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Counseling

MyPlan: Developmental Advising Model

Stage I: Successful Entry to College
Stage II: Student Engagement/Academic Success/Progression to Goal Completion
Stage III: Goal Accomplishment/Completion

Stage II: Student Engagement/Academic Success/Progression to Goal Completion

Counseling Center Advising Checkpoints
  1. Students accumulating 24 credits will be contacted by the Counseling Center by letter or e-mail to encourage them to seek advisement;
  2. Students accumulating 45 credits will be contacted by the Counseling Center and/or the program coordinator and encouraged to seek an appointment to evaluate their educational progress
  3. Students receiving Financial Aid Fall FY 07’ are strongly encouraged to seek advisement each semester of their enrollment.
Concurrent Counseling Interventions
  • Individual Counseling (Personal, Career, Academic)
  • Counseling Center Newsletter
  • Financial Aid counseling, suspension, appeal
  • Legacy Program
  • Suspension Program
  • Academic Success Workshops
  • Early Alert Program in collaboration with Success Center(study skills, test/math anxiety)
  • Program changes
  • Academic Warning, Probation
  • Course additions, especially in the first three weeks of semester
  • Transfer articulation planning (iSTORM, articulation resources)
  • Targeted mailings to “deciding” students
  • Career Decision-Making Workshops
Other Interventions/ Campus Resources
Instruction
  • Provide informal advising in subject area
Coordinators/Chairs
  • Provide advisement in subject area
Career Activities & Employment Center
  • Career Assessment, Exploration, and Employment
MTMCC
  • Support services for minority students/multicultural programs
PALS
  • FAFSA completion assistance
  • Support services to low-income students
Student Liaison Coordinators
  • Assist coordinators
Success Center
  • Peer and professional tutoring, early alert system, classroom support
Legacy and
TRIO: Student Support Services
  • Support services for first generation college students
Special Services
  • Support services for students with special needs
  • Accommodations for students with disabilities
Self-Service Options
  • Advisor: Degree Audit system
  • eSTORM
  • Counseling Center Web site
  • Online Catalog and Schedule
  • Program area Web sites