Success Coaching Strategies To Motivate & Empower Learners: A Micro-Credential for Transformative Student Support

In today's rapidly evolving educational landscape, coaching has emerged as a powerful tool to support college students in achieving their academic, personal, and professional goals. This presentation explores innovative and creative coaching techniques tailored specifically for today’s college students. Through a blend of theory, practical examples, and interactive activities, participants will gain valuable insights into fostering student growth, resilience, and success.

• Understand the concept of coaching in higher education and its significance in student development and success.
  
• Explore creative coaching frameworks and methodologies tailored to the unique needs of college students.
  
• Adapt practical strategies for building trust and rapport with students to facilitate effective coaching relationships.
  
• Identify inventive approaches for goal setting, time management, and academic planning.
  
• Discover the use of creative tools and exercises to enhance students' self-awareness, motivation, and resilience.

Academic coaching is a personalized, one-on-one process designed to help college students develop essential skills, behaviors, and habits for academic success and personal development. This coaching enhances self-awareness, goal-setting, effective study strategies, time management, and organizational skills. The aim is to empower students to become independent, self-motivated learners, confidently navigating their academic journeys. In this interactive webinar, discover how Success Coaches utilize motivational interviewing and the GROW model to transform student habits and behaviors.

• Understand Academic Coaching: Learn the role and benefits of academic coaching in higher education.
  
• Identify Learning Styles: Apply different learning styles and strengths in coaching sessions.
  
• Set SMART Goals: Assist students in setting SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) academic and personal goals.
  
• Implement Study Strategies: Tailor effective study strategies to individual student needs.
  
• Enhance Skills: Improve students' time management, organizational, note-taking, test-taking, and critical thinking skills.
  
• Foster Confidence: Build self-confidence and resilience in students facing academic challenges.
  
• Guide Resource Utilization: Help students effectively utilize campus resources and support services.
  
• Boost Motivation: Use motivational interviewing techniques to enhance students' intrinsic motivation.
  
• Apply the GROW Model: Structure goal-setting and problem-solving sessions with the GROW model.

Embark on a journey to enhance student success with our enlightening webinar on the impactful roles of coaching and Motivational Interviewing in the college experience. College years are marked by significant growth and formidable challenges, encompassing academic hurdles to personal and mental health development. In these transformative times, fostering students' comprehensive success has never been more vital.

Discover the strength of coaching, a dynamic method aimed at sparking motivation and driving action towards personal goals, establishing it as an invaluable asset in the educational sphere. Yet, embracing change is often met with hesitation. It's common for students, faculty, and staff to feel ensnared in the cycle of behavioral change, seeking a beacon of guidance.

Our session will illuminate the essential principles of coaching and Motivational Interviewing, presenting actionable strategies and probing questions designed for faculty, staff, and students dedicated to guiding peers through the intricacies of campus life and self-growth. Moreover, we'll spotlight the profound impact of Motivational Interviewing for the 'murky middle'—students situated between independence and needing clinical intervention, yet who require assistance to fulfill their ambitions.

Join us in this exploration to uncover how coaching can revolutionize the college experience, providing a pathway for students to survive and flourish. This webinar promises a treasure trove of insights, equipping you with the tools to champion student advancement and navigate the complexities of behavioral change. Let's empower students to reach their utmost potential during these pivotal years.

• Detail the six phases within the Stages of Change model to understand the progression of behavioral transformation.
  
• Memorize the four essential processes of Motivational Interviewing, grounding our approach in its foundational elements.
  
• Identify and implement at least one effective strategy for engaging students at every stage of their change journey.
  
• Apply a tailored coaching question specific to each stage of change, enhancing personalized support for student growth.

Group Coaching is a systematic process that allows coaches to work with multiple students on specific topics. This session will give participants an understanding of how to create group coaching sessions that build connections and foster engagement between coaches, students, and peers. In addition, participants will understand the benefits of group coaching and tangible ways to introduce this model to their campus. Group coaching skills can be applied to many areas of higher education, including tutoring, advising, office hours, and programming.

• Identify the benefits of group coaching
  
• Understand the basics of creating a group coaching program
  
• Learn the different types of coaching models
  
• Develop steps to ensure engagement in group coaching sessions
  
• Learn how to apply group coaching to various areas in higher education

Addressing academic challenges and supporting students' paths to success can be complex for both students and the support staff working with them. Success coaching equips academically challenged students with tools to reshape behaviors and cultivate resilience. Recently, student success coaching has become more popular and has the potential to be a significant campus tool. However, attempting to assess a success coaching program can be very daunting and frustrating, as it is difficult to measure concepts such as growth in learning strategies, motivation, and goal setting.

Join our webinar to explore UCA success coaches' pivotal role in guiding struggling students. Participants will also gain tangible skills for assessing and improving their coaching programs such as:

• Uncover the importance of seamlessly integrating assessment into coaching program structures.
  
• Gain insights to leverage Success Coaches for honing capabilities and fostering learning habits.
  
• Acquire practical skills to evaluate and enhance your coaching initiatives.
  
• Unleash the potential of success coaching in students' educational excellence.

• Identify key components of a Success Coaching Program
  
• Describe ways success coaches can help students improve their academic performance
  
• Examine current resources and future opportunities to aid in creating programs/services for students struggling academically
  
• Identify the purpose of assessing a success coaching program
  
• Understand the assessment cycle
  
• Adapt an assessment plan for their program

Ensuring students' total well-being and success is a priority in higher education. With counseling centers becoming increasingly overwhelmed by demand, the call for more preventive strategies has become urgent. Motivational Interviewing presents a reservoir of vital strategies and techniques that can be employed by faculty and staff, enabling them to provide support to students before a crisis arises. Challenges can range from roommate conflicts and academic advancement to mental health issues, so facilitating holistic student success is more critical than ever.

