Workshop on Academic Advisor Professional Development (1/3)

This workshop is in collaboration between Student Success Center and Teaching & Learning Center

Abstract

Academic advising is an interactive and collaborative process of assisting and supporting students to enhance their educational potential and become responsible for their own academic and career goals. Academic advising goes beyond registration and preparation for degree plan. Hence, KFUPM recognizes academic advising as a vital component of its students’ educational experience. Participants in the workshops will

• Explore the meaning of student success
• Develop an understanding of the role of academic advising in student persistence and retention
• Explore the value of mission-driven academic advising
• Understand core values of academic advising
• How to develop the core competencies of academic advising
• Develop a personal advising philosophy
• Make each interaction count
• know the responsibilities of academic advisors
• know the best practices in motivating and incentivizing academic advisors

Speaker Biography

Dr. Mehvash Ali
Director, Academic Support Center
American University of Sharjah

Dr. Mehvash Ali is the Director of Academic Support Center (ASC) and First Year Experience (FYE) at American University of Sharjah (AUS). Dr. Ali is a board member and a consultant/speaker with NACADA, the Global Community for Academic Advising. She is currently serving as Chair of the Global Initiatives Committee at NACADA and leading the efforts to create an International Visiting Advisor Program. She has been a member of the Inclusion and Engagement Committee and has held the International Perspectives seat on the Professional Development Committee in NACADA from 2015-2017 and helped develop the NACADA Advising Core Competencies in that role. She delivered many presentations on academic advising and student’s success in USA, UK and Gulf Countries