2023 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Advisors: The Lifeguards of Higher Education
University of West Florida Emerald Coast Campus-Fort Walton Beach
Friday, September 8, 2023
8:00AM-3:00PM
Building 48 Auditorium
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We are excited to announce that we are now accepting proposals for our Fall 2022 ECAAN Conference
Seas the Day: Understanding Academic Advising from the Sand to the Surf! As a reminder, the fall conference is set for Friday, September 23rd at Coastal Alabama Community College’s Bay Minette campus. We will be accepting conference presentation proposals through Monday, September 12th.
Presenters will have 30 minutes to their presentation and 15 minutes for questions and for the attendees to complete their survey evaluation. Below are recommended session themes, but please feel free to submit a proposal on any topic that you feel is relevant to the field of academic advising.
Don’t Get Tide Down – This breakout session includes topics on how to support and invest in academic advisors. Topic ideas may include, but are not limited to, how to best balance one’s time through the academic year, how to combat burnout, tactics to promote mental wellness, information on setting boundaries with colleague and students, professional development, and
more.
Many Fish in the Sea – This breakout session includes best practices and techniques for academic advising and working with specific student populations. Topic ideas may include, but are not limited to, developmental advising, prescriptive advising, appreciative advising techniques, coaching, group advising, intrusive advising techniques, and learning-centered advising techniques. Topics may also include how to better work with specific student populations, such as adult students, minority students, first-generational students, returning students, first-time freshmen, technical students, graduate students, students with disabilities, and students with socioeconomic disadvantages.
Open Swim – This breakout session includes topics on college-wide and university-wide collaboration. Topics ideas may include, but are not limited to, how to effectively collaborate with faculty advisors, recruiters, departmental staff, and community partners to help advise and inform students. Topics may demonstrate how different institutional employees worked together to best advise and coach a student to program completion.
Seas the Day: Understanding Academic Advising from the Sand to the Surf! As a reminder, the fall conference is set for Friday, September 23rd at Coastal Alabama Community College’s Bay Minette campus. We will be accepting conference presentation proposals through Monday, September 12th.
Presenters will have 30 minutes to their presentation and 15 minutes for questions and for the attendees to complete their survey evaluation. Below are recommended session themes, but please feel free to submit a proposal on any topic that you feel is relevant to the field of academic advising.
Don’t Get Tide Down – This breakout session includes topics on how to support and invest in academic advisors. Topic ideas may include, but are not limited to, how to best balance one’s time through the academic year, how to combat burnout, tactics to promote mental wellness, information on setting boundaries with colleague and students, professional development, and
more.
Many Fish in the Sea – This breakout session includes best practices and techniques for academic advising and working with specific student populations. Topic ideas may include, but are not limited to, developmental advising, prescriptive advising, appreciative advising techniques, coaching, group advising, intrusive advising techniques, and learning-centered advising techniques. Topics may also include how to better work with specific student populations, such as adult students, minority students, first-generational students, returning students, first-time freshmen, technical students, graduate students, students with disabilities, and students with socioeconomic disadvantages.
Open Swim – This breakout session includes topics on college-wide and university-wide collaboration. Topics ideas may include, but are not limited to, how to effectively collaborate with faculty advisors, recruiters, departmental staff, and community partners to help advise and inform students. Topics may demonstrate how different institutional employees worked together to best advise and coach a student to program completion.
Proposal Details
*Please submit all information in plain text into the form
*No bullets or other special characters in the abstract. Bullet lists are allowed in the proposal attachment.
*Priority will be assigned to proposals that demonstrate new ideas or methods, or indicate a high level of knowledge and unique treatment of the topic. Proposals from inexperienced, as well as experienced presenters, researchers, and practitioners are earnestly solicited.
Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of:
*Timeliness of the subject matter
*Topic’s contribution to advising field
*Clearly stated purpose and objectives
*Creativity in an approach to a situation or in ways to manage it
*Adaptability of ideas to a variety of institutional settings
*Reflective of good writing practices
*Please submit all information in plain text into the form
*No bullets or other special characters in the abstract. Bullet lists are allowed in the proposal attachment.
*Priority will be assigned to proposals that demonstrate new ideas or methods, or indicate a high level of knowledge and unique treatment of the topic. Proposals from inexperienced, as well as experienced presenters, researchers, and practitioners are earnestly solicited.
Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of:
*Timeliness of the subject matter
*Topic’s contribution to advising field
*Clearly stated purpose and objectives
*Creativity in an approach to a situation or in ways to manage it
*Adaptability of ideas to a variety of institutional settings
*Reflective of good writing practices
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