by Gretchen | Dec 18, 2009 | Academic Coaching, For Parents
Lately in my academic coaching practice, my teen clients have been writing their parents emails. This is just an experiment, but I think it’s going well and I wanted to share. My rationale is that teens are much more likely to accept reminders to do their...
by Gretchen | Dec 17, 2009 | Academic Coaching, Organization
A student just rushed desperately into my Learning Center. “I need help! Do you have time?” she asked. Since she was not one of my regular clients, I had to tell her that I had no more than five minutes. But she could have all five of the minutes I have!!...
by Gretchen | Dec 9, 2009 | Academic Coaching, Random Stuff
One of my academic coaching clients just bounded into my office, joy bubbling over. She’d made an A on a test and had improved her overall grades in all her classes into the A & B range. She’s so proud, and I wanted to harness her feeling of momentum....
by Gretchen | Nov 19, 2009 | Academic Coaching, Organization
Have you seen how much paper teenagers these days have to process? Way more than I ever did in high school, that’s for sure. A trick I learned from my academic coaching mentor Beth Samuelson is the Mothership, a filing system that transfers all relevant papers...
by Gretchen | Nov 17, 2009 | Academic Coaching, Random Stuff
On the way home from InterPlay San Francisco, I swerved into the local convenience store parking lot, Ben & Jerry’s calling my name. The cashier was puzzling over a photocopied handout. “Whatcha readin’?” I asked, as I handed him my icy...
by Gretchen | Sep 24, 2009 | Academic Coaching, For Parents, Random Stuff
Lately, I’ve been asking the same old series of questions to the teenagers with whom I work. Do you have any late assignments that haven’t been turned in yet? (Shrug. Pause. English and Math.) Let’s tackle English first. What got in the way of doing...
