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Academic Coaching
Duration: 2 Full Days (8:30am to 4:00pm)
Participant(s): Teachers, Academic Coaches, Tutors, and Administrators
Cost: Call 863-838-3558
Maximum Participants: 50
Requirements: Per participant fee for materials and certification
Prerequisite(s): None.
Understand why certified Academic Coaches are crucial to the personal and academic success of millennial and non-traditional students.
Why are certified Academic Coaches so important:
Workshop Agenda Day One:
Workshop Agenda Day Two:
To schedule an on-campus Academic Coach Training, contact Karen Stewart, NTA National Training Director.
Participant(s): Teachers, Academic Coaches, Tutors, and Administrators
Cost: Call 863-838-3558
Maximum Participants: 50
Requirements: Per participant fee for materials and certification
Prerequisite(s): None.
Understand why certified Academic Coaches are crucial to the personal and academic success of millennial and non-traditional students.
Why are certified Academic Coaches so important:
- High School attrition exceeds 63% in some major US cities
- Only an estimated 36% of student pursue STEM focused careers
- 53% of 4th graders admitted to reading recreationally “almost every day,” while only 20% of 8th graders could say the same
- In 2013, Washington, D.C. was ranked the most literate American city for the third year in a row, with Seattle and Minneapolis close behind
- 34 million adults function at below basic literacy levels, meaning they are unable to complete simple literacy tasks such as filling out a job application, filling out a bank deposit slip or read a prescription label (National Assessment of Adult Literacy, 2003)
- Writing is a skill in particular demand in business and higher education, yet only 41% of white students, 16% of black students, 18% of Hispanic students and 15% of low-income students reached proficiency on the 2007 National Assessment of Education Progress. (Salahu-Din, D., Persky, H., & Miller, J. (2008)
Workshop Agenda Day One:
- Role of the Academic Coach
- Principles of Academic Coaching
- Models of Academic Coaching
- The First Meeting
- Creating a Coaching Plan
- Setting Goals
- Ethics in Academic Coaching
- Brain-Based Learning
- Learning Preferences v. Learning Style
Workshop Agenda Day Two:
- Critical Thinking
- Conflict Resolution
- Importance of Emotional Intelligence
- Understanding Meta-cognition
- Cultural Intelligence
- Academic Intervention
- Confidentiality and Student Protection Laws
- Creating Your Philosophy as an Academic Coach
To schedule an on-campus Academic Coach Training, contact Karen Stewart, NTA National Training Director.
