Staff Training - Spring 2025

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New & Returing Tutor/PAL Training

Academic Coach Training

Wednesday August 14, 2024

8:45am

Arrival

BAB 248

9:00am - 9:10am

Welcome to REACH and Academic Coaching

BAB 248

Dr. Geoff Bailey
Executive Director of REACH and Testing Services

9:10am-10:00am

REACH Overview

  1. Mission and staffing
  2. Physical locations and centers (tour)
  3. REACH Services: scheduled tutoring, PAL, drop-in tutoring, how online tutoring works, academic coaching, summer programs
  4. Safety protocols

BAB 248

10:00am - 12:00pm

Academic Coaching Overview

Academic Coaching Framework

  1. Why students struggle
  2. Our charge / focus
  3. Target populations
  4. Essential elements: https://youtu.be/rPdTfC5UEjo
  5. Coaching appointment structure and student experience
  6. Active Listening
  7. Academic buoyancy
  8. Adjusting to college
  9. SMART Goals
  10. Metacognition
  11. Spaced Retrieval
  12. Study Cycle
  13. Bloom's Taxonomy and learning strategies
  14. Mindset

BAB 248

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

BAB 248

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Strategies for Working with Neurodiverse Students

BAB 248

Brian Holahan
DRC

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Safe Zone Training

BAB 248

Byron Terry
LGBT Center

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Writing Center Services

BAB 248

Annmarie Steffes
University Writing Center

3:30pm - 4:00pm

TracCloud & CardSmart

  1. Navigation
  2. Documentation of outreach/appointments
  3. Scheduling appointments
  4. Student Success Plans
  5. Key partners and referrals

BAB 248

Mark Woolwine
Dr. Geoff Bailey

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ICLCA Learning Center of Excellence Award

REACH is a unit of Strategic Enrollment Management & Student Success

BAB 2nd Floor - 502-852-6706