by Gretchen | Sep 15, 2020 | Academic Coaching
I hope the new school year is going well for you. I’ve been creating a bunch of new “Anti-Boring Learning Nuggets.” My big challenge is to make them all 2 minutes or less!! Do you think I can do it? I’m such a wordy gal. Anyhoo, I was inspired...
by Gretchen | Sep 8, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Do your parents nag you too much? Or say “no” to your requests far too quickly? I have a client who has experienced her fair share of parents being “on her” to get her work done, and often won’t allow her to have fun until that’s...
by Gretchen | Sep 2, 2020 | Academic Coaching
I talk about self care a lot with my clients. Students desperately need to be more intentional about caring for themselves in ways that are invigorating (like getting good sleep) rather than depleting (like playing video games late at night). Grown-ups also need to...
by Gretchen | Aug 25, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Do you have “school trauma”?I don’t, but I do have “water trauma.” I almost drowned twice; So I’m skittish around water, the same way some students with terrible experiences at school are skittish in their academics! The problem is,...
by Gretchen | Aug 18, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Are you in a school situation this year that is less than ideal? So many of us are in that boat, thanks to COVID and distance and/or hybrid learning. This summer I learned an interesting lesson about how to turn a sucky situation around, and I thought it might apply...
by Gretchen | Aug 11, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Oof! I’m kinda embarrassed. Two years ago I posted this video about a new product that I was testing, called the ReVibe Anti-Procrastination WristWear. I never made a follow-up review video, though, someone in my YouTube comments pointed that out. So here you...
by Gretchen | Aug 5, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Did you read the subject heading and think, “What the heck?! Shouldn’t a time management coach be all about the checklists?” And if that’s what you thought, why yes I am. Nothing beats a good To-Do list. 🙂 However, there’s another kind of...
by Gretchen | Jul 29, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Are you a teacher, coach or parent? Do you see kids who absolutely refuse help? Students, are you one of those kids who shies away from help? I see this all the time. “Help” is a dirty word in our culture. We’ve trained our kiddos to think that...
by Gretchen | Jul 20, 2020 | Academic Coaching
We are DEEP into July now. And halfway through my summer series on the overlaps between alternatives to calling the police AND academic coaching skills for students. When I attended the original training that inspired me to write this series, I was super surprised by...
by Gretchen | Jul 13, 2020 | Academic Coaching
I train both teachers and academic coaches, and here’s something I’ve noticed — they could be more like each other! Teachers often are too, well, teachery! They could stand to build more rapport with their students, and use more student-centered...
by Gretchen | Jul 6, 2020 | Academic Coaching
There’s so much that students don’t have control over in their school lives.So how do parents, teachers, and academic coaches try to protect their sense of control? Is that even an important thing to try and do?Last week I introduced that in July,...
by Gretchen | Jun 30, 2020 | Academic Coaching
?Yes. I know it might seem weird. Alternatives to policing and academic coaching have something in common?! But first a little background, about policing! A little over a year ago I started attending a monthly workshop series called Alternatives to Policing....
by Gretchen | Jun 29, 2020 | College Prep
Teachers often threaten that students need to stay academically engaged through senior year because colleges might take away their offer of admissions. But is this a myth or reality? Megan weighs in with the following discussion: Why it is indeed true that colleges...
by Gretchen | Jun 22, 2020 | College Prep
Everyone has less attention span these days. How can educators package the most important study theory and strategies for students in a way they will actually hear? The answer is the “mini-lecture” and Gretchen unpacks what that is and how to deliver one consistently,...
by Gretchen | Jun 16, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Last week an email from a white colleague landed in my in-box. I couldn’t ignore it. That evening there was going to be an online Town Hall entitled “Reimagining Small Business: A town hall to listen, learn and commit to building equitable, anti-racist...
by Gretchen | Jun 15, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Summer is the best time to write your college admissions essays! So how should you get started? Megan walks you through four steps including: Get organized — know what schools, what questions, how many unique essays and short answers you need.Recognize that HOW you...
by Gretchen | Jun 10, 2020 | Academic Coaching
Expecting a cute little study skills video this week? Sorry, but not sorry. Those are on hiatus for the summer, and will be back in August. There’s something more important for us to talk about as a community. Today I want to uplift a black healer and author who is...
by Gretchen | Jun 9, 2020 | blog
Are you a high school senior? Are you, or a senior you love, inches away from your high school graduation? I know some of you just finished your final exams; others are supposed to try and focus on final exams & projects in the midst of a national upraising...
by Gretchen | Jun 8, 2020 | College Prep
How can students take responsibility for reminding themselves to follow through on tasks large and small? Without relying on mom or dad for nagging? In this mini-episode Gretchen shares one of her favorite ways to get students to start thinking about reminder systems....
by Gretchen | Jun 3, 2020 | Academic Coaching
On Monday of this week, I had the honor of being led by black students from Oakland Technical High School.Under their leadership, we walked and chanted — 15,000 people strong! — several miles from their high school to the Oakland police station. We...
