Does your child struggle with organization, time management, or homework completion? Tutoring For Success has years of experience matching academic coaches with students to help them function more smoothly. Especially consider transitions to middle school, high school, or college, when there will be more teachers with more demands. Here are some of the ways academic coaches, similar to executive function coaches, can help your children move forward:

Start right when school starts

The beginning of the school year is the best time to create efficient systems to organize materials, create a calendar, learn the expectations of each teacher, and nail down how to find assignments and due dates online. Our academic coaches work with each student to create an individual plan that the student is comfortable with. This plan can be tweaked as school gets underway.

Work together to create a system for organizing materials

Students must be the ultimate deciders in how to organize their supplies. For example, some students prefer binders while others prefer folders. The student and coach can decide which organizational methods have worked best in the past, set up a system for the new year, and include improvements such as color coding each subject.

Set up a calendar to mark due dates, tests, and quizzes

This calendar can be an online Google calendar or a giant physical calendar. A Google calendar can be used interchangeably between a phone, tablet, and computer, and it can be color coded to distinguish between subjects, tests, or due dates, or extracurricular activities. Studies have shown that physically writing down events or notes causes the brain to make connections and remember what has been written down. Physical calendars can be color coded as well with different colored pencils or markers.

Create efficient study skills techniques

Efficient study skills can make all the difference when trying to ace a test or quiz. A coach can work with a student on creating study guides, using mnemonic techniques for memorization, practicing active ways to study, and more.

Become fluent at accessing homework, notes, and guidelines online

Back in the day, students who weren’t diligent about writing down their homework assignments were stuck when they didn’t know what to do later. Now most students can access assignments, notes, study guides, test dates, and more online. A coach can help them get into the habit of checking the right sites every day to find important information.

Learn how to use AI as a school assistant

AI is useful for helping with research, brainstorming, and study guides. A coach can help students find the best uses of AI while presenting their own work in the end.

Contact us at Tutoring For Success this month to get your student matched to an academic coach to get started building tools for success and confidence.