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...
by Gretchen | Jun 2, 2020 | blog
I hope school is done (or almost done) for you. This summer I’m 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,...
by Gretchen | Jun 1, 2020 | podcast
Which college schedule is best for a student with ADHD – semesters or quarters? Recently one of Gretchen’s Anti-Boring Approach Licensed Coaches sent an email asking just that, and Megan & Gretchen chatted about it on this episode of the podcast. Here’s...
by Gretchen | May 26, 2020 | blog
Do you have final exams right now? Or are teachers assigning projects and essays instead? This is the time of the year that I USUALLY provide some tips for how to apply the Study Cycle to preparing for final exams. However, this year I’m noticing that students...
by Gretchen | May 25, 2020 | podcast
There are appropriate (and inappropriate) times during the school year or college admission process to hire a tutor. Make sure you know the ins and outs of when and how to hire a tutor so that you can save time, money and frustration. In this episode from the...
by Gretchen | May 19, 2020 | blog
Have you noticed that teenagers (and even many of us adults!) have a vague sense of time? One of my clients recently was feeling the end-of-semester stress mounting. She knew the end was coming, but she didn’t have a sense of exactly when OR what needed to be...
by Gretchen | May 18, 2020 | podcast
There’s a university for everyone, and a college sports team too. If you’re curious about how to prepare for college sports recruitment, even if you’re as young as 8th grade, this interview with Guest Expert Chris Stack is a must-listen. Tune in as we discuss: what to...
by Gretchen | May 12, 2020 | blog
Do you, or a student you love, struggle with essay word counts? It can be so hard to meet the teacher’s requirements for x number of words, especially when you are new to writing research papers and essays. Recently with a 9th-grade client, I discovered how...
