Advising

Advising Mission and Program

The 2021–2022 Advisory Program at Lick-Wilmerding integrates four key strands:

Community and Connections
Care for Self and Others
Academic Coaching and Support, and
Celebration and Play

Advisory happens twice a rotation in 30-minute small group sessions, grade-level class meetings, one-on-one conferences and in the school-wide retreat program.

Advisors at LWHS strive to ensure that every student is known, understood and supported.

The advisory program prioritizes building an inclusive school in helping students practice the skills needed to live and thrive in a diverse community.

Advisors serve as a first point of contact between a student’s home and the school and are informed and included in issues involving their advisees, whether social-emotional, belonging, or academic in nature. In collaboration with members of the Student Support Services Team (3S) and teaching faculty, advisors provide or connect students with the resources they need to be successful at LWHS.

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- Approach advising with an open mind and generosity of spirit
- Meet in advising groups to...
  - Implement the specific grade level advising curriculum
  - Facilitate advisory community, discussions & activities
  - Address general group concerns or issues affecting their advisory
  - Create a safe and fun space for advisees to be connect, be social, and enjoy down time
- Meet with advisees individually to reflect on school experiences and progress, community membership, belonging and general well being and to workshop any challenges and set goals
- Work with deans, counselors, the learning specialist and families in managing advisee issues.
- Review advisee grade-book comments at each quarter and semester break; hold additional check-ins with advisees who are in need of student support
- Act as principal liaison between advisee’s family and the school and direct families to appropriate resources as needed
- Participate in the advising conferences with each advisee and their family
- Attend and contribute to grade level advisor meetings
- Attend class events, including retreats, picnics, meetings, etc.
- Lead advisees during assigned cafeteria duty

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- Be prompt, engaged, and participatory at all advising group sessions, treating all members of the group with kindness and respect.
- Be an active agent contributing to an inclusive and empathetic community within and beyond the advising group.
- Develop a practice of the LWHS community norms as modeled in the advising sessions.
- Prepare for individual advisor-advisee meetings and the annual family conference.
- Consult with advisor as needed to access LWHS resources, including counseling, the deans, LSC, etc.
- Enact strategies offered by advisor (and others, including counselors and deans) to work through any class or school challenges.
- Assume growing independence and self-direction as a learner and member of the LWHS community

Advising Mission and Program

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Typical Advising Group Time

Lick-Wilmerding High School