Advising

	Assignment of an Advisor: The declaration of a major triggers the assignment of a faculty advisor within the major department. Since education majors work on a modified form of the general education requirements, it behooves students to declare a major as soon as possible, even if they may change their mind later. For information on procedures, see Declaring a Major within this website.
Faculty Advisors: (Updated Spring '05)	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Team A: John Gustafson, Donna Helble, Rod Winters and Cindy Duley	Junior	Senior	First Year	Sophomore
Team B: Jean Leicester, Celeste Miller, Melanie Reap and Heysung Park	Sophomore	Junior	Senior	First Year
Team C: Jim Reineke, Maudie Williams, Penny Warner and Rhea Walker	First Year	Sophomore	Junior	Senior
Team D: Pat Tolmie, Dick Bowman, Mary Joyce and Ann Rethlefsen	Senior	First Year	Sophomore	Junior

Advising for Secondary and K-12 Programs:

Students should be notified of their new faculty advisor shortly after declaring a new major.

Students pursuing K-12 and 5-12 licenses are advised through their secondary or K-12 department. Example: students seeking high school English teaching licenses are advised in the English department.
Students pursuing Special Education teaching licensure are advised in the Special Education Department (which is separate from the Education Department)

Advising for Early Childhood and Elementary Programs:

Students seeking Early Childhood or Elementary Licenses are advised through the Education Department Office. The Education Department utilizes a Teamed Advising approach. A team of 4 faculty members is assigned to work with each "class" of entering students. Elementary Education majors will be assigned one of the advisors working with a particular "class." Students may request a change of advisor to any advisor within that faculty team if they so choose. While not always possible, the intent of the teamed approach is to create long-term consistency as faculty move up with their students until faculty "graduate" with their students. The latest team assignments are listed below.

Mandatory Large Group Advising Sessions:

The Education Dept. holds large group advising sessions each semester. These advising sessions are scheduled to occur shortly after midterm. The sessions are open to all education majors on campus, and are mandatory for elementary and early childhood majors. At the meetings, students are regularly given updates on pending legislation, changes in univeristy policy, and upcoming dates and deadlines. Individual advising sessions are arranged following the large group meeting.