Certification Institute

What is an Academic Coach?

An academic coach works in an educational environment and has conversations with students to support their success and persistence in their education and life. Generally, an academic coach works one to one with students in an effort to support that student’s academic needs / goals.

Institute Length and Times

The Institute usually begins on a Sunday and concludes on Wednesday by noon. We usually hold an institute in the Summer (in August) and also in the Winter (in January).

Institute Costs

The institute moves to various areas of the country in order to reduce costs of local colleges and universities. ACTP Member price is for a member $550 early bird and $700 regular. For a non-member the price is $750 for early bird and $950 regular. Please be aware that space is limited to 40 people for the institute due to the activities and nature of the training. For the past few years, the institute has been sold out two months prior to the scheduled event.

Sample of Program

Module 1

Academic Coaching Basics

Pre-Work Assignments
Introduction to Academic Coaching
How we think – Paradigm Shift
Brief History of Coaching
Why and what is academic coaching?
Coaching Alliance
Difference between coaching and other support activities
Tools of Coaching – Behaviorism and the Grow Model

Module 2

Ethics and Coaching the Student

Module 3

Theoretical Foundations of Academic Coaching

Choice / Reality Coaching
Humanistic Coaching
Coaching through Positive Psychology
Neuro Linguistic Programming
Solutions Focused Brief Coaching
Prochaska and Di Clementi
Stages of change
Cognitive Behavior Coaching
Cognitive Distortion
Cognitive Restructuring
Questioning
Rational Emotive Behavioral Coaching

Module 4

Coaching the student

Building Trust
Active Listening
Nonverbal behaviors
How to Ask questions
Goal-Setting
Establishing Trust and Rapport
Beginning and Ending a Session
5 A’s plus additional models

Module 5

Motivational Interviewing

Module 6

Assessments in Coaching

Learn how to use assessment tool
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Coaching Questionnaire
Observe modeling of how to incorporate assessments into coaching sessions.
Learn how to integrate assessment results into your feedback coaching preparation process
Practice giving assessment feedback
Understand the ethical use of assessment tools

Module 7

Toolbox Support

Module 8

Developing and Evaluating a Coaching Program

Assessment of emotional intelligence
Key concepts of emotional intelligence
How to coach for Emotional Intelligence in coaching
The emotional intelligence competency model
Best practices in coaching emotional intelligence