George Fox University | Offices and Services | Registrar | First Year Seminar Instructor Resources

Recommended Advising Resources

• Bruindata - View your students under the student tab.
• DegreeWorks Audit - as a First Year Seminar instructor you can view the audits for your students
• Degree Works Planner - a great resource to place a plan visible to the student and to the new advisor - as a First Year Seminar instructor you can view and edit planners for your students
• Student Support Network - an online reporting form
• Meet with each student to go over their schedule after mid-term grades are posted to advise students in their current degree plan and spring schedule.
• Resources for Current Undergrads
• Four Year Course Plans
• Online Tutorials
• UG Catalog
• Major Fair will be offered during Fall Orientation
• Proposed Teaching Modules

Recommended Grading Strategies

• Grade the class pass/fail
• Require all assignments
• In the case of missing assignments some professors hold the final grade until the student either meets with him/her or completes the required assignment.

Assignment Pool (let us know if you have any other ideas)

• Require students to interview a faculty member as a requirement to expose them to faculty members.
• Have the ARC evaluate the student's notes from Jim Fosters lecture about the benefits of a Liberal Arts education.

Possible Peer Advisor Roles

• TA
• Facilitate some sessions
• Connection to students
• Counseling students in advisor selection