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...