Advisor Mastery Program (AMP) Special Events

AMP will host kickoff and end-of-year celebrations to remind MTSU's academic advising community of our committee's efforts within supporting your profesisonal development. 

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This two-day professional development opportunity will provide practical strategies to strengthen your advising practice, enhance student success, and align your work with NACADA's Core Competencies and CAS Standards.

Workshop Schedule

Attendance is required for both sessions

• Wednesday, August 5 - 12:30–4:00 p.m. 
  • Check-in: 12:30–1:00 p.m. - Workshop begins promptly at 1:00 p.m.
• Thursday, August 6 - 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
  • Check-in: 8:30–9:00 a.m. - Workshop begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.

Snacks will be provided

Presenter Bio

At the heart of Mykel Beorchia’s work is the belief that educational spaces hold the potential to expand possibilities for students and the mentors who support them. In her role as Director of the Office of Appreciative Education at Florida Atlantic University, she specializes in applying the theoretical framework of Appreciative Education and to actionable practices that support student success and educator self-efficacy. Her leadership journey includes a 14-year tenure at Utah State University (USU), where she successfully integrated the Appreciative framework into a network of 90+ advisors to improve student outcomes through academic advising. Mykel is a former chair of NACADA’s Appreciative Advising Community. She is currently a Ph.D. student in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at USU.

Workshop Day 1: Appreciative Advising Overview

Appreciative Advising is the collaborative practice of asking generative, open ended questions to help students achieve their dreams, goals, and potentials. The six phases of Appreciative Advising, Disarm, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver, and Don’t Settle have been applied by educators in one to one advising relationships, in programming and classrooms, and to drive institutional approaches to student success. This presentation explores theory-to-practice applications of the framework through a variety of collaborative and reflective activities. This session is aligned with NACADA’s relational competencies. 

Workshop Day 2: Continuum of Dreaming 

This session explores the theory-to-practice applications Appreciative Advising to support students through the entire student lifecycle. Starting at pre-admission, we will explore what the research tells us about the needs of students. We will explore strategies to help students expand their ideas about their futures, and how to then co-create a plan for achieving those goals. In addition, we will explore ways to help students pivot when they encounter barriers to achieving their goals.