ACADEMIC COACHING
WHAT IS ACADEMIC COACHING?
- Academic coaching is a personalized, one-on-one meeting with a trained mentor who can help you improve your academic skills and performance
- Coaches are here for all undergraduate students at LaGrange College
WHY ACADEMIC COACHING?
- Meeting with a coach is comfortable, low maintenance, and low drama
- It’s a chance for you to talk about your own experience at LaGrange College, in and out of the classroom
- You’ll be listened to and taken seriously
- Working with an academic coach can help you study smarter by developing skills in time management, goal setting, and test preparation
WHEN TO USE ACADEMIC COACHING?
Optimally...
- Start of the semester to review your course load and devise strategies to attack your work
- Mid-semester after you’ve settled into your classes and are aware of long-term assignment dates
- End of the semester to sharpen your focus on your remaining work and to close out the coaching cycle
But also when...
- you feel you’re “not doing well”
- you have questions about any kind of academic policy
- you feel undue academic pressure
- you want to explore academic options of any kind
- you want to sharpen your learning or life management skills