As adults, we can somewhat avoid the things that might have terrified us as kids  (taking a math test sans calculator, reciting the Gettysburg Address in front of one's peers, running a timed mile in the Georgia heat). Students are expected to effortlessly navigate all kinds of tasks, subjects, and projects each day, but are not always given the nuts and bolts of how to manage the massive, varied amount of work that is expected of them. 

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Academic coaching demystifies the hidden processes and mechanisms that allow students to thrive and recover their joy of learning. Students leave academic coaching with customized strategies and internalized habits that will serve as the foundation for an extraordinary life.

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As with study and time management skills, many students have not had explicit teaching on how to write well. Most students benefit from coaching, guidance, and instruction on what it looks like to write a glowing essay from introduction to conclusion. I equip students with essay organizers that help them break down the daunting task of writing an essay into bite-size, manageable chunks. Over the years, I have witnessed countless students transform into confident, powerful writers once they understand the hidden structures of a sentence, a paragraph, an essay. 

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Even as adults, many of us could use a coach to show us how to make and sustain habit-level changes in our lives. This is where I come in: I am here to be your child's coach, champion, and advocate. I help pick up the pieces after the inevitable setback and cheer wildly on the sidelines over each smashing success. 

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Although Ralph Waldo Emerson said that "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," I disagree. To mix my Transcendentalists, consistency is the means by which one "lives the life [she/he/they] imagined." Academic coaching, then, is the process of alchemizing one's dreams into reality through steady, consistent habits.