Academic Coaching
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Our Academic Coaching Services
Too many high school students study past midnight to cram for tests, barely able to balance their extracurriculars, homework, and other commitments. Too many parents struggle to help their children keep their studies on track.
Our Academic Coaching service for high school students teaches time management and scheduling skills so they can live up to their intellectual potential. Calendaring out assignments helps to provide order and structure in a teen’s life, and we employ the empathy and patience that teenagers need to teach the organization and precision that parents dream of.
What does an Academic Coach do?
Working with an academic coach boosts students’ in-class performance. Students develop efficient study habits and plan their homework, giving them increased returns on their effort. Efficient studying means getting better grades with less stress, leaving more time for family and fun.
Academic coaching also improves a student’s relationship with their parents! Using your limited family time to pester your child to complete their assignments sours relationships. Parents support their children’s education best when they can approach from a positive angle – not as harsh taskmasters or inquisitive nags. Delegating these tasks to an academic coach lets you enjoy time with your child, secure that we’re helping them build the executive functioning skills they need to be successful adults.
So, how does this work?
From Discovery to Success
The Pak Group Way
PHASE 1
Initial Meetings
Our academic coaches begin by getting to deeply understand your student. We look to parents to give us background information and context for their child’s struggles, then look to the student to understand their day-to-day challenges.
Once we understand a student’s schedule and struggles, we’ll get involved in the day-to-day minutiae of helping them manage their schedule. We start with 2-3 hour-long lessons to explore which time management strategies work best for them, then decide on an approach and set up frequent, brief, check-ins. Check-ins happen up to 2 times per day, up to 4 times a week and generally last 10 minutes.
PHASE 2
Check-Ins
PHASE 3
Proactivity & Responsibility
Reinforcing these traits is our long-term goal. We teach students to be proactive when reaching out to their peers and teachers, to have the confidence to admit when they need help, and to take responsibility for reaching their goals. By bolstering students’ confidence, and giving them new communications skills and strategies, we ensure they are able to find the support they need.
Our goal is to empower students to succeed on their own by teaching them high quality habits. As students build their skills and confidence, we slowly reduce the frequency and duration of check-ins, allowing them to get used to excelling on their own.
