Academic Success Coaching
We help you accomplish your academic goals through one-on-one organizational and motivational meetings.
Taking a holistic approach to student development, the CSS Academic Success Coaches use a meta-cognitive approach to helping you embrace your individual learning strengths and styles: We help you learn how you learn.
If you are interested in academic success coaching, you may also want to check out our Advanced Academic Strategies course.
Academic Success Coach: A trained graduate student who provides individualized support to students in regularly scheduled, confidential, one-on-one meetings to enhance the following:
- concerns about transitioning to college
- self-management
- test preparation
- study skills
- managing assignments
- strategies to communicate with a professor
- connecting with appropriate resources on campus
- any additional challenges a student may face
Academic Success Coaches will NOT:
- take care of your responsibilities for you
- talk to professors on your behalf
- serve as an area specific tutor
- track you down if you stop showing up to meetings
- remind you about your personal obligations
Get the most out of your coaching:
- Show up on time for all regularly scheduled meetings
- Be prepared for meetings, come with questions and all necessary materials
- Be honest about your progress and the areas that are challenging for you
- Do your best to put into practice the skills your academic success coach will equip you with