Academic Success Advisor

PURPOSE

The Academic Success Advisor supports student persistence, retention, and degree completion through proactive advising, targeted academic recovery interventions, and first-year instruction. Serving as a primary point of contact for new, first-year, and academically at-risk students, the Advisor provides holistic guidance that integrates academic planning, policy navigation, and engagement with campus resources. Through individualized advising, early alert outreach, and classroom instruction in the First-Year Experience sequence (GE 101 and GE 102), the Advisor reinforces essential success skills, including goal setting, time management, self-advocacy, and academic engagement.

The role also contributes to the university's broader retention strategy through committee service, cross-campus collaboration, and participation in special initiatives designed to strengthen institutional pathways to student success.

Academic Success Advisors support new, incoming, and early-credit students (including transfer first-year students with fewer than 30 credit hours) through proactive advising, transition support, and retention-focused engagement.

• Conduct proactive outreach and communication with new and incoming students in-person, remotely, virtually, and by phone.
• Communicate university policies, procedures, deadlines, and due dates in a timely manner.
• Provide a positive, encouraging advising environment that supports student persistence and adjustment.
• Serve as a liaison between students and campus academic and student support services.
• Collaborate with campus departments to ensure holistic student support.
• Assist students with goal setting, academic planning, and early academic decision‑making.
• Build rapport with students and promote help‑seeking behaviors.
• Help students develop classroom engagement strategies and effective learning habits.
• Maintain advising records and document student progress.
• Maintain confidentiality and proper documentation practices.
• Conduct academic success workshops and programming.

Advisors provide structured, developmental advising for students on academic probation and those requiring targeted academic recovery interventions.

• Provide advising and intervention support for assigned students, colleges, majors, or departments.
• Implement early intervention strategies using the university's early alert/intervention systems.
• Create and implement individualized academic intervention plans based on student strengths and weaknesses.
• Support registration and advising processes for students on academic probation.
• Conduct a minimum of three structured advising/check‑in appointments per semester with each assigned student.
• Monitor, track, and document student academic progress.
• Identify service gaps using best practices in retention and develop responsive programming.
• Promote student persistence through innovative programming and cross-campus referrals.
• Participate in retention-focused special events and initiatives.

Academic Success Advisors serve as instructors in the University College First-Year Seminar sequence and are responsible for structured academic instruction, assessment, and cohort engagement.

• Collaborate with campus service offices to integrate institutional resources into the classroom.
• Implement a curriculum that supports first-year student transition and belonging.
• Develop and use course syllabi aligned with institutional guidelines.
• Deliver organized, prepared instructional content at scheduled class times.
• Use innovative teaching strategies and continuously improve instructional quality.
• Maintain regular communication with students regarding academic performance and expectations.
• Track attendance, academic progress, and submit required reports.
• Evaluate student performance and assign grades.
• Enforce classroom policies and maintain learning environments.
• Utilize instructional technology and explore emerging teaching tools.
• Hold office hours and provide…