Managing behaviors in and out of the classroom is one of the more important tasks of a post-secondary instructor. This slide deck is a teacher's resource for supporting student success by mapping advising strategies that work and that don't work.

1. Advising for
Results
Louis Cabuhat, RN
Academic Dean
Bryman College

2. Managing the
Success of
At-Risk Students

3. What does it look like now?
 Required
 Reactive
 Routine
 Rote
 Isolated event
 Results-driven?

4. What could it be?
 Proactive
 Useful
 Unique (no photocopies)
 Living document
 Student-driven

5. Who could it support?
 ATB students
 GED students
 SAP NOT MET students
 SAP Probates
 Attendance policy violators
 Learning challenged
 Re-entry students
 Returns from LOA
 Program shifters
 Barrier students
 New students

6. Who are the players?
 Student (partner / agreement)
 Advisor (“expert” / partner)
 DoE (approver / manager)
 Instructor (crux - a vital, basic,
decisive, or pivotal point)
 Registrar (compliance /
documentation)
 Anyone else?

7. What is the process?
 Creating a culture of feedback
 Creating an environment of
support
 Notification
 Meeting with Student
 Follow-up
 Documentation
 Registrar

8. What are the roadblocks?
 Time
 Staff
 Space
 Priority
 Training
 Other??

9. What are the opportunities?
 Support structures
 Peer tutoring
 Tutoring/Advising “center” – copies of study
guides, materials for study skills, flashcards,
education resource page training
 First week test
 Random, proactive advisings
 Form for the student – daily/weekly check-offs
 Other?

10. What are the potential outcomes?
 Connection / Relationship
 When the student leaves the advising they
should feel there is someone who personally
cares for them
 She has someone to call or go to for help
(hand out business cards)
 Knows who they can call on or go to for help
(contact sheet, tutoring schedule, etc.)
 Leave the advising confident that he will
graduate and be a success!

11. DO NOT JUST
CHECK THE
BOX!!!

12. What is your
plan!!!