Academic and career advising is a series of ongoing and intentional conversations among students, faculty, and staff that establish a pathway to the realization of educational, career, and life goals. Every First-Time In College (FTIC) student will be assigned an advisor.

Your Assigned Advisor will: 1. Provide you with assistance in developing an Individual Success Plan (ISP). 2. Provide you with an overview of Alamo Colleges Student Services. 3. Provide you with specific career information and transfer plans for your career institutes and program. 4. Provide you with assistance in scheduling & registering for courses. 5. Provide you with assistance in completing your graduation application. 6. Provide you with developing action plans if you are on academic or financial aid suspension. 7. Provide you with a professional, courteous and understanding academic advising experience. 8. Provide you with information on college and community resources. 9. Monitor your academic progress.

Student Responsibilities: 1. Schedule regular appointments with your advisor prior to registration. 2. Come prepared to ask questions and take notes of key points discussed. 3. Conduct yourself in a professional and courteous manner. 4. If visiting with an advisor after initial vist, conduct an Alamo GPS degree audit prior to your scheduled appointment. 5. Bring your Northeast Lakeview College Student ID, any necessary documents, and be on time to your scheduled appointment.

Academic Advising

First Time in College (0-30 Hours)Welcome to Northeast Lakeview CollegeWe offer a variety of services (Academic and Career Advising, Financial Aid, Scholarships, Veterans Education Benefits, Disability Support Services, Graduation, and Transfer services) that will assist you with your academic success at Northeast Lakeview College. We encourage you to visit the Advising Center for the most up to date information on career institutes, degree plans, transfer, and graduation.

ValuesSupport the Mission, Vision, and Values of NLC

Understand the needs of our students

Commit to quality advising

Collaborate with the college community

Empower students to make informed decisions

Student centered environment

Strategic planning for continued success

Mission At the Alamo Colleges, academic and career advising builds a culture of integrated practices and shared responsibilities. Through collaborative teaching and learning, the advising process empowers our diverse student populations to explore and navigate their academic and career institutes.

VisionNLC will provide every student with an exemplary, effective and personalized pathway to success through academic and career advising.

Planning Ahead for Academic AdvisingSteps Date Activities

Step 1 One to Four months before 1st day of class

• New Student Orientation (Welcome to Northeast Lakeview College) will provide college information, resources, campus tours, group advising and registration information. Other information provided at New Student Orientation includes How to research your Banner ID number; recognize ACES Username ID, view ACES email; view Financial Aid status, schedule appointments for placement & proctored testing; submit Bacterial Meningitis vaccination documentation, and payment deadlines.

Step 2 One to Two weeks before the 1st day of class

• Confirm your course schedule on ACES and verify that you do not have a balance. Students that have not paid their tuition and fees by the published due date will be dropped from their courses.

• You will attend New Student Convocation (NSC). Convocation will provide motivational information for the academic year.

• Smart Start - Show up for the first day of class or be dropped.Step 3 1st week of classes

August (Fall)

January (Spring)

• Check the Admissions and Records website for the most up to date information on the Academic Calendar: Census Day, Refund Schedule, Last Day to Withdraw and Finals. alamo.edu/nlc/admissions

• Welcome Week: Help finding classes Welcome Booths Meet the President and Vice Presidents at the Picnic

Step 4 Fall & Spring

(Second through Seventh Week)

• Students enrolled in SDEV courses will complete/revise their ISP using GPS with guidance from their advisor.

• Visit the Advising Center to discuss your semester progress and plan for next semester’s courses.

Step 5 Fall & Spring

(Eighth Week)

• Check on your ACES account for any registration holds, financial aid awards and review your Individual Success Plan for next semester.

• Your academic advisor will contact you to remind you to schedule an advising session. Your advisor will also discuss mid-term grades with you.

Step 6 Fall & Spring

(Tenth Week)

• Visit the Advising Center to check on your academic progress after mid-term grades have been submitted.

• Review course withdraw dates for the semester. Keep in mind that withdrawing from courses can impact your financial aid, three-peat rule and six drop rule.

• Register for your courses for the following semester.• The Transfer Fair will be held in the Student Commons Building

(STCM) (Check for dates).Step 7 Fall & Spring

(Fifteenth and Sixteenth Week)

• Review next semester’s schedule, check for registration/transcript holds and verify that you do not have a tuition and fee balance in ACES.

• Final Exams and Final Grades will be posted.

ACADEMIC ADVISING SYLLABUSACADEMIC ADVISING SYLLABUS

updated 04/15/16 Public Relations

Advising Mission, Vision, Values

First year (0-30 hours)

ØHow to navigate ACES and NLC website

ØResources on Campus

ØAcademic Calendar

ØRegistration Period

ØOn-line registration specifics

ØIndividual Success Plan (ISP)

Ú Core course completion

Ú Degree Plan

Ú Transfer Agreements

ØUnderstand holds

ØHow to calculate your GPA

ØPrerequisites and course sequence

ØConsequence of actions and inactions

¨Course schedule

¨Select an Alamo Institute

¨Finalize Career

¨Develop Individual Success Plan (ISP)

¨Enroll in course(s)

¨SDEV/EDUC

Second year (31+Hours)

ØPrerequisites and course sequences

ØRestricted courses and registration process

ØGraduation application process

ØEmployment opportunities

ØGraduation Ceremony and degree award process

¨Visit Career Center

¨Complete degree audit

¨Complete online graduation application

Student Outcomes:

1. Recognize personal responsibility is integral to student success.2. Identify strengths and weaknesses.3. Know and understand critical policies and dates(drop deadlines,

academic standards, paid deadlines, financial aid obligations, financial aid deadlines, Federal, state, and local policies (27 hour, 3 peat, 6 Drop rule, SAP).

4. Understand how to develop and follow an Individual Success Plan (ISP)/degree plan/transfer plan or certificate.

5. Value the advisor/student relationship.

What you should know/have completed by the end of the each academic year:

CompletedKnow

Early AlertAdvisors will monitor student success utilizing the Alamo Colleges procedures on case management. Student Success Reports will be submitted at the end of each semester (Fall—January , Spring –June, Summer—September).

Good StandingGood Standing is affected if overall GPA falls below 2.0 at any time (end of a Fall, Spring or Summer semester term) and student begins process listed under Academic Probation and Dismissal. Developmental courses are included in the GPA calculation.

Academic Probation and Dismissal• Students who begin any semester term in Good Academic

Standing but fail to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher are placed on Academic Probation. Notification of probationary status is communicated electronically through students’ ACES email addresses.

• Students may re-enroll for one (1) semester term after meeting with counseling/advising services.

• If students on Academic Probation or Continued Probation fail to earn a semester term GPA of 2.0 or fail to earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 in the next semester term following the probation status, they will be placed on Academic Dismissal. Students placed on Academic Dismissal will receive ACES email notification from the Alamo Colleges.

• After not being enrolled for one (1) semester term for each of the First or Second Academic Dismissals, student may re-enter on Academic Probation only after receiving advisement.

• A student on Academic Dismissal for a third (3) time or more will not be permitted to enroll in the Alamo Colleges for one (1) calendar year after which petition may be made for re-admission.

Email Policy

The College District designates email as its official method of communicating to all students by way of their provided @student.alamo.edu email address. Official communications are intended only to meet the academic and administrative needs of the College District.

Students now have the ability to have their emails forwarded from the@student.alamo.edu email address to other commonly used email sites (ex. Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.). Please contact the Information Technology helpdesk at helpdesk@alamo.edu for more information.Y

BENEFITS OF ALAMO GPS

• Supports real-time delivery of degree completion information though intuitive web-self-service interfaces

• Online environment reduces paperwork and manual degree checklists

• Provides long-term planning potential. Example: to evaluate which course requirements students still need and use that data to plan course offerings.

GOAL + PLAN = SUCCESS

The Alamo Colleges is pleased

to announce the release of

Alamo GPS, a web-based tool

to help students and advisors

monitor a student's progress

toward degree completion.

Alamo GPS combines the Alamo

Colleges’ degree requirements

and the coursework completed

into an easy-to-read worksheet

that helps see how courses

completed count toward degree

requirements and what courses

and requirements still need to

be completed. This system is

designed to aid and facilitate

academic advising but is not

intended to replace face-to-face

advising sessions.

ACADEMIC ADVISING SYLLABUSACADEMIC ADVISING SYLLABUS

Assessment of Student SuccessA student will have the opportunity to rate their advising experience through the Alamo Colleges Advising Survey.

Alamo GPS