Welcome to the WSU advising community!
You are joining a network of over 90 dynamic, caring, and dedicated professionals who value community, professional growth, and excellence in job performance and service to students.
This page is intended to give you information on how to gain access to key advising technology, advisor training, and Advisor Training Academy (ATA) resources and communication channels. If you are new to advising at WSU, please contact Amanda Horwitz (fg8638@wayne.edu) to get started on all you need to know!
New Advisor Onboarding Training
As a new WSU Academic Advisor or Academic Services Officer, you are eligible to participate in the ATA's full-year
Onboarding Training program which leads to WSU's
Level 1 Advisor Certification. The majority of this training will ideally be concentrated in the first two to three weeks of your hire, and will be designed in partnership with a representative from your hiring department (or school/college/division/office). Your training will incorporate shadowing experiences, asynchronous and in-person training modules, reflection and assessment opportunities, and regular check-in sessions with an ATA coach. The training is housed in our Advisor Onboarding Canvas course, and will use MS Planner as a tool for scheduling your day-to-day schedule.
Stars 2.0
Wayne State advisors use the
Stars 2.0 platform to schedule, communicate, and initiate advising interventions with their students. Stars 2.0 also provides the academic data used in advising appointments and is a means storing advising notes, comments, documents, and other historical records. A fuller description of Stars 2.0 is found on this site under
Advisor Resources - Advising Tools and it is also supported by dedicated
website. Each school/college has one or more
Stars 2.0 trainers that assist with the onboarding of new advisors. The ATA also supports training of new advisors upon request by contacting Kate Bernas (ab9599@wayne.edu).
ATA Canvas site
Training modules, documents, certification materials, and other resources are stored in the Advisor Training Academy Canvas course for advisor reference. All new advisors are added to the Canvas course.
ATA Listserv
The ATA listserv provides the primary means of sending advising-related communications and other information directly to the WSU advising community. The listserv is also used to promote ATA programming and services. Many WSU administrators and staff are also included on the listserv so that they can benefit from the advising information shared across campus. Contact Amanda Horwitz (fg8638) to request membership.
Advisor directory
The
Advisor Directory is an advising community resource for advisors and can also be used by other staff and students. It can be easily found on the ATA homepage. The Directory provides a profile of each advisor's title, contact information, University and professional associations and areas of professional expertise. The directory also allows members to search among these criteria for networking and outreach purposes. To join the directory, please submit the
Advisor Directory Survey and send a photo of your choice to Amanda Horwitz (fg8638@wayne.edu).
WSU Academic Advisors Teams group
This MSTeams group is a place for academic advisors and coaches to share quick questions, provide updates, and ask for input on advising-related matters. There are multiple channels for various concerns and advisors are encouraged to use the group as a "safe space" to reach out for help and support whenever needed.
Slate and Xtender
Slate is a Customer Relationship Management tool designed and developed exclusively for higher education to be the solution that can handle the breadth and depth of modern admissions and advancement. Slate enables users to review all applications, relationships, test scores, materials and interactions from a unified platform. Often advisors need to review transcripts before they are evaluated by transfer credit or at any point prior to matriculation. Xtender is the function within the Banner platform that allows advisors to access transcripts for matriculated students once they have been scanned and processed. Access information and walkthroughs on how to locate transcripts can be found below.
Slate - Remote advisors will need access to Slate when working with newly admitted FTIACs or transfers from other schools. Complete https://slate.wayne.edu/register/advisoraccess for advisors access only.
Xtender - The Xtender tool in Banner will allow advisors to retrieve imaged transcripts for transfer student admits. Access is generally included with advisor Banner access.