Academic Success Coaching
Targeted executive function support, graduation planning, and college prep for high schoolers, layered on top of any subject.
Progress data students use themselves
Parents receive a written summary after every session; I make both qualitative observations and track measurable assessment data. Students old enough to make sense of their own data see it too. Reviewing your own progress builds the metacognitive and self-reflection habits that executive function depends on.
In Academic Success Coaching that data does double duty: students use their own progress to set goals, judge whether a strategy worked, and decide what to change next. Set a goal, try an approach, look at what the evidence says, adjust — that loop is self-monitoring and metacognition being practiced on their own data.
Going deeper on executive function
Executive function (EF) coaching, which includes planning, organization, prioritization, self-monitoring, and follow-through, is woven into every session I run, regardless of subject. Academic Success Coaching goes further for high schoolers, providing more targeted, individualized EF intervention alongside graduation and college-prep support.
This deeper work is grounded in the framework developed by Drs. Peg Dawson and Richard Guare (Smart but Scattered), with particular emphasis on emotion regulation, a skill that's frequently left out of EF conversations, even though it plays a central role in a student's ability to manage frustration, stay motivated, and follow through on goals.
Especially valuable for neurodivergent teens
Targeted EF intervention is particularly valuable for high schoolers with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyscalculia, giftedness/2E, or related neurodiversities, because their unique brain architecture directly impacts their ability to carry out executive functions.
Academic Success Coaching
An optional add-on layered on top of subject tutoring, built specifically for high school students navigating the final stretch before graduation and beyond.
Graduation Support
Course planning, credit tracking, and staying on top of deadlines, so nothing falls through the cracks on the way to graduation.
College Readiness
Guidance through the college application process, including college essay writing and the narrative writing skills covered in Foundations First's literacy instruction.
Independent Habits
Time management, self-advocacy, and study skills that outlast the next test and carry students through college and beyond.
Tracking growth beyond the grade
To monitor progress, I combine qualitative observations with data from digital assessment tools, then use that information to maximize the effectiveness of every session, adjusting the plan as your student's needs change.
Pairs with any subject
Executive function support is woven into literacy, math, and science sessions alike as a baseline. Academic Success Coaching adds a deeper, more targeted layer for high schoolers, and can be booked alongside any subject or as a standalone focus.
Ready to talk about Academic Success Coaching?
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