Webinar: Brain-Based Academic Coaching
On-Demand Webinar Recording | $300
Learn how integrating current neuro-psychology research into academic coaching and advising work to empower students to take ownership over their college success journey. An award-winning method on the cutting edge of career development work applied to student success.
Learning Outcome
Attendees will be able to apply current neuroscience research findings to provide more effective and powerful student success development.
Who Should Attend?
This program is ideal for career development professionals:
College Career Services Professionals
Academic Success Coaches
Advisors
Directors of Advising and Student Affairs
Registration
Cost: $300
All staff on-demand access to the recording (available for 30 days)
Access to electronic versions of presentation materials and additional resources
Overview
This approach uses the latest insights into how the brain works to provide more effective career development. Neuropsychology research gives insights on how the brain makes connections, remembers information, makes decisions, etc. By applying these findings to your work, you can empower students to ask themselves the important questions in their personal student success journey and help students learn how to discover the answers for themselves.
Ohio University’s Career and Leadership Development Center was the winner of a 2018 National Excellence Award for Career Services Excellence from NACE for their development of brain-based career coaching. The leaders collaborated with Ohio University’s Advising, Academic Coaching and other student success programs to successfully apply this coaching model.
During this interactive webinar, the expert facilitator will help attendees:
Become familiar with neuroscience research underlying this coaching method
Consider how brain-based coaching differs from other types of student success practices
Begin integrating brain-based development methods into your current work
Practice coaching scenarios utilizing a brain-based coaching method
Instructors
Imants Jaunarajs, Assistant Vice President and Director of the Career & Leadership Development Center, Ohio University
Imants brings more than thirteen years of experience in university career centers, he is a creator of innovative and outcome-driven career development best practices, including Brain Based Career Development (BBCD) and Leadership Coaching (an executive coaching model for undergraduate students). In the fall of 2012, Imants led the merger of “Career Services” with the “Leadership Center” to create the Career & Leadership Development Center at Ohio University. Starting with only one staff member, Imants strategically developed the new career services paradigm and currently oversees a staff of 18 professionals and 35 graduate and undergraduate student employees. In 2018, the CLDC was the winner of the National Excellence Award for Career Services Excellence. He graduated from NCDA’s Leadership Academy and NACE’s Leadership Advancement Program, presents regularly at national conferences and co-authored a monograph on Brain Based Career Development through NACE. He also consults and trains colleagues at peer institutions on the practice of Brain Based Career Development.
Lindsey Ward, Associate Director for Leadership, Inclusion and Staff Training, Career & Leadership Development Center, Ohio University
Lindsey brings more than 12 years of experience in higher education areas including marketing, advising, career development, housing and leadership programs. As a CLDC coach, she works with students in a wide range of academic areas representing a diverse array of interests and personal experiences. In the past, she worked extensively with students in interdisciplinary programs and liberal arts majors. Lindsey also co-leads a Faculty Learning Community to engage faculty and academic advisors in infusing career development concepts into interactions with students. She is passionate about serving students, especially under-represented and minority students, and supporting inclusion efforts on campus. In addition to her work in the CLDC, she has also been involved on campus in social justice, human resources and microcredentialing initiatives.
Marcquis Parham, Student Affairs Professional/Adjunct Professor, Ohio University
Parham is a proud dual graduate of Ohio University Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education, receiving a undergraduate and graduate degree in Recreation and Sport Pedagogy, with emphasis in Coaching Education and Recreation Management/Administration. He returned to Ohio University to help develop Ohio's University future leaders early, often, and forever. He is currently serving as an Assistant Director for the Career and Leadership Development Center, working mainly with human service professionals and educators.
Since graduating from OU, Parham served for two terms for The Patton College's Dean's Circle of Engagement, as an advisory board member for Dean Renee Middleton (from 2012-2018). He also served in nonprofit administration as an Executive Leader with the YMCA of Central Ohio. He is also a former student athlete and a four-year letterman with the Ohio University Football Team.
Event Questions?
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