Academic Coaching Strategies: conducting Student Sessions

Webinar Recording | $395

Learn how to conduct an academic coaching session, understand students’ needs and provide appropriate resources and referrals.

Why This Topic Matters

Many advisors and campus professionals want to or are tasked with providing academic coaching to students but need specific strategies and resources to conduct effective student meetings with students.

Who Should Attend?

This program is ideal for academic advisors, campus professionals and peer mentors/tutors who need training on how to run an academic coaching session with a student, including gaining strategies for building trust, motivating students, building academic skills and providing resource referrals.This program is designed for:

• College academic advisors

• New academic coaches

• Peer academic coaches

• Tutors

Overview

Academic coaching provides students with individualized, one-on-one support with a trained academic coach who can help improve academic skills and performance. Working with an academic coach can help students study smarter by developing skills in time management, goal setting, and test preparation. Academic coaches have training in academic success strategies but also in build trust, motivating students and helping them access the campus resources they need.

In this session, you will explore what a successful academic coaching program looks like and how to reach and support students in an authentic, caring way that allows them to move forward after one or more semesters of failures. This interactive webinar will give you strategies for:

• Identifying your coaching/advising style

• Working with students who are struggling/underachieving

• Guiding students to their best path using an Asset-based (not Deficit-based) focus

• Building trust

• Motivating students through challenging circumstances

Pricing and Webinar Connection Information

Live Webinar Site Connection and On-Demand Recording    $395

Includes:

• 5 connections for staff members from your institution with each registration (only during the health crisis)

• Connection information sent one week prior to the event and again the day before the event. Any questions can be emailed to the program contact at the bottom of this web page.

• An electronic link containing a recording of the webinar and resources emailed to you within 7 business days following the live webinar date (active for 30 days). The link can be shared with your entire staff to view the recording.

• Follow-up resources and assignments to help you implement your learning.

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Instructor

Gail Mishler, M.S. Ed (She/Her/Hers), Academic Success Coach, Center for Academic Achievement, Florida Gulf Coast University

Gail currently provides academic success coaching for students who are struggling academically and/or underachieving. Utilizing her department’s approach of Appreciative Advising, skill-building and resource referrals, she supports students in improving their academic performance. She also provided instruction for academic success classes, including an academic probation class using many of the trust-building, motivation and study skills strategies she employs in her academic coaching.

Gail brings to her academic coaching role an eclectic background which includes being a radio broadcaster; event & club DJ, professional singer, pre- k-12 teacher, and college instructor. Her super power is empathy and supporting students in reaching their goals for success at FGCU and beyond.