Benefits of Academic Coaching

Common Benefits

By meeting regularly with an Academic Coach, students are able to receive:

• Personalized guidance from an ATPA Coach
• Support to keep on track in specific courses and complete your academic program of study
• Development of academic and life skills (e.g. time management, organization, study skills, test-taking skills, self-advocacy, networking, and others)
• Monitoring of academic progress through collaboration with faculty and your ATPA coach

Unique Features

• Coaching until graduation and/or transfer
• Assessment to identify your strengths and areas for improvement
• Academic support in your academic goals across all courses
• Personalized academic success plan each semester
• One-on-one weekly coaching sessions (or as mutually agreed upon with your coach)
• Access to loaner laptops
• Ability to apply for tuition assistance, dependent on student status, availability of funds, and other qualifications

• Coaching for specific courses that have been historically harder for students to pass
• Coach presence in your classroom (in-person, virtual, or distance learning)
• Coaching sessions that help you study, work on projects, and stay on track to succeed in that course
• Weekly communication about that course's assignments, lectures, college resources, and course reminders

• Drop-in, immediate support​ for one-time or short-term student needs​
• Ad hoc coaching sessions focused on problem solving and action planning​
• Support to request a personal academic coach, register for classes with embedded academic coaches, or connect to college resources

• Group coaching communities that connect MC students with similar backgrounds and academic/professional interests
• Special events like the annual student retreat
• In-person, virtual and self-paced workshops and other events, like ATPA's learning community hours, StudentLingo workshop resources, and conferences that connect you with professional speakers and national experts on student success, academic skills, career development, and more, at no cost

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