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How Academic Peer Coaching Helps

Academic peer coaches partner with students to equip, encourage and ensure academic success. Academic peer coaches help students develop action plans to meet identified goals and strategies to improve their academic performance.

Academic peer coaches help build motivation and self-confidence while providing students with tools to tackle the rigors of academic and personal activities. An important aspect of academic coaching is helping students understand how their use of time and levels of organization or disorganization impact their studies. Other important aspects of academic coaching relate to strategic thinking, learning how to learn, problem-solving and learning to work effectively with others.

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My academic peer coach was very helpful, professional and gave me very good tips.”

2024-2025 Academic Survey

Academic Peer Coaching Services

The Rattler Success Center offers one-on-one appointments with peer academic coaches who provide skills training. Academic coaching is a designed alliance between a peer coach and a student to foster academic success skills. Some of the topics that our students find helpful to discuss with their peer coach include:

  • Time management
  • Goal setting
  • Organization
  • Learning styles
  • Study habits
  • Motivation
  • Academic planning
  • Knowledge of resources

Through individualized sessions with their academic peer coach, students have the opportunity to accelerate their learning, build problem-solving skills, strengthen interpersonal communication skills, emphasize academic development and increase productivity.

Apply To Become An Academic Peer Coach

Testimonials

Student testimonials from the 2024-2025 Academic Survey.

  • “It was very informattive and I got new test prep tips out of it.”

    “The Academic Peer Coach was very caring and inderstanding. I would visit again!”

    “The Academic Peer Coach was firendly, and aha a wide range of knowledge. The strategies given were useful, and I belice the coaching was beneficial.”

  • Questions?

    If you’d like to learn more about Academic Peer Coaching, contact the Rattler Success Center.

    Rattler Success Center
    Blume Library, Third Floor

    210-436-3203
    rattlersuccesscenter@stmarytx.edu

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