JCTC Advising Assessment Questionnaire Based on Review of Literature

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Do JCTC students become increasingly more self-sufficient in their ability to implement career and educational goals?

Does JCTC advising have a proactive plan to promote selecting sound goals through increased student knowledge of self (aptitudes, interests, values), careers (realistic information), and curriculum (appropriate academic preparation)?

Does JCTC have a mission statement?

Is the mission statement widely disseminated among academic advisors?

Does the college have a career exploration and planning program? If yes, is it proactive?

Does JCTC have an advising plan that ensures that first-year students get personal and extended advising (including life/career/and educational planning during the students’ first fifteen hours?

Does JCTC have new-student orientation that is not just information dissemination? If yes, does it focus on “best practices” such as increasing social integration and interaction with people?

Has JCTC assessed the value and limitations of professional advisors?

Does JCTCS have design and delivery of intensive and extensive professional development programs for advisor training?

Has JCTC systematically identified key knowledge and skill areas for advisors?

Is the advising program at JCTC based on an advising theory?

Is advising required for students during their higher attrition rate (first fifteen hours)?

 Does JCTC have any guidelines for requiring students to confer with, and obtain a signature from an academic advisor before they can register for, add, or drop courses?