在威斯敏斯特,建议是优先考虑的事情,而不是事后才想到的. 导师制度确保每个学生都受到监督, 一位专门为该学生提供指导和支持的教员. New students have advisors assigned to them by the Director of Studies; returning students get to choose their advisor, assuring a good match. 有些学生会在四年中跟随同一个导师, creating continuity and a strong bond; others change every year, 更喜欢不同的视角,并有机会与不同的教师建立有意义的关系.
Students meet with advisors at least once a week, but most will talk more often, 因为在这个理想规模的社区里,他们的道路经常相交. An advisor helps with transitions, monitors a student’s class performance, 收集课堂教师的信息和关注, observes a student’s interactions and reactions, mediates conflict, facilitates emerging independence, 并就广泛的问题展开对话. 在国会山形成的众多关系中,顾问和被顾问之间的关系是最深厚、最持久的.
威斯敏斯特以教育整个学生而不是简单地传递信息而自豪, 与顾问的深厚关系是实现这一重要目标不可或缺的一部分.