Academic Advisor II

Responsibilities

• Advises Students
• Collaborates with students to understand and develop realistic and attainable educational and academic goals.
• Provides input on related majors, minors, future education and career options that best align with goals.
• Educates students about and prepares and assists them with full array of academic processes (e.g., registration, add/drop, Q drops, withdrawals, change of curriculum submissions, etc.).
• Reviews student’s academic record and counsel students regarding core and degree course selection and implication of selected courses and/or exception requests.
• Creates and maintains updated relevant records and notes (e.g., student contact, advisor notes).
• Delivers Student Success and Retention Strategies
• Consistently engages student population utilizing various outreach methods (e.g., in-person and online) to cultivate a professional relationship to keep students informed of critical and relevant personal, academic and professional deadlines, updates, information and events.
• Proactively shares with students available academic, professional, and health and wellness resources (e.g., Academic Success Center, Career Center, Student Organizations, Counseling & Psychological Services, Disability Resources, etc.).
• May refer students with identified needs as appropriate.
• Actively monitors students’ progress through the program by reviewing and assessing academic records to determine status of progression, completion of degree requirements as well as identifying and referring those students in which additional intervention and guidance may be recommended to reaching academic goals.
• Leads the planning and/or delivery of various department related advising, student success, retention events and academic campaigns (e.g., New Student Conference, 1st semester advising, inquiries from prospective students).
• Assesses individual students' stage of academic development and promotes their growth by determining suitable developmental tasks.
• Team Building and Support
• Affords assistance in training of and sharing of information for new staff members and student workers within the academic advising department.
• Affords assistance in training and development up to 10% per year to complete in-class and on-the-job training programs, which may include shadowing, departmental/college/school trainings, university training, university, state, and national advisor meetings, regular staff and supervisory meetings, and other activities approved by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Two years of advising or related experience.

Skills

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• NACADA’s Core Values of Academic Advising
• Theories relevant to academic advising
• Academic Advising models, approaches, and strategies
• Professional standards and ethical guidelines for academic advising
• Expected student learning outcomes of academic advising
• Expected student success outcomes of academic advising
• Curriculum, degree programs, and other academic requirements and options, to include changes and revisions over time
• Critical partners for academic advisors and their role in the advising process
• Campus and community resources that support student success
• Project management principles and processes
• Professional standards and ethical guidelines for coaching, coaching models, and methods and techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of coaching

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
• Up to 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
• Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
• Professional Development: All employees have access to free LinkedIn Learning training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more
• Tuition assistance for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee