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The Order of Academia

What Harry Potter Taught Me About Leadership & Academic

Advising Texas State UniversityPACE Advising

Margaret G. GarryJeanette M. PachecoClaudia L. Treviño

Table of Contents• Year I: The Ministry of PACE • Year II: There is no “I” in Team, but

there is in Magic!• Year III: Accio StrengthsQuest!• Year IV: 4 Strengths & 4 Houses• Year V: The Sorting Hat• Year VI: Take a Seat with Your House• Year VII: Your Hogwarts House

House Points!House related Harry Potter Trivia for

special prizes!

The Ministry of PACE• PACE: Personalized Academic and

Career Exploration• Developed as part of QEP and

opened in 2012• One stop shop for 1st year students• Over 20,000 1st year students have

been served since being established

There is no “I” in team, but there is in Magic!

• PACE Advising: Advising for over 90 majors

• 21 Staff Members• Internal Programs & Teams– Leadership – College Liaisons– Assessment – Professional Dev.– CDT – GAIT – Probation – PRT

• Focus on team building and development

Accio StrengthsQuest!• 30 minute on-line assessment, the

Clifton Strengths Finder• 34 Strength Themes, Top 5 Talent

Themes, & 4 Strengths Domains• Use your innate talents for:– academic and career success – leadership development

Accio StrengthsQuest!

4 Strengths & 4 Houses• Executing: They take

action and know how to get things done! They “have the ability to catch an idea and make it a reality.”

• Relationship Building: They see how individuals fit into the big picture. They “are the essential glue that holds a team together.”

• “You might belong in Gryffindor,Where dwell the brave at heart,Their daring, nerve, and chivalrySet Gryffindors apart”

• “You might belong in Hufflepuff,Where they are just and loyal,Those patient Hufflepuffs are trueAnd unafraid of toil”

4 Strengths & 4 Houses cont.• Strategy: They can

take a thought or idea and look for the best way to move forward on it. They “keep us focused on what could be.”

• Influencing: Their ability to take charge and speak up helps them to sell the team’s big ideas. They “make sure your group is heard.”

• “Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,if you've a ready mind,Where those of wit and learning,Will always find their kind”

• “Or perhaps in SlytherinYou'll make your real friends,Those cunning folks use any meansTo achieve their ends”

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The Sorting Hat• The Order of Academia Sorting Hat

was brainstormed using Harry Potter Themes, StrengthsQuest, and advising office situations.

• Available on-line: http://bit.ly/nacadahpatl

• Available on paper

Take a Seat with Your HouseBreak into groups based upon your Hogwarts

house and discuss the following:

• Do you agree with your house placement?• If you have taken StrengthsQuest, does your

house match your leadership domain?• What are some ways that you have used

your house/leadership domain to be successful working with colleagues/students?

GRYFFINDORIf you are in Gryffindor

• You aren’t afraid to take initiative and tackle big projects, even if there’s a tight deadline

• People look to you to get things done around the office

• You advocate publicly for causes that are important to you

Ways to use your Strengths• Put your talents to use.

Find a need and go meet it!

• Keep track of your projects

• Use your knowledge of developing action plans to help your students to plan for their short and long term academic goals

Gryffindor House PointsWhat is the first name of the head of Gryffindor House?

Minerva

SlytherinIf you are in Slytherin• You are plugged into

the office and institutional culture

• You use your powers of influence to ask great questions

• You are a strong advocate for people who depend on you

Ways to use your Strengths• Keep asking probing

questions• Partner with colleagues

from other houses to help get a diverse range of ideas and projects off the ground

• Use your power of influence to help students make good choices

Slytherin House PointsName a Slytherin present at the Battle of Hogwarts who fought defending Hogwarts?

Horace Slughorn

HUFFLEPUFFIf you are in Hufflepuff

• You make the office a place where people want to be

• You are reliable, and you bring a consistent, strong, work ethic to everything you do

• Patience is one of your strongest virtues

Ways to use your Strengths

• Get involved with community development on your campus

• Advocate for all the hard work that you do

• Watch for your students’ nonverbal cues

Hufflepuff House PointsWhat color are Cedric

Diggory’s eyes?

Sparkling Grey

RAVENCLAWIf you are in Ravenclaw• You ask really good

questions • You think about the

future. You organize the team’s ideas and goals into an executable plan

• You’re always trying to find ways to see the 30,000 foot view of a situation

Ways to use your Strengths• Join a team or work on a

project that requires lots of planning

• Become active in a professional reading group for advisors on your campus or start one if none exists

• Help your students build a strategy to be successful

Ravenclaw House PointsProfessor Flitwick, the head of Ravenclaw house, was a

champion ________ during his youth?

Champion Duelist

Mischief Managed!Thank you for your time

and participation!

“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all

the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the

power to imagine better.”

Resources• Clifton, D., Anderson, E., & Schreiner, L. (2006).

Strenghsquest: discover and develop your strengths in academic, career, and beyond. New York, NY: Gallup Press.

• Garry, M., Pacheco, J., & Trevino, C. (2016) The order of academia quiz. http://www.buzzfeed.com/margaretggarry/the-order-of-academia-quiz-25gyl

• Rath, T., & Conchie, B., (2009). What makes a great leadership team. Retrieved from: http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/113338/what-makes-great-leadership-team.aspx

• Rowling, J.K., (1997). Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone. New York, NY: A.A. Levine Books.