Table of Contents

• Welcome to Advising
• Developmental Advising Resources
  • Developmental Advising Philosophy
  • "Be Wise, Get Advice!"
  • Advising Committee
  • National Academic Advising Association
• Program Advising
• Advisee and Major Advisor Responsibilities
  • Advisee Responsibilities
  • Major Advisor Responsibilities
• Advisor Preparation Tools
  • Academic Calendar
  • Office Hours
  • Catalog
  • MyCSI
  • CSI Eaglemail
  • Blackboard
  • Reading a Degree Audit
  • FERPA
  • Academic Standing Status
  • Veterans Services
  • Financial Aid Appeal Forms
• Advising Skills
  • Understanding Placement
  • Program Knowledge
• Evaluation of Advisee Needs
• Best Practices in Advising
  • Stick to Placement Scores
  • Put Yourself in the Advisee's Shoes
  • Listen Carefully
  • Assist with Short-Term and Long-Term Goals
  • "Common Sense" Advising Tips
• Advising No-No's!
  • Signing a Blank Registration Form
  • Advising Program Specific Courses Only
  • Advising Every Program
• "Advising is Teaching"
  • Catalog
  • Degree Checklist
  • Planning a Schedule
  • Online Registration
  • Other Technology Resources
• Grow the Advising Relationship
  • Toward Graduation
  • Toward Transfer
  • Toward Employment
• Advising Guide Assessment

Our Mission

It is the mission of the CSI Advising Center, in concert with faculty and staff, to provide information and guidance to support students in their educational planning as they work to achieve career and life goals.

Welcome to Advising

Welcome to CSI, the largest and most comprehensive community college in Idaho. As a member of the faculty advising department, our office would like you to take time to explore the "Advising Guide", which provides up-to-date information and resources fundamental toward becoming a well informed and knowledgeable advisor. The Advising Guide, is by design, assembled to address advisee and advisor responsibilities that have been recognized by students, faculty, staff, and administration as vital advising topics necessary to excel and realize short-term and life-long goals at CSI.

The Advising Center could not hope to address each and every question or issue at hand that an advisor might encounter in this guide; however, as the title of this online document indicates, we have made diligent efforts to "map out and provide guidance" in the direction of the many situations and experiences an advisor may encounter during advising interactions with our prospective, current, and returning advisees. Topics contained in the guide include:

• advising resources on campus
• developmental advising
• shared responsibilities between advisees and advisors
• advising preparation
• program knowledge skills
• evaluation of advisee needs
• best practices in advising
• teaching your advisees
• growing the advising relationship

This electronic text will be periodically updated and faculty will be informed of these specific changes through the Advising Center. The Advising Guide will not be available in a hard copy format so remember to bookmark this site on your computer. As always, contact the Advising Center and we will be glad to answer your questions.

P.S. Don't forget to complete the Advising Guide Assessment! Click on the Advising Guiide Assessment link, located on the Table of Contents tab.

Happy Advising!