Scheduling for Next Year (open to 3rd years through university students)
Upperclassmen had been sent home with pamphlets over spring break to think about their options for the next semester. Third year students could pick up an elective for their freshmen year, fourth years could pick up two electives as sophomores; those meetings tended to go the quickest. It was the meetings with fifth years and beyond that tended to take up the full 15 minutes alloted to them.
These students had to receive recommendations to take advanced classes, or opt to take electives. Last year Nathaniel Dawkins had tried to talk everyone out of taking magical crafting, if only because that class filled up so fast they had to open another section of it. He had their files arranged already; all the students signed up for time slots earlier in the week. Professors had already sent Dawkin's their recommendations; those had been read and placed among their academic transcripts.
The university students were another group altogether. They had to select a mentor and core focus for their fall semester and if they could look ahead and think about what they wanted in the spring as well. They'd need additional meetings later in the semester with their chosen mentor; thankfully that was out of Dawkin's hands.
Students would be wandering in and out of classes for their fifteen minute blocks, but this was the standard practice for this time of year. Dr. Dawkins was ready, about as ready as he ever was.
(OOC: starting this now because I'm inexplicably excited about it. Anyone can play Dawkins, you can play him yourself if you're so inclined (just don't expire all sessions when you logout of the faculty journal because you'll knock everyone else's log-ons off). Feel free to put your students in any day; time slots would go from 7:00 to 7:15, 7:15 to 7:30 and so on throughout the day; Dawkins might stay later on these days, so the cutoff will be 6pm. It's up to you how your students did and which advanced classes they'd be allowed to take)
These students had to receive recommendations to take advanced classes, or opt to take electives. Last year Nathaniel Dawkins had tried to talk everyone out of taking magical crafting, if only because that class filled up so fast they had to open another section of it. He had their files arranged already; all the students signed up for time slots earlier in the week. Professors had already sent Dawkin's their recommendations; those had been read and placed among their academic transcripts.
The university students were another group altogether. They had to select a mentor and core focus for their fall semester and if they could look ahead and think about what they wanted in the spring as well. They'd need additional meetings later in the semester with their chosen mentor; thankfully that was out of Dawkin's hands.
Students would be wandering in and out of classes for their fifteen minute blocks, but this was the standard practice for this time of year. Dr. Dawkins was ready, about as ready as he ever was.
(OOC: starting this now because I'm inexplicably excited about it. Anyone can play Dawkins, you can play him yourself if you're so inclined (just don't expire all sessions when you logout of the faculty journal because you'll knock everyone else's log-ons off). Feel free to put your students in any day; time slots would go from 7:00 to 7:15, 7:15 to 7:30 and so on throughout the day; Dawkins might stay later on these days, so the cutoff will be 6pm. It's up to you how your students did and which advanced classes they'd be allowed to take)
Abernathy Ford: 4:00 to 4:15pm
She sat in the open chair and forced a smile. "Afternoon," she said and folded her hands in her lap to try and hide the fact that she was clenching her fingers so hard she was almost white knuckling.
He opened her folder and noted that Betsy Livingston was quite enthusiastic about Abernathy's prospects in this field. "It's a pleasure to see you," he said kindly. The unspoken portion he thought to himself: under these circumstances. "I'm pleased to see that you're considering staying on."
She was trying to build slowly on the idea before dropping the bomb. It was a tremendous stretch that she'd want to study divination, an even greater stretch that she'd get along with the intimidating Mother Criss.
"I keep going back and forth about what I should focus on, but I think I've made up my mind."
"Well. I thought about it a long time and I know there's some seers way back in my family line. I didn't really give it a chance or think to study it while I was here. So I think I'm going to give divination a try in university."
November Hall: 3:00-3:15
She was a bit relieved that she would have to shuffle around the classes she had last minute decided on. "I was wondering if I could take art and music again?" she asked.
Adelaide Legaux: 5:45 to 6:00pm
The real question was whether she'd stick with Transfiguration as her focus, or if she'd shift to something else. She hadn't given the options too much thought, which was why she was glad to have Dr Dawkins to discuss it with her.
"Have you decided to stick with us another semester?" he asked lightly. It was about as open ended a question as he dared and very easily left open to interpretation.
"I suppose. I don't really know what else to do." The advantage was that she didn't have to pretend to be confident of herself or at all sure of anything when it came to talking to him. After all, perhaps more than anyone, he knew it to be a front. "I thought you might have some advice for me."
"Have you thought about what you'd like to do after university? It might help us narrow in on what you should study." She'd studied two semesters of Transfiguration; he wondered if she wasn't hitting a wall in terms of what she could learn independently.
He also opened up her folder to look at her previous recommendations. Obviously Transfiguration was the natural choice given the glowing review she'd received from Professor Anderson. Her DADA and Astronomy results were only okay, but she could certainly try them again now that she was a bit older.
"You have options, Miss Legaux," he said optimistically. "It simply depends on which area you'd like to focus on next."
Scarlet Evans: 9:00-9:15am
She bounced into the office with a little post it note covered in hearts and bubbles with all her ideas scribbled on it. "Good morning Dr. Dawkins," she sing-songed.
"I also see here that you're interested in taking spell theory, cultural magic, and environmental studies. Is that so?"
Luka Nikitin: 1:45 to 2:00pm
He sauntered into Dawkins office and made himself comfortable. "How did we do?" he asked, cutting straight to the chase.
He sat down opposite him, and flipped open his academic file. "Your cores are expected to be passes, unless something goes very wrong over finals. Your grades in Herbology and Potions are near-perfect... Care of Magical Creatures is borderline. You'll want to put in some hard yards before the exam." In all honesty, Dawkins would consider these results a win, given the student in question. Many eyebrows had been raised when he had elected to take three advanced subjects.
He folded his hands over the transcripts. "Are these the results you expected?"
"I think I'd like to keep working in Herbology and Potions. I'm not sure about Creatures," he said honestly. There was no use trying to charm Dawkins; the man knew him.
"I was thinking about taking combative magic and Wandless. Can I take that instead of Charms? I'm also thinking about taking magical crafting again."
"It shouldn't be a problem to preempt Charms with Wandless; your grades are satisfactory and Professor Olivier seems more than confident in your abilities. You will need a parent to sign a waiver to enrol in Combative Magic, however." He turned away from the desk to pull a Combative Magic information sheet and parental waiver from the filing cabinet behind him and handed it to Luka. "It has to be returned before the class commences for you to start with the other students."
That was five of the six available class slots sorted. He had the option to take a free period rather than a classe for the remainder, if he wished. His indecision regarding Care of Magical Creatures was something Dawkins felt they needed to discuss, though.
Victoria Driessen: 3:30 - 3:45pm
So Thursday afternoon found Tori knocking on Dr. Hawkins' door at 3:30.