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Peer
Advising Exemplary Practice Application
Apply
for possible inclusion as an Exemplary Practice in the proposed
Peer Advising monograph by writing a three page narrative describing
your Peer Advising program.
The three page narrative should address the issues listed in the
Narrative Guide below.
Email
questions and completed narratives to miller@ksu.edu.
Narratives and supporting documents received by February 24, 2004,
will be considered for possible inclusion in the monograph.
Narrative
Guide
In
the three page narrative include the following:
Public
Private (non profit)
Proprietary (for profit)
Other:
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highest
degree granted by your institution
Ph.D., Ed.D., or professional degrees i.e. M.D., J.D.,
etc.
Specialist
Master's
Bachelor's
Associate's
Technical certificate
Less than 2,500
2,501 - 5,000
5,001 - 10,000
10,001 - 20,000
20,001 - 30,000
30,001 - 40,000
More than 40,000
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Name
of your peer advising program
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Peer advising program director's name, title and email address.
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Mission
of your peer advising program
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Student
population group served by your program (i.e. freshmen, transfers,
minority students, etc.)
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How long your peer program has been in existence
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How
your program got its start
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How your peer advising program funded ( i.e. student fees, line
item in advising/counseling or residential life budgets, etc.)
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Why and how your program was started
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How your program is structured (i.e. as a centralized unit with
an advising center, decentralized with campus departments/schools/colleges,
a combination of the above, etc. )
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Provide any additional details that will help explain the administrative
structure of your program
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How your program is delivered to students (i.e. one-to-one,
seminars, non-credit group meetings, for credit course, etc.)
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How peer advisors are utilized on your campus, (i.e. what roles
do they play such as friendly contact with students, independent
academic advisors for first year students, work as academic
advisors in residence halls or advising center, etc.)
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How
are peer advisors are recruited on your campus, (i.e. students
nominated by faculty/staff, targeted letters sent to student
leaders, posters/recruitment flyers on campus, student organizations
nominate, etc.)
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Are peer advisors compensated on your campus? If so, how are
they compensated? (i.e. course credit, stipend, scholarship,
hourly wage, etc.)
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Are peer advisors recognized and/or rewarded on your campus?
If yes, how are peer advisors recognized and rewarded? (i.e.
peer advising award, dinner, certificate from Dean/President,
etc.)
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Do you have a training program for your peer advisors? If yes,
describe key topics covered in your training. Examples
could include such things as institutional policies, understanding
student issues, communication skills, counseling skills, when
and how to refer students, student development theory, etc.)
Feel free to include sample handouts from a training session
as an addendum to the narrative.
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Tile of individual responsible for supervising peer advisors
on your campus
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Evaluation
methods and procedures in place for the peer advising PROGRAM
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What you consider to be your programs most distinctive features
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What
you consider to be your programs strengths
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What
you consider your program's toughest challenges
Submission and
Selection
Submit the three page
narrative and any supporting documentation via email to miller@ksu.edu
no later than February 24, 2004. Directors of programs selected
for inclusion will be notified on March 25 of their selection.
If
selected as an Exemplary Practice, program directors will be asked
to edit their narratives based upon guidelines and suggestions
provided by the selection committee. Additionally, directors
of programs selected will be asked to provide two short (200 word)
student essays. One essay should focus on a student who benefited
from the program. The other, from a peer advisor, should discuss
how he or she has been impacted from the experience. Edits and
student essays will be due April 20.
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