Welcome to the new Academic Success Coaching Program website. This is a site just for you as coaches, providing information to help you work with your students. Currently, it has three main areas – Foster Care to … which features downloadable information sheets to help guide your students in four main areas; academics, career/job, […]
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Starting out on the right foot
Starting school can be an anxious experience, whether it’s your student’s first semester or they’re an old hand sophomore, junior or even senior. Here are some suggestions for those first days of school: Foster Care to Academic Success-10 Ways to Make Your First Weeks Count Foster Care to Academic Success-College ABCs Foster Care to Academic […]
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The “real” world … jobs and careers
Check here for information on the world of work – we’ll post things we think you’ll find useful or interesting to share with your students. To start, here’s a type of work you might not have considered suggesting to them – temping! Check out this document to find out more: Foster Care to Career Success […]
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Helping your student get the most out of their reading assignments
College students have to read so much! They might feel quite overwhelmed some days, but they won’t feel that way if they learn how to use their time wisely and get the most out of their reading assignments. Click here to find out more: Foster Care to Academic Success-Reading College Texts
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Is your student stressed?
Here are some documents to help you understand and manage the stress that is such a big part of a student’s – hey, of everybody’s! – life. Foster Care to Good Health – Eating NOTE: The website www.mypyramid.gov is no longer functional. Instead, visit www.choosemyplate.gov. Foster Care to Good Health – Sleep Foster Care to […]
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Classroom … online … hybrid … What will work for your student?
Is your student thinking of taking an online class? Have they taken an online class and floundered? We’ve got just the resources for you, to help you help your student decide if an online class would be right for them, and to help them succeed if they do take one. Foster Care to Academic Success-The […]
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The virtual world
Here’s where we’ll post useful information about the virtual world – surfing safely, guidelines for using facebook and other social networking sites, using email professionally… Here’s the first: Foster Care to Career Success-Email Etiquette Here’s important information on internet safety: Foster Care to Personal Success-Internet Safety For information on online classes, check Foster Care to […]
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Talking to your student about time management
Time management! The key to happiness and success! Well, okay, maybe not entirely but if your student manages their time wisely they’ll be well on their way to good grades and smooth sailing. Foster Care to Academic Success-Time Management
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Staying healthy this cold and flu season
What if your student is feeling lousy? How do they know if they’ve got a cold or the flu – or something else entirely? We’ll tell you how here: Foster Care to Good Health-Feeling Sick And how do they know if they really need to go to the doctor? Click here: Foster Care to Good […]
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How to help your student study for – and take – tests!
Tests. The bane of the student’s existence. Well, besides papers and projects and homework and readings and labs … just kidding. Hopefully your student enjoys papers and homework and … or at least they recognize how important they are, and how important it is to do well in school. Tests are the gold standard that […]
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