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The QEP document has been posted to the NOVA website. Here is the link: http://www.nvcc.edu/resources/qep/

NOVA has a lot of initiatives and programs that deal with student success. How does the GPS for Success fit in? It will be the guide for the student as they interact with NOVA resources.

After much research and collaboration, the GPS for Success is moving right along. Here are the major points: Focus: Improved academic planning skills through academic advising. Audience: First year students, particularly recent high school graduates. Objective: By meeting with advising specialists early, students will learn how to develop an academic goal, select an appropriate program [...]

A GPS requires thoughtful input and uses resources to deliver guidance. NOVA’s plan to restructure academic advising includes a new way of thinking about academic advising. We are moving away from prescriptive advising and towards advising as a learning experience. We want students to set goals, thoughtfully choose a program of study, work with advisors [...]

Click on the link below for a short presentation on the QEPGPS for Success: Teaching and Learning through Advising

Students will meet with an academic advising specialist prior to or early in their first semester. They will work together on goal setting and verification of program placement. The “advising specialist” is a new position and will be introduced to each campus. Students will be assigned to a faculty academic advisor during their first semester. [...]

Your friendly QEP Development Committee is hard at work on projects to improve advising and enhance students’ academic planning skills. Here are some of the projects we’re working on: Assessment of personal development general education goalRestructuring of assignment of advisees to advisorEstablishment of director of academic advising and advising specialist positionsDevelopment of advising training modulesDevelopment [...]

What are the questions regarding advising that you need answers to? Are there common concerns from students that you are frequently asked? Do you have questions and have trouble finding the answer (or someone who would know the answer)? What kind of training would you like to see available for faculty advising? How would you [...]

How do you advise? Advising is much more than helping a student select the courses for the upcoming semester. Advising is a developmental process. It includes the following: discussion of life, career, and academic goalsexamination of programs in line with goalsreflection on past academic performancecourse selectionclass scheduling What kind of resources do you need to [...]