Academic Advisor

About This Role

An Academic Advisor provides educational guidance and assistance to students, assessing their needs, goals, interests, and prior academic experiences to guide them in a program of study. This role involves understanding and interpreting College policies and degree/certificate programs to facilitate student academic success, participating in recruitment and outreach activities, and providing support in the assigned area.

Responsibilities

• Advise new students and work closely with other student services staff to evaluate transcripts, test scores, and develop degree plans
• Provide academic advising to returning students about College policies, programs of study, and degree options
• Establish and maintain relationships with assigned departments and maintain current knowledge of all degree and certificate programs and institutional policies and procedures
• Assist students with admission and registration and provide guidance on course selection based on student’s program of study or interests, skills, and abilities
• Assist students in establishing realistic and attainable educational and career goals
• Support career services by counseling students on career options and guiding their development of job search skills
• Monitor student academic progress; determine student’s eligibility and satisfactory progress toward degree or certificate completion
• Process academic warning, probation, and suspension forms based on student’s academic status
• Make referrals to other campus resources as needed
• Interpret and explain college policies and procedures and present academic information to students and/or parents as needed
• Be knowledgeable in nontraditional learning options such as CLEP, Advanced Placement exams, and CTC’s Individualized Evaluation Career Process (ICEP) manual, thus providing students with options to complete degrees and certificates
• Assist students in making the transition to a four-year college or university
• Provide resources about admission and programs offered at a four-year college or university
• Establish working professional relationships with peers at four-year colleges
• Assist in recruitment of potential students through outreach activities such as CTC’s Fast Track program at area high schools
• Assist other departments in various activities such as student orientations and tours, job fairs, and foundation scholarship events
• Actively participate in graduation ceremony and assist students and other staff
• Be responsible for a functional area that may be assigned, such as but not limited to community foreign student advisor, retention support counselor, transfer counselor, and vocational technical counselor
• Participate on committees as requested and participate in professional conferences or other professional development activities