Jayne Drake, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 9 years

National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office:

• Member of the NACADA Council, 2005-07 —
  • Charged with evaluating and acting upon initiatives and proposals from the membership.
  • Presenting Council-approved initiatives and proposals to the Board for its consideration.
  • Member of the Awards Selection Committee for the Virginia Gordon, Pacesetter, and Service to NACADA awards.
• Appointed Division Representative, Administrative Division, 2005-07 —
  • Responsibilities include convening the Administrative Division Committees at the National Conference.
  • Training new members of the Division.
  • Preparing reports of Administrative Division activities and initiatives to NACADA Council, as well as any formal proposal to be considered by the Council in advance of being sent to the Board of Directors.
  • Working to stimulate closer contact with Administrative Division Committees.
• Chair, National Awards Committee, 2002-05 —
  • Worked with Executive Office to re-structure the Awards Ceremony at the National Conference to make it a more intimate, meaningful, and prestigious event for awardees and their invited guests.
  • Ensured staggered terms of appointment for Awards Selection Committee members in order to be sensitive to continuity of representation from all of NACADA's regions, institutional types and sizes, as well as employment position, ethnicity, gender identity, age, culture, and sexual orientation.
  • Established the Awards Oversight Committee as a way to be responsive to and accountable for the various, often complex issues that arise in the execution of the annual Awards process.
  • Read, evaluated, and compiled award recommendations from Awards Selection Committee members.
  • Coordinated the National Awards Ceremonies in Cincinnati and Las Vegas.
  • Introduced all award recipients at the First Plenary Session of the National Conferences in Cincinnati and Las Vegas.

Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office:

• Assisted in organizing Pennsylvania/New Jersey Drive-in Day, 2004
• Presented at Regional Conferences 1, 2, and 10 in 1999 and 2003
• Organized and hosted Southeastern Pennsylvania Drive-In Day, 1999

Committee/Task Force/Advisory Board Activities and Accomplishments:

• Member, Review Board for NACADA's Faculty Advising Training Video, 2005 —
  • Reviewed training program, facilitated a Focus Group, and submitted recommendations to Professional Development Committee concerning the video's viability.
• Chair, Content Advisory Board, NACADA's Faculty Advising Training Video, 2006 —
  • Assembled the Content Advisory Board composed of a cross section of NACADA's membership to review and make recommendations to the Executive Office on rethinking and revising the training program.
  • Convened the Advisory Board at the 2006 National Conference, where formal discussions began and initial tasks were Board activities will be coordinated with the objective of developing a new product.

Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments:

• Member, Advising Administration Commission —
  • Member, Proposal Selection Committee charged with selecting Advising Administration and Commission-sponsored sessions for National Conference, 2000-current.
  • Chair, Service to the Commission Award Selection Committee, 2006
  • Member, Service to the Commission Award Selection Committee, 2002-05
  • Co-editor with Susan Campbell of web-based Advising Administrator Newsletter, 2001-02
• Member — Faculty Advising Commission, Technology in Advising Commission, and Liberal Arts Advisors Commission

Other:

• Presenter, "Components of a Successful Faculty Advising Program: Institutional Commitment, Professional Development, Incentives, and Recognition," NACADA-sponsored Webinar, February 2007
• Faculty member, Effectively Engaging Faculty in Academic Advising Seminar, 2006
• Faculty member, NACADA Academic Advising Summer Institute, 2006
• Consultant, NACADA Consultants Bureau
• Related Institutional Activities & Achievements, Temple University —
  • Associate Professor of English, Temple University, current
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs, College of Liberal Arts, current
  • Director of the Master of Liberal Arts Program, current
  • Member, Honors Oversight Committee, current
  • Member, College of Liberal Arts Committee on Instruction, 1995-2005
  • Undergraduate Chair, English Department, 2004
  • Vice Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, 1998-2003
  • Member, Advising Directors Council, 1997-2003
  • Director of Academic Advising, 1997-2002
  • Two research-based books published; eight books published for which I served as editor; many papers/talks and invited addresses delivered at professional meetings
  • More than two dozen research articles and reviews appearing in scholarly publications

Platform Statement:

• Highlight the goals you accomplished and the work you did while serving as a Unit Chair or Division Representative. In addition, highlight your involvement in all areas of the Association, demonstrating your experiences that make you qualified to serve in this position on the NACADA Board of Directors. 

