Proactive Advising for Advisors

Proactive advising is when you take the time to proactively reach out to your students throughout the semester. The idea is that we don't wait for them to come to us, but we go to them and try to build relationships from day one. We recommend you reach out to your advisees at least three times during the semester or more depending on your student population. The advising syllabus is a great resource for this as it lays out what can/should be communicated at different points throughout the semester. The button below will bring you the advising syllabus we've been using.

Log into your access BCC account, then click on the Faculty/Advisor tab at the top, then click on Advisee Listing. This will give you your list of advisees.

• If you scroll towards the bottom, you will see a button that says "Display email list" and this will put all the emails one place where you can then copy and paste them to send an email.

1. Put your meeting notes in Degree Works. This is especially helpful if a student has a Faculty Advisor and they are off contract. We can pick up where you left off. The student can also see the notes. A link with Degree Works FAQ's and tutorials can be found below.

2. Offer multiple appointment types, including phone, video or in person.

3. If you are using a Bristol Laptop you can use Bristol's phone system as long as you have an extension. If not, you can use a free service called Google Voice. Google voice is a way for you to have a phone appointment or text without giving out your personal phone number.

Note: For Google Voice, you will need to use a Gmail account. Google Voice is easy and free, and you don't have to share your personal number with your students. A link to a tutorial on how to set up Google Voice is included at the bottom of this page.

The English department has updated their developmental courses and there will no longer be stand alone RDG 080, RDG 090 or ENG 090 courses. The students will either need to enroll in ENG 091 or ENG 092 depending on their placement scores.

The math department runs co-requisite math courses, MTH 119S, MTH 125S, MTH 127S, MTH 152S and MTH 131S for students that place into developmental math. The math they take is dependent on their program of study. Some students do get exemptions and this will be listed on the degree works page, the math that is required for their program will also be listed in their degree works page.

Please see the Multiple Measures Policy below

There are many students at the college who want to apply to one of our selective admission health programs (Nursing, Dental Hygiene, Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) or Clinical Lab Science (CLS). If a student expresses an interest in applying to one of these programs, it is important for them to plan for at least a year in advance. Each competitive health program has several pre-admission requirements that the students need to complete before they can apply.

For example, if you are meeting with a student in General Studies, Health and Life Sciences and they express an interest in a health science program, please recommend that the student focuses on the pre-admission courses first and then adds other general education courses (ex. History) as they are planning out their semesters. We recommend this so if/when a student is admitted into one of these programs, they can focus on the program specific courses as they are very intense and difficult to manage with other courses.

We offer several opportunities to prepare our students for transfer. For some the students need to enroll in them early on (ex: BCC2BSU and Bristol+UMD) but for others this is not the case. Below is a breakdown of our transfer programs students can participate in based the amount of credits they've earned.

We have many resources available to our students and below are buttons/links to some that can help you before, during and after an advising appointment

I am currently using Microsoft Bookings to schedule my phone, in-person and virtual appointments.

• Below is a link to a training on how to set up a bookings page. However, I am more than happy to do a one-on-one training with you
• There are other booking systems out there such as, You Can Book Me and Calendly, but I like to be consistent with the college

If you do not have a Bristol laptop and/or a phone extension and can't use Avaya, then you can use Google Voice to conduct a phone appointment. A video tutorial is below. You will need a google account/gmail to set up Google Voice

• Winter and spring registration is open
• If a student is using financial aid and wants to take a winter session class, then the funds for this class come out of their spring award and it is not replenished