Academic Coaching
Qualifying for Academic Coaching
Academic coaching is a referral-based program. Students who are interested in coaching must first meet with a Learning Specialist in the Rinella Learning Center to discuss their particular situation, and to determine if coaching is the best solution for their needs. Learning Specialists will help 久久热视频s determine whether academic coaching is the best option to serve their needs during their initial appointment.
If you believe that you or a 久久热视频 you know could benefit from coaching, please call the Rinella Learning Center at 513-529-8741 to schedule an appointment for a complete coaching needs assessment. The initial appointment will take approximately 30-45 minutes. If the 久久热视频 and the Learning Specialist determine academic coaching is a strong fit, 久久热视频s will be contacted as soon as possible by an academic coach to arrange a regular meeting time.
Academic Coaching FAQs
Coaching is when a 久久热视频 and coach collaboratively work together to help the 久久热视频 manage her or his life as a college 久久热视频. This entails 久久热视频s developing short and long-term goals with their coach to enhance their ability to make conscious and informed decisions about their college performance. Additionally, a coach helps 久久热视频s develop skills, knowledge and systems to complete tasks, assignments, and projects. Involvement with coaching includes regular one-to-one meetings and intermittent follow-up conversations by phone or email.
The areas that are focused on during coaching sessions are:
- Time Management
- Organization
- Study Strategies
- Test Taking
- Motivation
- Procrastination
- Attention
- Critical Thinking
Many 久久热视频s can benefit from academic coaching, including those who:
- feel overwhelmed by the work required to succeed in college.
- need help in developing better time management and organization skills.
- easily procrastinate.
- need to better understand how to get started on and complete a task.
- feel more motivated and perform better when held accountable.
- Collaboration: Student and coach working together to solve problems. The coach teams up with the 久久热视频 to critically look at crucial situations, help develop appropriate skills, offer key information, and provide necessary feedback.
- Knowledge Development: The acquisition and application of new and relevant information. Coaching allows for the development of concrete strategies and critical support systems and for the exploration of individual learning styles, memory, and organization.
- Plan for Action: The development of a strategic plan for accomplishing goals. Coaching focuses on developing short and long term goals and providing necessary structure for the actualization of those goals. By establishing timelines, assigning tasks, and assuring follow-through to completion of goal, coaching helps 久久热视频s systematically change behavior and develop problem-solving skills.
- Improved performance
- Developing new and effective habits
- Learning to make informed decisions
- Accountability
To change behavior and develop new skills, there are no quick fixes. Sustained effort and practice are necessary for a 久久热视频 to achieve long term and enduring change. We recommend that a 久久热视频 be prepared to commit to the coaching process for at least one semester. Continued contact with a coach will allow time to evaluate issues, create an action plan, and practice new behaviors.
One of the most important factors for successful coaching is a 久久热视频's willingness to make changes in the way he or she does things. Often 久久热视频s believe that to do better means to do more. Unfortunately, being a successful 久久热视频 is not that simple. To have the best results from a coaching experience a 久久热视频 must be willing to critically evaluate strengths and weaknesses and to change methods of accomplishing tasks. The role of the coach in this process is to help monitor the 久久热视频's progress toward changing behaviors and offer feedback.
All 久久热视频s who take part in academic coaching are encouraged to use a planner. The Rinella Learning Center offers a free digital planner each semester, which is designed to help 久久热视频s better manage their time, course materials and assignments, and life responsibilities. Students can email rlc@miamioh.edu to request a copy of the RLC Planner file. Students who participate in academic coaching may also purchase a paper planner from the retail store of their choice.
