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Training Objectives Summer 2013 NSO Training PACE Academic Advising Center Orientation Leader Collaboration
* Meet the Staff * The What, Why, How, & Who of the PACE Center? * NSO Days * Day 1: Schedule building * Day 2: * Stations, Staffing and Descriptions * Registration Lab
Meet the PACE Advising Staff
Name Home town What was your major/s? Where did you get your degree/s?
The What & Why of PACE * What? * “The Personalized Academic and Career Exploration (PACE) Center is your portal to the Texas State community. Through your PACE experience you will meet with your academic advisor, explore your career possibilities, interact with mentors, and enhance your transition through the University Seminar class.”
* Why? * The PACE Center was created as part of the University's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) presented to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) reaffirmation of accreditation. “The QEP outlines a course of action for long term institutional improvement with special attention to student learning.”
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PACE Advising Center NSO Process
The How & Who of PACE * How? * “Freshmen will receive academic and career planning assistance through a freshmen advising, career counseling, and mentoring; University Seminar curriculum; and enhanced technology including an electronic portfolio system.”
* Who?
* Day 1 * Build a personalized schedule for each student
* Day 2 * Advise and register students for courses according to their personalized needs
* PACE students are students that have graduated from high school with 15 or fewer credit hours before enrolling at Texas State University.
Day 1
Building Schedules & Folder Items
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PACE Academic Advising Syllabus Degree Audit Hand Out Orientation Advising Form NSO Survey Student Profile Sheet (Advisor keeps) COGNOS Evaluated Transcript (Advisor keeps) One Bobcat Schedule Builder Schedule
Student Profile Sheet
Student Attributes: Learning Communities, Honors, Athletes, Bridge Students, etc…
Test Scores and Developmental Placement Requirements
Student Profile Sheet:
Major, Test Scores, Student Attributes
COGNOS Evaluated Transcript:
Evaluated College Credit
One Bobcat Schedule Builder Schedule
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Day 1
Learning Communities & Other Student Attributes
* Learning Communities * * * * * * * * * *
Residential College Career Exploration Journalism/Mass Comm Psychology Pre-‐Med/Pre-‐Dent Business Terry Scholar Honors STEM Future Teachers
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Honors Athletes Bridge Students Etc. Other:
* Veterans * Engineering majors * Fine Arts majors (Art, Dance, Music, and Theater)
Building Schedules
Student Profile Sheet: Major, Test Scores, Student Attributes
COGNOS Evaluated Transcript
COGNOS Evaluated Transcript:
Evaluated College Credit
Bobcat Schedule Builder Personalized Student Schedule
One Bobcat Schedule Builder Schedule
1. Is this schedule “walkable”? 2. Is this schedule “doable”? 3. Is this a good model for student’s future schedule building? As summer goes on, and classes begin to disappear, asking these questions may be a luxury.
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Day 2:
Day 2:
NSO Stations Folder Station
Fish Bowl: Fine Arts Majors
Check-‐In Station
Stations, Staffing, Locations, & Descriptions UAC 142: Boko’s Room
* Folder Station
* Staffing: University College Student Workers * Location: Immediate Entrance * Description: NSO Student will form an alpha sorted line to retrieve their NSO folders. The folders will be distributed to students as they enter the building.
* Check-‐In Station
Academic Advising
Waiting Area
* Staffing: University College Student Workers * Location: By the lobby computers * Description: NSO Student will form an alpha sorted line to check in for advising.
UAC 159
UAC 174
UAC 124: Computer Lab 1
* Staffing: Orientation Leaders & University College Student Workers * Location: Lobby * Description: OL’s and Student Workers will help NSO students fill out the NSO advising forms while waiting for an academic advisor to retrieve them for the advising portion of NSO.
UAC 174: Honors & Residential College UAC 159: Athletic Academic Center
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* Waiting Area
* Electronic and paper signs will guide students on the following: No cell phones during advising, get connected to PACE through social media, specific US 1100 sections, and fill out your advising form.
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Day 2:
Stations, Staffing, Locations, & Descriptions * Advising
* Staffing: Academic Advisors * Location: Academic Advisor Offices * Description: Academic Advisor will advise the student on courses they should register for. * Fine Arts majors (Fish Bowl) * *
Art & Music: Stephanie Pridgen Dance & Theater: Ashley Ransom
* Boko’s Room
* Staffing: * Location: UAC 142 * Description: If an student needs additional time for the advising portion they will be assisted by the Boko’s Room staff.
* Computer Labs
* Staffing & Location:
* UAC 124; STAFF, Orientation Leaders, PACE MAC * Derrick 114; Claudia, Orientation Leaders, PACE MAC
* Description: Students will register for their recommended courses
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Day 2:
Stations, Staffing, Locations, & Descriptions * Fish Bowl
* Fine Arts Majors: will wait here for their advising portion * Art & Music: Stephanie Pridgen * Dance & Theater: Ashley Ransom
* UAC 159:
* Athletic Academic Center: Registering for classes based on athletic schedule requirements.
* UAC 174:
* Honors: If students have questions about honors after they have been advised. * Residential College: If students have questions about residential college after they have been advised.
Section Attributes and Course Prerequisites
Day 2:
Registration Lab Tips UAC 124 & Derrick 114 * Use the prebuilt Bobcat Schedule Builder schedule to plug in CRN’s quickly. Fill in any blanks using SSB. * Even if the major has been changed, some courses will stay the same! * If you have to help the student find alternate sections be aware of any attributes that may require them to be in specific sections. * Consider using a split screen view on the computer. One screen for the schedule, the other screen to search for open classes in SSB. * If a student can not get into a course, click on the blue Course Registration Number (CRN) to get more information about the section attributes and prerequisites. * Communicate any issues with registration to the PACE Advising Lab Coordinator. * DO NOT USE BOBCAT SCHEDULE BUILDER. It takes too much time for the registration lab.
Any Questions?
The PACE Academic Advising Center is looking forward to working with you this summer. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to student success!
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