Academic Coaching

What if...

• …after meeting with you a student left your office buoyant, ready to navigate all that is the academic experience?
• …this was a constant occurrence?
• …the transformative energy spilled over to affect you every time?

This workshop will give participants an opportunity to

• become familiar with what academic coaching and how it is distinguished from other services like counselling or academic skills in the post-secondary setting,

• feel imbued with vitality and zest for the work they do and the students to whom they are committed

• experience academic coaching

Academic coaching is the epitome of a win-win situation. The students win by building on their strengths; the members of the support team win as each student assumes more and more responsibility and accountability in the process of choosing for success.

At Trent University, we follow the developmental model. This model, from independence, through autonomy, to interdependence, is about seeing the value in creating awareness, building on what already exists, and concentrating on direction rather than perfection.