by Gretchen | Mar 31, 2015 | Academic Coaching, Organization
Planners: students love them or hate them. Which one are you? I try to make sure that all clients who work with me have some method of what I call “making time visible,” even if you’re the type who hates planners. However, there is a common mistake...
by Gretchen | May 13, 2013 | Academic Coaching, Communication, For Parents
I get it: as a parent, you want what’s best for your teen, and you’ve hired me — an academic life coach! — to help your teen learn the skills necessary to be a success. However, are their ways you might undermine the very coaching you are...
by Gretchen | Oct 22, 2012 | Academic Coaching, Communication
A couple years ago I gave a talk called “Parenting for Academic Success” that I gave for Diablo Valley College’s New Horizons Program. It was the beginning of the school year (just as it is now), and these 50 parents were HUNGRY for help on how to...
by Gretchen | Oct 15, 2012 | Academic Coaching, Organization
My client Jasmine is in 7th grade, has ADHD, and is an organizational disaster. Last week I asked her to organize her accordion folder by class; this week she had failed to do so. Papers were everywhere, in all kinds of disorder. And then…I pulled out a tool...
by Gretchen | May 11, 2010 | Academic Coaching, Communication, For Parents
Don’t get me wrong: I wouldn’t trade live, in-person interactions for anything! So I was surprised when, after my first three coaching sessions on Skype, I realized there are some coaching tasks that work BETTER virtually than in person. 1. I get to be IN...
