Advising Career Progressions
Purpose:
To create a structure that is transparent, equitable, and flexible, and promotes student success through enhanced academic advising and graduate coordination retention and development. To create a progression that can be adapted by colleges and departments of different sizes and structures while still maintaining comparable expectations for responsibilities.
Career Progression, Academic Advisors
| Minimum Qualifications |
Professional Community Participation |
Student Programming |
% of time Advising vs. Coordination |
Grade/FLSA | |
| Academic Advisor I | Bachelor's or equivalency |
Attends meetings as a participant |
Participates in programs |
Higher % Advising |
D/Exempt |
| Academic Advisor II | Bachelor's or equivalency + 2 years direct advising experience |
Participates in sub-committees |
Mentors existing programs |
Higher % Advising |
D/Exempt |
| Sr. Academic Advisor | Bachelor's or equivalency + 4 years direct advising experience |
Holds leadership roles |
Oversees and facilitates new program activities |
Higher % Advising |
E/Exempt |
| Academic AdvisingCoordinator | Bachelor's or equivalency + 4 years direct advising experience |
Holds leadership roles |
Oversees and facilitates new program activities |
Higher % Coordination |
E/Exempt |
Career Progression, Graduate Student Coordinators
| Minimum Qualifications |
Professional Community Participation |
Student event involvement |
Point of Contact for Admissions Decisions |
Grade/FLSA | |
| Graduate StudentCoordinator I | Bachelor's or equivalency |
Attends meetings as a participant |
Participates in events |
No | D/Exempt |
| Graduate Student Coordinator II |
Bachelor's or equivalency + 2 years |
Participates in sub-committees |
Helps in event administration |
No | E/Exempt |
| Graduate Student Coordinator III |
Bachelor's or equivalency + 4 years |
Holds leadership roles |
Plans and oversees events |
Yes | E/Exempt |