My advisees and students appreciate it and it gives me another way to relate to them. They re proud of their accomplishments and sometimes want their peers to know about them. The advisor is also the teacher with whom parents meet at conference time. The student's relationship with his or her acadmic advisor is an important one. An open and trusting relationship is at the heart of the educational process at Maumee Valley, for it is the advisor who oversees and guides every aspect of a student s progress.
Advisors are a safety net.
We may mediate between a student and a teacher with whom they are having difficulty. We teach them conflict resolution and to be responsible for their actions, but they also know that they are not alone. I m their mother hen and they re like my kids. If they have a problem, I want to get to the bottom of it. Students may work individually and in small groups with a teacher as needed.