at the Semi-Annual Conference in
January 2008 to discuss the roles of the regional
advisors within the NACURH Organization and to
assist in planning training for Advisor-U at
NACURH 2008 at Oklahoma State University. One of
the topics that arose was the function of the ART
program within NACURH and the coordination of the
program to ensure that training aimed at advising
students within the NACURH organization continued
and continually met the need of the advisors. In
addition, we discussed advisor training at the
conferences and how we could better meet the
needs of our advisors. The survey was crafted by
the Regional Advisors and the National Office
Advisors and was hosted at Central Washington
University. The survey was distributed by the
regional advisors to the advisors in their
regions.
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Survey

• How many years have you been advising a Residence
  Hall Organization?
• What percentage of time do you spend a week on
  advising?
• Have you been ART Certified?
• Have you been Master ART Certified?
• How many conferences have you attended?
• State related, NACURH related, Regional No-Frills
• What competencies should advisors be trained in?
• A ranking of items needed for an advisor to be
  successful.
• What additional topics should be included in an
  Advisor-training curriculum?
• List three things in which you expect from an
  advisor.

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Survey

• Advisors also ranked the following
• Whether or not Advisor Sessions should be offered
  at NACURH Related Conferences
• Whether or not more sessions needed to be
  provided for advisors at the conferences
• Whether or not the level of offerings added at
  previous conferences were adequate for advisors
• Whether or not advisors felt informed enough to
  do quality advising
• Whether or not advisors wanted to get to know
  other advisors within the region better
• Whether or not advisors considered themselves
  experienced enough for bidding for
  regional/national awards
• Whether or not ART related programming met the
  needs of advisors within NACURH

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Who are the advisors who responded?
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Survey Participants

• 136 Advisors attempted the survey and 128
  actually completed the survey
• How does the number of years advising affect
  training for NACURH related conferences?
• In what ways should NACURH utilize this in its
  training or preparation of advisors?

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Survey Participants

• 
  Regionals
• NO FRILLS

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Who are they?
Amount of time spent advising 24.8 of a
week--mean 20 of a week--median 76.56 strongly
agree to moderately agree that they are informed
enough to do quality advising. 89.06 strongly
agree to moderately agree that they would like to
get to know other advisors better within their
region. 43.76 consider themselves experiences
in bidding for regional/national awards.
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ART PROGRAM
38.24 of respondents indicated that they were
ART certified 2.21 of respondents indicated
that they were Master ART certified 37.50 of
respondents indicated that ART related
programming meets the needs of advisors within
the NACURH organization and 26.57 indicated that
ART did not meet the needs of Advisors
Discussion The Regional Advisors discussed the
level of ART involvement in the various regions
some are more active and some are not as
advanced. In addition, the advisors discussed
the coordination of the program and its lack of
affiliation with NACURH creates some challenges
with maintenance of the program.
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SURVEY OUTCOMES
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ADVISOR SESSIONS SHOULD BE OFFERED AT
NACURH-RELATED CONFERENCES 90.63 strongly
agree-moderately agree
MORE SESSIONS SHOULBE BE PROVIDED FOR ADVISORS AT
NACURH-RELATED CONFERENCES 79.69 strongly
agree-moderately agree 6.55 strongly
disagree-moderately disagree
CURRENTLY, ADVISOR SESSIONS AT OUR REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL CONFERENCES ARE ADEQUATE 35.16
strongly agree-moderately agree 25
Neutral 30.47 strongly disagree-moderately
disagree
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ADVISOR SESSIONS SHOULD BE OFFERED AT
NACURH-RELATED CONFERENCES 90.63 strongly
agree-moderately agree
MORE SESSIONS SHOULBE BE PROVIDED FOR ADVISORS AT
NACURH-RELATED CONFERENCES 79.69 strongly
agree-moderately agree 6.55 strongly
disagree-moderately disagree
CURRENTLY, ADVISOR SESSIONS AT OUR REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL CONFERENCES ARE ADEQUATE 35.16
strongly agree-moderately agree 25
Neutral 30.47 strongly disagree-moderately
disagree
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TRAINING AREAS
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Areas Needed for Advisor Training

• Legal Issues for Advisors (78.13)
  -------------------------------------------------A
  RT ELECTIVE
• Ethics and Advising Relationship (72.66)
• Working with an Executive Board
  (72.66)-----------------------------------------A
  RT CORE 4
• Executive Board Accountability (70.31)
• Managing and Supporting Student Advocacy (68.75)
• Recruitment and Retention of Members
  (67.97)--------------------------------ART CORE
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• Working with an NCC (67.19)----------------------
  --------------------------------ART ELECTIVE
• Group Development Theory (61.72)-----------------
  ------------------------------ART CORE 2
• Developing and Sustaining Institutional/Dept.
  Support (58.59)
• How Diversity Affects RHA (53.91)----------------
  -------------------------------ART ELECTIVE
• Peer to Peer Conflict Resolution (53.13)
• Motivation (52.34)-------------------------------
  -------------------------------------ART ELECTIVE
• Motivating the Unmotivated Advisor (49.22)
• Fundraising (48.44)
• Advisor as an Information Source
  (45.31)-----------------------------------------A
  RT CORE 1
• How to Run An Effective Meeting/Activity
  (39.06)------------------------------ART CORE 5

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MOST IMPORTANT COMPETENCIES OF ADVISING
WORKING WITH AN EXECUTIVE BOARDART
CORE ETHICS AND THE ADVISING
RELATIONSHIP RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF
MEMBERSART CORE EXECUTIVE BOARD
ACCOUNTABILITY
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OTHER ITEMS SUGGESTED AS TRAINING TOPICS TO
INCLUDE IN ADVISOR TRAINING

• Publicity and Promoting RHA On Campus
• Networking with other Advisors in state/region
• Parliamentary procedure
• Advising Millenial Students
• Bid Writing
• Hosting A Conference
• Resources for Advisors
• Budget and Preparing Delegations for Conferences
• Building RHA/NRHH from the ground up
• Distance Advising/Conference Advising
• Explaining the advisor role to students/executive
  board
• Fighting Student Apathy
• Advisor Support Groups/Roundtables
• How to conduct inclusive programming
• Creating training and retreats for students
• How to say no to students without sounding
  discouraging
• Returner Advising Needs/New Advisor Needs
• NACURH related training (bidding, hosting,
  regional advising)
• Time Management in the Advisor Role

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What else do you think should be included in
advisor training?
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What else do we expect of our advisors?

• Availability/Visibility
• Commitment and dedication
• Ethical Leadership
• Knowledge of Organization/policies/etc
• Resourcefulness
• Student advocacy
• Engagement
• Accountability
• Communication
• Challenge and Support
• Patience
• Professionalism
• Motivation
• Transition and Continuity
• Trust

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OTHER ITEMS/COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS!