1-On-1
Academic Coaching
Partner with a Hoffman
Educational Group academic specialist to improve
specific academic areas of focus and develop holistic
learning strategies that are highly sustainable.
Help your student become more motivated to learn
because their successes promote additional learning.
Taking the tutoring relationship to a whole new
level, academic coaching provides your student
with the most complete Hoffman Educational Group
learning experience. Led by a Ph.D. academic specialist,
known for cognitive learning specialties and understanding
developmental issues, our team will provide highly
customized tutoring along with a deep understanding
of advanced learning strategies that your student
can use forever (e.g. organization, problem-solving
skills, critical-thinking skills, persistence
and motivation.)
Services - FAQ Academic Coaching
What is the difference between academic
coaching and tutoring?
Academic coaching takes the tutoring relationship to another level. Specific content tutoring is often focused on one area of study for a student that is self-motivated but needs to have classroom lessons covered again. A client seeking coaching needs overall help becoming a better student. The coach enters the relationship with the goal of not only helping the client with specific subjects, but also helping the client develop strategies to achieve academic success. |
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Often students fail to achieve, not due to deficit of intellect, but because they lack the tools needed to be an efficient student. Many students are capable of acquiring the skills necessary to become good students and simply lack the know-how. Along those lines, coaching is a collaborative, problem-solving process that helps students establish life changes. It is a creative method for helping them focus their talents, resources and strengths so that they are successful in achieving their academic and personal goals.
Many students seek to achieve the following:
- Work more effectively
- Write more effectively
- Manage stress better
- Clarify and achieve long term goals
Hoffman Educational Group has recruited and provided training for a top-notch group of educators and counselors with the goal of providing superior academic coaching to our clients. The program offers one-on-one skills mentoring based on the individual needs of the student. Academic coaching provides a structured learning environment and enables students to achieve academic success. Our coaches implement well established principles of educational methodology and psychology with the goal of assisting students in becoming successful in the following areas:
- Organizational skills
- Note taking
- Critical reading
- Critical thinking
- Test taking
- Anxiety reduction
- Study skills
- Time management
- Advocating for oneself
Do we ask students to do work on top of their normal academic load?
Our work is centered on the curriculum that a student is working within, and this type of work provides opportunities to incorporate coaching. We enter the working relationship with the understanding that a client might need help with goal setting, organization, study skills, and time management, and not simply with course content. However, we are able to provide remediation and re-teaching of content for specific courses should that prove necessary. Again, Hoffman Educational Group recognizes that people learn best when their whole learning process is demystified and supported. Each one of us learns differently, and a student who finds geometry frustrating may need much more than just a quick “lesson” on a postulate!
How do you measure success?
A student’s success is not always measured by improved grades
but by increased self-esteem, sense of control, and motivation. Parents should not expect their child to make miraculous changes over night. The coaching process, in many cases, is a long road
that has many ups and downs. It takes time to change old behavior patterns.
The rate with which students progress often depends on their commitment to the coaching process. Goals are set at the beginning of the relationship and are monitored by the coach along with Marc Hoffman.
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What is the difference between academic coaching and psychotherapy?
Coaching is not a substitute for psychotherapy. Coaching aims to improve a student’s current academic situation, rather than treat psychological issues or mental health disorders. On the other hand, if a student is in treatment with a psychotherapist, working concurrently with a coach can help them turn therapy insights into practical applications.
Can coaching help a parent’s relationship with their child?
Many parents find our coaching services beneficial because it helps to defuse the stress that inevitably arises between parent and child. Ideally, a coach implements the structure that the parent may find difficult to establish. Students seem to be less threatened and more amenable to taking direction from a coach than from a parental authority. |
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