by Gretchen | Aug 10, 2020 | Academic Coaching, College Prep
College is expensive! Megan provides some tips for how to start thinking about costs, and talking about it with our student and family members. She covers topics such as: How to talk to your student about the reality of college costsHow to think about loansHow to...
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 | Aug 3, 2020 | Academic Coaching, College Prep
Some students are super resistant to using calendars. What can parents do to nurture the habit of calendaring? Tune in to hear more details about the following 4 tips from Gretchen: Make sure they HAVE a digital calendar and that calendar is the main one on their...
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 27, 2020 | Academic Coaching, College Prep
Finally! There’s a new planner in the works that combines all the important college admissions tasks while also tracking a high school students’ assignments and due dates. Tune in to hear more about Megan’s newly designed planner, just in time for the 2020-2021 school...
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 Gretchen | Jul 20, 2020 | Academic Coaching, College Prep
Summer is an ideal time to clean house, digitally speaking. Here are 3+ simple tasks everyone can do to clean up their computers and phone apps so they are ready for an uncluttered new school year: Install an adblockClean your desktopTurn off notifications on busy...
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 13, 2020 | Academic Coaching, College Prep
Yes! You CAN use calculators on the ACT or SAT. But it matters which one you bring on test day, so pay attention as Megan schools you on clever calculator criteria. Specifically she discusses the importance of: Avoid last minute choice making about which calculator to...
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 | Jul 6, 2020 | Academic Coaching, College Prep
Got a little extra time this summer and looking for something interesting to do? Gretchen recommends these two online assessments students can take to learn more about their brains and their career prospects. First, Mindprint Learning is an interesting...
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. When I...
by Gretchen | Jun 29, 2020 | Academic Coaching, 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 | Academic Coaching, 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, College Prep
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 | Academic Coaching, 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 | Academic Coaching, 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, blog
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...
