Award: The recipient will be recognized at the annual business meeting and receive a check for $500.
Eligibility: Any individual who is an academic advisor and a member of TEXAAN may be nominated.Criteria: The selection committee will review all nominations and based on the evidence presented by the nominator that will show the nominees effective advising qualities and practices will be considered. Such evidence may include any outlined by NACADA. Evidence may include:
- strong interpersonal skills
- availability to advisees, faculty, or staff
- frequency of contact with advisees
- appropriate referral activity
- use and dissemination of appropriate information sources
- evidence of student success rate, by advisor or department
- caring, helpful attitude toward advisees, faculty, and staff
- meeting advisees in informal settings
- participation in and support of intrusive advising to build strong relationships with advisees
- monitoring of student progress toward academic and career goals
- mastery of institutional regulations, policies, and procedures
- ability to engage in, promote, and support developmental advising
- evidence of administering an academic advising program that supports NACADA's Core Values
- evidence that the advising program reflects the standards of good practice in the CAS Standards and Guidelines for Academic Advising
- participation in and support of advisor development programs
- perception by colleagues of nominee's advising or advising administration skills
- institutional recognition of nominee for outstanding advising or advising administration
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