Coahoma Community College News July 18,2019 Staff Members Learn Effective Student Advising Southwest Tennessee Community College retention and student success executive director Jacqueline Taylor, Ed.D., recently conducted a one-day seminar in which she intervened in the aspect of student advising at Coahoma. 16 Coahoma Community College staff members, including Academic and Career-Tech counselors and department heads, took the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) personality assessment, which demonstrated the need to accurately aid students that display contrasting traits. Based on their assessment results, participating personnel separated into two groups classified as 'introvert' and 'extravert.' Presented with scenarios and exercises revealing how they differ in perspective, staff members recognized the importance of figuring out adaptive strategies that will enable them to better serve Coahoma students. The employees divided into categories of sensor and intuitive people, judging and perceiving personalities, thinking and feeling personalities, as well as other classifications. While the staff members were separated as sensor and intuitive personalities, Taylor concluded that it is imperative that the intuitive personalities should set aside their tendency to see the big picture in situations and begin with manageable amounts of information when advising a student displaying the 'here and now' trait of sensor people. Give to every student what they need to be successful; it requires communication, Taylor said. Taylor emphasized the importance of impartiality when it comes to a diverse population composed of traditional and non-traditional students. She told the staff, "It requires you to remove your bias...if you're going to be holistic student developers." SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/