LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) presents the opportunity for faculty to build a strong connection with students through the advisement process. Faculty are able to create a deeper level understanding of the self-assessment through advisement practices in the First Year Seminar (FYS) courses. Students in the FYS are able to assess after the systematic approach of the developmental and prescriptive advisement. Faculty not only learn about their students but also help them to graduate on time by staging the developmental and prescriptive advisement. Through this scaffolding approach, students are able to familiarize themselves systematically with their major, career choice, academic goals, transfer, and graduation plan. Thus, advisement effectiveness fosters the FYS students to achieve a better understanding of their goals, and philosophy of a holistic First Year Experience.

Presenters will share their integrative pedagogy and practice to approach the “whole student,†in cultivating the self- reflection and personal development through the advisement effectiveness. Presenters will also share their syllabi, advisement activity and students’ work.

The audience will get an opportunity to think about how they can incorporate an activity to engage students in personal development through advisement practices into their pedagogy. Presenters will also share resources that can help the audience utilize effective classroom practice to strengthen advisement process.