Lake

Washington
Institute
of Technology
Academic Advising

Bianca Galam
SDAD 5640
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 LWTech Context

Academic Advising Office

Work Plan + What I Did

Teachable Content: Educational

Planning
Overview
Summary
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Lake Washington Institute of
Technology
Mission
To prepare students for today's careers and tomorrow's
opportunities

Public, technical college in Kirkland, WA

● Program-specific DTA only

42 Areas of Study
● Eight (8) Applied bachelor’s degrees
● 43 associate’s degrees
● 91 professional certificates

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Lake Washington Institute of
Technology
*2016-17 Academic Year

Total Enrollment: 6,571 Median Age: 31

55% enrolled part-time 27% enrolled with a degree already

earned
35% students of color
Five-year completion rate: 23%
**As of 2013-14 AY

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Academic Advising Office

Site Supervisor: Katie Viola, Director of Student

Development

Five Student Success Navigators/Advisors

LWTech Student Services Organizational Chart

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Academic Advising Model

Case Managed Advising + Mandatory Advising models

Dual-advising: Academic Advisor & Faculty Advisor

Academic advisors for special student populations

Master Advising Course

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Work Plan Objectives

1 2 3
To learn about the To gain To acquire skills to
structures, foundational effectively
systems, and knowledge and collaborate with
culture of a skills related to faculty/academic
community college academic support affairs
setting and advising

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 Completed degree audits for
233 students

Utilized new technology to

reengage students
Set-up foundations for
completion coaching at
LWTech

Advised, registered, and

What I Did graduated students

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Educational
Planning Let’s help a newly
enrolled LWTech
Activity student!
Health Sciences, AAS-T

A newly enrolled LWTech, first-time

in college student

Placed into MATH 098 & ENGL 099

● Self guided placement assessment

Student intends to transfer to a

baccalaureate program

Course sequence guide & AAS

degree requirements

Help them plan their first 3 terms

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You did it!

What considerations came up?

Who/where would you seek

assistance from?

What technology would be helpful in

the process?

How would the plan change for

various student populations?

LWTech Course Catalog - Health

Sciences
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Summary
Community and technical colleges
have a ton of good practices

Academic advising is complex and

necessary

There are multiple educational

pathways

Technology as a tool and aspect of

professional identity and practice
 LO #2: Understanding
students and student issues

LO #5: Adapting student

services to specific
environments and cultures

LO #7: Utilizing assessment,

Learning evaluation, technology, and
research to improve practice
Outcomes
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 Pizzolato’s (2010)
Self-Authorship Theory

Sanford’s (1996) Challenge

and Support

Clark and Trow (1969) College

Subculture Typologies

Strange and Banning’s (2015)

Theory to Campus Environment
Framework
Practice
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THANK YOU!
Questions?

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