The projects undertaken, the goals achieved, the visions made reality-all appear as mere bullet points above, but behind each of these bullets is an issue that required attention, a tradition that needed to be revisited, a concept that required translation into reality-all in service, ultimately, to improving the lives and academic careers of our students. A sampling of my involvement across the Association includes creating an Awards Oversight Committee, restructuring the national Awards program, serving on the Advising Administration Commission's Steering Committee, chairing the Commission's Awards Committee, chairing the Advisory Board for the new Faculty Advising Training Video, and serving as an instructor in both the Faculty Seminar and the Summer Institute.

Perhaps the most generally instructive (and productive) positions I've held are those of co-chair of NACADA's Administrative Division and member of the NACADA Council. In these positions, I have been able to observe just how beautifully NACADA's organizational structure works by allowing all voices of the Association to be recognized through the Regional Division, the Commission and Interest Group Division, and the Administrative Division.

• What do you believe are the most important goals and initiatives for the Association in meeting its strategic plan and what do you feel you can contribute to this position in meeting these goals and initiatives?

One of the primary mission statements in NACADA's strategic plan is that the Association "encourage the contributions of all members and promote the involvement of diverse populations." It is my belief that only with the full involvement of all constituencies that the rest of the strategic plan-addressing the academic advising needs of higher education, advancing the body of knowledge of academic advising, championing the educational role of academic advising to enhance student learning and development, and affirming the role of advising in supporting institutional mission and vitality-can assume substance and meaning.

Through my work in the Administrative Division and on the Council, I have, at least in some small way, helped to ensure the adoption of the "Emerging Leaders Program," one of the most important initiatives to come forward from the membership-specifically from the Diversity Committee.

As a result of the good, determined work of the folks who crafted this Program, NACADA has the opportunity to broaden and enhance leadership opportunities for everyone. As a member of the Board, I will be in a position to ensure that the goals of this Program are not only met but exceeded. In the end, this is what the Association is all about.

• Why are you interested in serving in this leadership position or what influenced you to run for this leadership position? 

As a result of the various positions I have held in the Association (voluntary, appointed, and elected), I have had the opportunity to stand on tiptoe to observe just how quickly NACADA has grown and expanded-and changed-in just a relatively short time. We all understand that with growth spurts come growing pains, and, as a result, the leadership of the Association must continue to be sensitive, responsive, and accountable to the changing needs of its membership. I am interested in helping to make sure the Board remains open and responsive to the interests and needs of its members.

Also influential in my decision to run for Board membership are those who have served on the Board and as Presidents in the past. From them, I have been fortunate enough to learn exactly what it means to work in an atmosphere of genial good will and shared goals, and to exchange ideas and experiences cooperatively for the greater good. Others who are nominated for the NACADA Board this year will say, as I do, that serving on the Board is also a wonderful way to give back to an organization that has given us so much.

• Provide any additional comments or information (either personal or leadership-related) that you want potential voters to know about you that is not covered elsewhere in your platform information. 

In the professional organizations associated with my scholarly and academic discipline, there is an attitude of "Freely share my scholarship and research with you?? I don't think so."   With NACADA, the attitude is one of "Here are the results of my scholarship and research. Please feel free to take them and call them your own." 

I am so thankful to be affiliated with an organization that embraces the talents and ideas of all of its members, an organization that understands that, when all is said and done, it's all about people. It's all about our members, and it's all about the students we serve. I would be grateful for your vote.