Advising a Student Organization at Greensboro College

Advisors are first and foremost educators. In this role you will provide information, present alternatives, encourage responsibility, support creativity, and challenge students to develop as leaders. In this role an advisor walks a fine line between leading the organization and giving the organization the strength to lead itself.

What a Student Officer May Expect of an Advisor:
• Assist the group in formulating long–range goals and in planning and initiating short–term projects.
• Suggestions of ways the group meetings can be improved.
• Assist in evaluating group projects, performance, and progress.
• Make suggestions that will permit the officers to improve leadership skills.

What an Advisor may Expect of a Student Officer:
• Keep advisor informed of all organizational activities, meeting times, locations, and agendas.
• Provide advisor with minutes of all meetings.
• Meet regularly with the advisor and use him/her as a sounding board for discussing plans and problems.