Aligning Academic Advising and Coaching with Brain Based Career Development
May 19th, 2026 | 12:00 p.m. EST - 1:15 p.m. EST | $395
Learn how integrating current neuro-psychology research into academic advising and academic coaching 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.
Why is This Topic Important?
Staff burnout and turnover has increased steadily. Yet, campus leaders can reverse this trend. Those who oversee teams—large or small— can use concrete strategies and strong leadership skills to create inspiring, positive environments.
Learning Outcome
Attendees will be able to apply current neuroscience research findings to academic advising and coaching to provide more effective and powerful student success development.
Who Should Attend?
This program is ideal for student success professionals:
Academic Success Coaches
Academic Advisors and Faculty Advisors
Directors of Advising and Student Affairs
Overview
This approach uses the latest insights into how the brain works to provide more effective academic advising and coaching. 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 academic advising and academic coaching work
Practice coaching scenarios utilizing a brain-based coaching method
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.
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
Imants Jaunarajs, Assistant Vice President, Division of Student Affairs, 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.
Questions about the program?
Please email info@eduology.org.