Advisors — have you checked out the Five Star Advisor Plan yet? Four levels are now available, and the fifth one will be released soon.
This self-paced plan is for all advisors, regardless of how long you’ve served. It isn’t just “what an advisor does” — although that’s in there, too! This plan will teach you a wide range of skills that you can put to use beyond PTK.
Let’s take a by-the-level look.
Level One: Finding Your Chapter’s Members
You aren’t only learning how to find new members; you’re also learning how to
- Develop and execute a communications plan to reach these students
- Promote and market an international organization
- Identify student needs and match them to opportunities and benefits
- Ensure diversity in a large group
- Plan and host a large-scale event
- Promote student success among marginalized groups, such as incarcerated students
Level Two: Engaging Your Members and Identifying Officers
What will you learn as you engage members and select officers? How to
- Identify and nourish leadership potential in others
- Develop operations for a group of people and a strategy for effectively communicating them
- Set a goal and develop a plan for achieving it
- Motivate others
- Put together and lead a successful team
- Conduct effective meetings
- Mange conflict through appreciative inquiry
Level Three: Participating in Regional and International Programming
Becoming engaged on the regional and international levels brings a wealth of knowledge and experience. In this level, you’ll learn to
- Support service learning
- Connect and collaborate with peers at other colleges
- Develop a travel budget and organize a trip for a group
- Organize a campaign for an elected office
- Increase awareness of the importance of diversity and inclusion
- Promote the development of soft skills by students
Level Four: Developing Student Leaders
You’ll be able to offer unique support all the students at your college. Learn how to
- Promote student success
- Coach students through the transfer process
- Equip workforce-bound students for career success
- Help students craft effective scholarship applications
- Support international students
- Develop a project to solve or fulfill a need on your campus
- Understand bystander strategies to prevent discrimination
Level Five: Supporting Undergraduate Research and Building Administrative Support
Ready for the final level? It’s coming soon, but here’s a preview — you’ll learn how to
- Build collaborative partnerships with campus and community leaders
- Utilize social media more effectively
- Be a better marketer
- Support undergraduate research
- Shape civic-minded scholar-leaders
- Engage student success stakeholders
- Guide students through competitive awards processes
If you’d like to master these skills and more, start the Five Star Advisor Plan today!