Coaching, centered around sparking motivation and guiding action toward individual goals, is emerging as a pivotal movement within higher education. However, embracing change can be complex. Students, faculty, staff, and fellow students often feel trapped in a behavior change cycle. This webinar will distill the fundamental concepts of coaching and Motivational Interviewing, offering specific strategies and inquisitive techniques that faculty, staff, or students could utilize to support a student navigating campus life and equip participants with practical takeaways for everyday campus conversations.

• Understand the six stages of the change model
  
• Recall the four processes of Motivational Interviewing
  
• Identify at least one strategy to employ at each stage of change with students
  
• Utilize one specific coaching question at each stage of change with students

Join our specialized webinar to learn how to create an impactful Success Coaching Manual for academic environments. This session is crucial for academic and success coaching professionals, particularly as these roles gain prominence in universities.

This webinar offers insights into the importance of a structured policies and procedures manual, focusing on:

Ensuring Best Practices: Align your coaching program with industry standards and university requirements.
Fostering Compliance & Accountability: Build a responsible culture within your organization.
Enhancing Operational Efficiency: Keep operations smooth and effective in a changing academic landscape.
Balancing Consistency & Adaptability: Manage consistency in coaching methods while embracing new challenges.

Our interactive session provides a step-by-step guide to developing a Success Coaching Manual tailored to your University's needs. Participants will begin by drafting an outline and initiating the development of their personalized manual.

This webinar is an opportunity to raise the standards of your coaching program, streamline operations, and establish a culture of excellence in academic coaching.

• Communicate the significance and function of a coaching manual in guiding and standardizing coaching practices.
  
• Develop specific, quantifiable goals for the manual, ensuring its scope aligns precisely with organizational requirements and expectations.
  
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of coaching manuals' standard elements and format, encompassing policies, procedures, appendices, and additional resources.
  
• Acknowledge the necessity of periodic reviews and updates to keep the manual current and relevant and establish a systematic approach to its maintenance.
  
• Focus on crafting content that is not only clear and succinct but also maintains consistency throughout the manual, enhancing its usability and effectiveness

Cultural responsiveness is an ongoing journey that requires introspection, receptivity, and a commitment to fostering an inclusive and equitable coaching environment for all students. Understanding that a sense of belonging plays a pivotal role in higher education success is imperative. By recognizing and valuing our students' diverse cultural backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints, we can effectively apply a culturally responsive lens to academic coaching. It's not just about acknowledging these differences but embedding them into every aspect of the university setting to ensure every student feels valued and understood.

This webinar will explore establishing a coaching atmosphere that respects and actively caters to each individual's unique cultural needs and identities. Through this session, participants will gain insights into enhancing the overall quality of a student's experience by approaching academic coaching with a culturally sensitive perspective.

• Define culturally responsive practices and environments
  
• Understand how these practices contribute to fostering inclusivity and equity in coaching interactions
  
• Describe common coaching cultural factors that influence coaching dynamics
  
• Identify resources available to help coaches use culturally sensitive methods.
  
• Gain insights into tools, materials, and strategies that enable coaches to align their approaches with diverse cultural needs.
  
• Identify gaps or areas of improvement within coaching practices
  
• Recognize how cultural responsiveness can be integrated into coaching methodologies to elevate the effectiveness of the coaching experience.

Research has shown that while 59% of students said they were well prepared to apply their knowledge to the real world, just 23% of employers agreed. In fact, employers have consistently given recent college graduates low grades in career-learning outcomes. According to the National Employment Law Project, 42.4 percent of American workers currently make less than $15 an hour. What is the most important personal financial decision graduating students make? It’s not how to repay their student loans. Rather it’s the job offer.

Today, student success does not end with the receipt of diplomas. Colleges, universities, technical and professional schools are being held accountable for the successful transition of students into chosen paths following graduation. Graduates need to be prepared for the realities they will face after graduation, whether it’s beginning a career, entering graduate school, or adjusting to an extended job search.

In this webinar, we will provide insights and guidance you can provide to graduating students to be better prepared for the financial realities they will face including:

• Deconstructing a job offer
  
• Cost of living changes
  
• Adjusting to new financial responsibilities
  
• Understanding benefits
  
• Repaying student loans
  
• Underemployment Vs. Unemployment

We will discuss how to adapt key components of a student success coaching model to best prepare graduates for successful transitions to life after college. Participants will learn how to measure and increase students’ readiness and capacity, as well as how to effectively prepare students for life after their associates or baccalaureate degrees. Many of the topics presented can be used to develop comprehensive student success transition programs for all students regardless of degree choice or post-college expectations.

The goal of the webinar is to assist educators to understand better the pivotal role they can provide in helping graduating students be prepared for the financial realities they will face after college.

• Review key research findings relating to graduates’ expectations and employers’ realities
  
• Clarify KSA’s students need to transition to life after college successfully
  
• Identify method to deconstruct job offers and benefit packages
  
• Discuss importance of calculating cost of living adjustments
  
• Create preliminary structure for a student success coaching model
  
• Identify three collaborations to support the coaching model
  
• Develop a plan to evolve the coaching model from ideation to implementation