LibraryC4 Enablers4c Workforce and staffing
LTI-ENA-025
Establish standardized training programs in appreciative transfer advising models
Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearappliesFour-year to four-yearapplies
Mechanism
Advisors are trained in appreciative advising: open questions, the student's own goals first. Complaints about advisors being unhelpful drop.
Preconditions
A standard training curriculum and workshops on the framework.
Owner, by role
Director of Advising and Student Success
Who can act
One institution alone
Effort
Small, 3 months to first visible effect
Outcome metric
Post-advising satisfaction scores; advisor complaints
Failure modes
Advisors may view appreciative models as generic techniques, returning to checklist advising during peak periods.
Contra-indications
None stated