ADVISER QUALIFICATIONS AND ROLES

Student Organization Advisor Qualifications

An advisor is to teach at least nine hours or be a professional staff member at LCC. Adjunct faculty and full-time classified staff may also qualify as advisors or co-advisors with prior approval from the Associate Dean or Retention/Student Life Specialist, as appropriate.  An individual should not serve as advise\or to more than two organizations.

Advisors play a vital role in this extracurricular experience.  It is their guidance and participation in the organization that both assists and encourages the students to become involved and to gain valuable experience in how to function in an organizational environment.

The College perceives the advisor as serving a primary function to preserve the existence of the organization, including the following:

1. Advise the group on college policy, including educating the members and assisting them within the College structure.

2. Provide direction and planning for managing the organization’s budget, e.g., approving all expenditures.

3. Assist with planning and implementation of organizational programs and the use of College facilities for those programs.

4. Attend meetings and activities involving the organization.

5. Assist the organization to annually set realistic goals and objectives—in keeping with their purpose—and keeping them focused on these.

There are other functions of the advisor that include providing continuity, facilitating growth and serving as a teacher that is equally important. If any assistance is needed, please contact the SLO in the Cardinal the Student Union, by phone at x1178, via the Office of Student Affairs 421-6700 x1236 or the LCC student life website:  http://www.labette.edu/stusvcs/studentlife/stulife.htm.