Advisor Don’ts DON’T Stifle student leadership development
DON’T Attempt to know all things
DON’T Take over the organizational meetings unless asked to do so
DON’T Impose your own bias upon the organization
DON’T Do the work of the president or other members of the executive board
DON’T Be an absentee advisor
DON’T Miss group meetings or functions when you have promised to attend
DON’T Be afraid to let the organization try new ideas
DON’T Lose an objective viewpoint as advisor
DON’T Allow the organization to become a one-person organization
DON’T Be laissez-faire or autocratic
DON’T Assume the organization doesn’t need you as an advisor because things appear to be okay
DON’T Assume the organization’s attitudes, needs and personalities will remain the same year to year.
DON’T Be afraid to ask for support when you need it
This information is adapted from Schreiber, V. and Pfleghaar,
E. “Supervising vs. Advising”, UMR-ACUHO, 1999 and the ACPA Commission for Student Involvement Advisor’s Handbook
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