Academic Life Coaching
These outcomes are achieved through personalised, one-to-one collaboration with the student.
ACADEMIC SUCCESS
It is important for students to cultivate good study habits. This in turn will reduce anxiety and stress over grades as well as frustration over the completion of homework and projects.
- Identify learning styles and motivation styles
- Develop optimal systems and organisations to facilitate development of good study habits and time management
LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Leadership skills are critical for success in our school, work and personal lives today. Leaders use their passion to drive successful behaviour and inspire others to work with them.
- Pinpoint the passion to drive achievement and direction/ course of study
- Learn to build powerful relationships and develop communication skills to advocate for self and others
- Develop Leadership Project for future school applications
RESILIENCE AND
SELF-BELIEF
When faced with a challenge or a set-back, it is essential to draw from our toolbox of strategies to overcome these, to learn and move forward.
- Articulate values and perspectives that facilitate the achievement of goals.
- Identify limiting beliefs and learn to manage them
Key Concepts & Lesson Plans
Each student will be provided with an Academic Life Coaching Student Workbook. Marion will use the concepts introduced in the Workbook to personalise each session depending on the student. This completed Workbook can serve as a refresher after the 10 sessions are over.
Building Academic Success
Part 1: Sessions 1 – 3
Focusing on skills to help students become more academically confident and effective. Students will:
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- Discover their Learning & Memory Styles and understand how best to learn in School
- Gain confidence and find the intrinsic motivation and purpose in school/ homework
- Work to improve and create systems to handle homework, stress, tests, extra-curricular activities and grades/ results.
Cultivating Core Life Skills
Part 2: Sessions 4 – 6
Cultivating the mindset for success. Students will:
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- Increase self awareness
- Identify unique individual perspectives for sustainable motivation and success
- Align values with action
- Identify future goals so as to give them direction on their ambitions and paths
Enhancing Personal Leadership
& Emotional Intelligence
Part 3: Sessions 7 – 10
Working on personal leadership skills and effective communication skills. Students will
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- Develop leadership skills and identify leadership projects which are essential for successful College/ University applications
- Learn to build powerful relationships, working with empathy. These are critical skills for success in school and in future, the workplace.
- Learn to develop resilience so that there is independent problem solving when learning challenges occur
HOW SESSIONS ARE CONDUCTED
Sessions (each lasting approximately 45 minutes) are held every week or fortnight depending on availability of the student. Sessions can be conducted face-to-face in person, over the phone or through video-conferencing (through Zoom which does not require any setting up of accounts or software). As an academic life coach, I do have a preference for video-conferencing as it allows the session to be help in a space which is comfortable for the student/ teen. In addition, it cuts down on travelling time for the student.
History of the ALC Programme
The ALC Programme is designed and founded by John Andrew Williams. He has also written for Newsweek and published the book Future-Proofed: Your Guide to Acing High School, the College Application and Beyond. He created the Academic Life Coaching Program in 2005 when he realised there was a big gap in what students were learning in school and what was really useful in life. Marion has worked with John over the past 6 months to become a certified Associate ALC Coach.
For more on John Andrew Williams http://www.academiclifecoaching.com/
Contact Marion now for an no-obligation Introductory Session.
Information for Students
Do you want last minute cramming for tests and exams to be a thing of the past? Do you want to a balanced and successful school life? Find out how the ALC Programme can help you.
Information for Parents
Do you want to stop nagging about homework and results? Do you want your child to be more confident and have the tools to be successful in school and life? Find out how the ALC Programme can support you.