Academic Coaching

The Academic Coaching Program is designed to promote student empowerment, engagement, and self-advocacy through peers supporting peers. ACP provides tailored mentoring to help students learn and practice executive functioning skills, engage in collaborative problem-solving, and develop the independent use of the academic strategies discussed in coaching sessions.

The ACP offers students the opportunity to practice executive functioning skills with their current course schedule and materials.

Executive functioning skills that may be addressed include:

• Organization and prioritization of course requirements and deadlines
• Strategies for focusing, sustaining, and shifting attention between tasks
• Test-taking strategies and study skills to improve recall of course content
• Self-advocacy and communication with instructors
• Motivation, goal-setting, and monitoring of academic progress
• Self-care in college and use of helpful campus resources
• Exploration of supportive technology and apps to enhance productivity
• Using accommodations provided by Student Accessibility Services (if applicable)

All students can benefit from the help of an academic coach!