Academic Coaching is the first comprehensive book about academic coaching in higher education, providing faculty and staff with a robust foundation in academic coaching that they can use to improve campus services to bolster student success.
Drawing from the principles of executive, business, and life coaching, this book explores how to support college students as they begin their journey to independence, grapple with challenging courses, uncover their life’s purpose, and prepare to make their mark on the world.
This accessible book is full of step-by-step guidance for becoming an effective academic coach, helping faculty and staff create, expand, incorporate, or improve academic coaching services on campus in order to better serve all students.
Author(s): Marc A. Howlett, Kristen Rademacher
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 195
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
Why Academic Coaching? Why Now? Why Us?
How to Use This Book
Let’s Meet Jacob
Part I: Background and Research
2 Growth of Academic Coaching
Origins
Concurrent Developments
A Path Forward for Student-Centered, Strengths-Based Academic Support
Part II: Academic Coaching Model
3 Definition
Academic Coaching Is a Collaborative and Trusting Relationship
Academic Coaching Is a Structured Conversation
Components of the Definition
Wrapping Up
4 Fundamental Beliefs and Assumptions
Students Are “Naturally Creative, Resourceful, and Whole.” They Are Not Broken. They Do Not Need to Be Fixed
Students Are the Experts on Their Lives
Focus on the Student, Not the Problem
Challenges Are Opportunities for Growth
Coaching Is Collaborative
Wrapping Up
5 Fundamental Tools
Ask Open-Ended Questions
Listen Fully
Be Curious
Manage Self
Wrapping Up
6 Phases of an Academic Coaching Conversation
Phase One: Set the Agenda
Phase Two: Self-Reflect and Learn
Phase Three: Explore Options and Actions
Phase Four: Design and Commit to Plans
Wrapping Up
7 Expanded Skills
Acknowledgment
Champion
Articulation
Ask Permission
Bottom Line
Hold the Focus
Reframe
Intrude
Request/Challenge
Take Charge
Wrapping Up
8 Bringing It All Together
Academic Coaching Model
Academic Coaching Excerpts
Wrapping Up
Part III: Applying Academic Coaching
9 Common Topics
Time Management
Reading
Studying
Metacognition
Wrapping Up
10 Faculty Applications
One-on-One Conversations with Students
Active Learning Classrooms
Wrapping Up
11 Staff Applications
Academic Support Departments
Academic Advising
Career Services
Accessibility Services
Additional Departments and Programs in Student Affairs
Wrapping Up
12 The Great Diversity of College Students
Students with ADHD and/or Learning Differences
Underrepresented Students
First-Generation College Students
Transfer Students
International Students
STEM Students
Graduate Students
Wrapping Up
13 Remote Learning Environments
Coaching Skills in Virtual Meetings
Coaching Skills in Asynchronous Interactions
Wrapping Up
Part IV: Next Steps
14 Implementing Academic Coaching
Growing as an Academic Coach
Incorporating Academic Coaching into Other Professional Contexts
Building on Existing Academic Coaching Programs
Starting a New Academic Coaching Program
Training: First Considerations
Training Templates and Activities
What’s Next?
Index
