Competency Level: Intermediate

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Competency Description: The Advising and Supporting competency area addresses the knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to providing advising and support to individuals and groups through direction, feedback, critique, referral, and guidance. Through developing advising and supporting strategies that take into account self-knowledge and the needs of others, we play critical roles in advancing the holistic wellness of ourselves, our students, and our colleagues.

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Outcomes: 

• Strategically and simultaneously pursue multiple objectives in conversations with students.

• Manage interpersonal conflict between/among individuals and groups.

• Mentor students and staff.

• Initiate and exercise appropriate institutional crisis intervention responses and processes.

• Utilize communication and learning technology (e.g., websites, social networking, video clips, podcasts) to address students’ holistic wellness issues.

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Education: ​

• EAF 461 - Student Development Theory In Higher Education

• EAF 462 - Organization & Administration Student Affairs Functions in Higher Education

• EAF 463 - College Students & Their Cultures

• EAF 484 - Administration of Continuing Education & Public Service

• EAF 464 - Practicum in Student Personnel Administration

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Experience Documentation: Over the past 10 years, I have had multiple wonderful opportunities to work directly with students in an advising role. All of these positions have been unique and have taught me a variety of hard and soft skills needed to work with any student whose path crosses mine. This does not simply apply to the school setting either... I have provided advisement and support to friends, family, and rarely turn down a conversation when someone reaches out for advice. This is not to say that I always have the answer, but I sure make sure I don't leave them out to dry... I work to be the bridge between the student and the support they need.

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Advising and Supporting roles:

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• UW-Platteville Resident Assistant - While maintaining 3 West of Wilgus Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville during my junior year of undergrad, I created programs for 32 female-identifying residents. Outside of programming, my door was always open to help mediate roommate conflicts, listen to problems troubling my residents, and created a safe place for them to share information.

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• UW-Platteville Admission Advisor - I loved working in Admissions as it gave me a chance to work with students in a transitional setting when they were intentionally seeking guidance. Working with students one-on-one in the high schools, meeting new students at college fairs, or hosting individual meetings after their campus visits allowed me to satisfy the outcome listed above, "strategically and simultaneously pursue multiple objectives in conversations with students".

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• Her Campus advisor - When I began my full-time employment at ISU, I knew right away that I wanted to pursue every opportunity that brought me closer to being a resource for students. When a graduating CSPA student made the plug for advising Her Campus, I jumped! Her Campus is the #1 media site for college women, written entirely by the world’s top college journalists. With my love for writing, English background, and desire to advise students, this felt like a perfect fit. Now, in my second year, I am experiencing working with new leadership and have felt like a valuable resource for the students seeking to better their own writing and communication skills. 

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• Heartland Community College: Success Coach with Success Connections - my role in my  current CSPA practicum is to successfully advise students through issues lying outside of the classroom, such as time-management, study skills, or financial responsibility. I am in the process of creating surveys to send to students at Heartland Community College before they meet with a Success Coach and after they meet with a Success Coach to assist in verifying the Success Connections program is meeting its goals as well as discovering areas in which the coaching program can be more effective in the lives of the students we work with.

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2020 has thrown the world of higher education a handful of curve balls, and the challenges facing our students have only increased. Now, more then ever, students are finding themselves in financial situations that require immediate assistance. Heartland Community College Success Coaches have been working to meet with students needing emergency funds to ensure that financial burdens can be alleviated so students can continue to focus on their academics.

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