Academic Coaching

TUTORING SUBJECTS VS. ACADEMIC COACHING ASSISTANCE

Tutors focus on specific courses, such as math or English, and the concepts involved with course material.

• Tutors teach, demonstrate, and review course content to help students achieve higher rates of success.
• Tutoring is best for students who struggle to remain at grade level or meet their academic goals in a specific subject.

Academic coaching improves a student’s process of learning, as well as their effectiveness, organization, and productivity.

• Just like an athletic coach, academic coaches teach students strategies to optimize their success in areas of organizational skills, time management, planning and establishing routines, completing and submitting course assignments, and boosting confidence in their ability to achieve this independently.
• Academic coaching is best for students who have established skillsets but lack organization skills or strategies and lack motivation in applying their skillsets for optimal success.
• Academic coaching is also extremely beneficial to students who need assistance with remaining focused, such as students with ADHD.

UNLOCKING YOUR CHILD’S FUTURE WITH OUR ACADEMIC COACHING APPROACH:

The A+ Skills Academic Coaching approach starts with our online application, which asks many specific questions that should be answered honstely. This helps our coaches tailor a program best suited for your student.

ACADEMIC COACHING PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE:

• Goal Setting
  • Learning how to set goals and make a plan to achieve goals 
• Overcoming Obstacles
  • Test/general anxiety
  • Lack of motivation or productivity
• Organization
  • Creating online calendars
  • Binder/notebook/computer file organization (both academic and personal)
• Grade Checks and Deadlines
  • Monitoring gradebook updates during each session 
  • Organizing assignments by course, deadline, and priority 
  • Please note: students and parents are responsible to ensure all assignments are completed by their deadlines. Your academic coach will always assist students with their daily assignments during session time, time permitting.  
• Time Management
  • Learning effective ways to set aside time for homework, quizzes, tests, projects, and papers
  • Effectively building in break time or free time
• Study Skills
  • Learning effective ways to study and retain course materials and concepts
  • Learning effective note-taking
  • Avoiding distractions
  • Test-taking strategies
• Tutoring for Specific Subjects
  • Working one-to-one with an academic tutor for subjects that require specific attention (who may be different than your student’s academic coach)