Coaching Strengthens

Student Connection to Institutions 

This past summer, Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse conducted a survey of over 2000 college students about their experiences with accessing services. The details, and resulting eight recommendations, are found in the article linked here. If your institution offers coaching services to students, you are already fulfilling several of these recommendations, which are geared toward creating interactions with students that leave them feeling cared about and connected. Here are several that are naturally delivered through coaching:

Be intentional about student connections. When services come to students when they need them and feel tailored to the person, students feel more positive, and may be more likely to take advantage of what is offered. Being student-driven and mostly one-on-one, coaching is naturally intentional with fostering connection.

Set service goals. Coaching meetings may have short-term goals, for that meeting or that week, and coaching relationships may feature more overarching, long-term goals, for a semester, year, or college career. The more clear and student-generated the goals, the more buy-in and goal achievement is likely from the student.

Temper expectations about outcomes and immediacy. Coaching allows the student to unfold their goals and plans at the speed that works for them, and avoids offering any "sure-thing" quick fixes. It helps students learn what it's like to benefit from effort and persistence over time. 

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