Multicultural Advising Portfolio Self-Assessment Checklist

Directions: This matrix is designed as a practical tool for students as they identify and evaluate their multicultural advising skills to
include in their multicultural advising portfolio. Students are invited to rate themselves on each dimension. In each box, a student can list
examples of multicultural advising performance in that area. If you have strong evidence in self-awareness for example, in the first box you
would list activities that demonstrate your strong evidence rating. What you list is entirely up to you. It could be attending community
events, doing reading, attending lectures, or volunteer activities. This rating scale is designed as a student-learning tool to guide a students
multicultural advising skill development.
Name: ___Andrew Kohls_______________________________
Content Areas

Date: _____April 17, 2015_________________________

Self -Rating of Multicultural advising Performance

Strong evidence Some Evidence
minimal evidence Very little evidence No Evidence
5
4
3
2
1

Shows
Multicultural
advising
Self-Awareness
(Awareness)

Defines
multicultural
advising
operationally.
(Awareness)

Confident
awareness of
multicultural
advising through
professional
experiences and
collaborations
across campus.
Clear
understanding &
definition of
advising through
personal and
professional
experiences paired
with class readings
and discussions.

Applies
multicultural
advising to
academic settings
& curriculum.

Strong collaboration
and networks in
place to promote
multicultural
advising in office
and services.

Applies
multicultural
principles to
advising service
delivery

Created a safe
environment and
explains services to
best suit the needs
of student's preferred advising delivery
method.

Understands how
privilege shapes
multicultural
advising

Shared personal
examples of
privilege as it affects
my life and advising
methods with
students.

Shows how
Multicultural
Advising influences
student retention

Explained office
practices and
collaborations in
place to ensure
retention and use
of services.

Recognizes how
institutional climate
influences
multicultural
advising.

Showcased
multiple examples
of how KSU
strives to integrate
diversity and
multiculturalism
to students, faculty,
and staff

Copyright 2014 Doris Wright Carroll, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS.

References
Gilbert, Cornelius K (2005). Improving Academic Advisor Preparation Through Cultural SelfAwareness Academic Advising Today. Volume 28, Number 3.
Kansas State University Safe Zone retrieved from http://www.k-state.edu/safezone/
K-State First Program retrieved from http://www.k-state.edu/first