Advisor Resources

Faculty and Staff Advisor Overview 

For full language, see Student Organization: Registration Process and Procedures

An advisor must be a staff or faculty member of The New School. Faculty on sabbatical cannot advise a student organization. Advisors cannot be a Teachers Assistant, Research Assistant, Resident Assistant, or any stand-alone student leader/employee. Advisor roles are volunteer positions and are not compensated.

As the role of Advisor is a volunteer position - Advisors and prospective student officers should discuss openly the type of role the advisor would play with the organization, as the level of involvement and participation is at the discretion of the Advisor. Some organizations have a pool of advisors to assist them with different aspects of the organization (financial, scholarship, expertise, programming, etc.). Some advisors have a high level of involvement with every aspect of the organization; others have a very limited role. It is up to the organization and the advisor to set the parameters of involvement.

• The Advisor Consent Form can be found here to submit.

• We provide a helpful checklist (also below) that Student Officers and Advisors can go through to get informed consent on the advisor's role with the Student Organization.

• We also offer our Advisor Overview and Training anytime to advisors through our Calendly Scheduler here! We also have the slides for asynchronous view below.