Advisory 101 Cards – Ideas to Design and Improve Advisory Programs
♠️ Spades — Academic Identity & Growth (click to see card topics)
Topics that support academic identity, habits, and long-term success.
- Ace — Academic Advocacy and Post Graduation Success
- 2 — What is SMART?
- 3 — PLP: Personal Learning Plans
- 4 — Transparent Transcripts
- 5 — “When will I need this math?”
- 6 — Attendance
- 7 — Study Skills
- 8 — Who Am I?
- 9 — Recommend Everyone
- 10 — Field Trip!
- Jack — Why teach to the test?
- Queen — Perfect Study Space
- King — Academic Roadmaps
- Joker/Blanks — Using “Advisory as an Equity Pedagogy” Cards
♦️ Diamonds — Learning Design & Assessment (click to see card topics)
Topics focused on instructional design, assessment, and student-centered learning structures.
- Ace — Essential Class and Design
- 2 — Student as Researcher
- 3 — Bad Idea Exhibitions 100
- 4 — Exhibitions 101A
- 5 — Authentic Assessment 102
- 6 — On Questions
- 7 — Advisory Wall
- 8 — Authentic Assessment 101
- 9 — How Do We Know What We Know?
- 10 — Rituals
- Jack — What is Essential?
- Queen — Workshop Model
- King — In the Clouds
- Joker/Blanks — Additional Support
♣️ Clubs — Culture, Leadership & Equity (click to see card topics)
Topics that explore culture-building, leadership, and equity-centered practices.
- Ace — Leading for Equity
- 2 — Culture
- 3 — Dear…
- 4 — How do we work?
- 5 — 1,000 Words
- 6 — What Is Your Purpose?
- 7 — Agents of Change
- 8 — Pearls of Wisdom
- 9 — What Is Your Brand?
- 10 — Advocacy
- Jack — In Affinity
- Queen — In Alliance
- King — Leadership is…
- Joker/Blanks — SF-CESS’ Working Definition of Educational Equity
❤️ Hearts — Community, Reflection & Belonging (click to see card topics)
Topics that build community, identity, reflection, and relational trust.
- Ace — Family and Community Building
- 2 — Cultural Artifact
- 3 — R-E-S-P-E-C-T
- 4 — Block Party
- 5 — Sing a Song
- 6 — Social Responsibility
- 7 — I Am…
- 8 — Retreat!
- 9 — Paying It Forward
- 10 — Giving Back
- Jack — What’s Cookin?
- Queen — Personal Appreciation Bags
- King — Community Assessment
- Joker/Blanks — Key Strategy: The Debrief

