Academic Coaching
Academic coaching is an interactive process that focuses on the personal relationship created between student and coach. An academic coach helps students navigate obstacles they may encounter during their academic career by using individualized and holistic approaches. They guide students in understanding and adapting their learning behavior by challenging students to think about personal and/or professional goals as related to academic/educational goals. Academic coaches help empower students to take responsibility for your own learning.
Goals
The goals of the academic coaching program:
- Help students thrive by adopting a holistic and transformational approach.
- To help students become self-reflective and determine a path toward success.
- Equip and empower students with context-specific methods, processes, and integrated strategic approaches to learning, problem-solving, motivation, and time management.
- To provide Academic Coaches with campus wide support as they identify trending barriers students face.
- To encourage intentional departmental and hopefully systemic change with awareness of barriers faced by subpopulations of our students
If you are interested in signing up for an academic coaching session, please click on the link below and provide your name and email information. An academic coach will reach out to you shortly to help you set up an appointment.
Academic Coaching Session Request link:
https://utrgv.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6yXTUX49aF9Qh5c
Annual Program Reports
For a copy of the annual program report for the 2020-2021 academic year click here.
For a copy of the annual program report for the 2019-2020 academic year click here.
Contact Coaches
ACE Coaches:
Esteffy Velasco - esteffy.velasco01@utrgv.edu – Academic Coaching
Ismael Mejia- ismael.mejia01@utrgv.edu - Academic Coaching
Ivar Zapata - ismael.mejia01@utrgv.edu - Academic Coaching
Concepcion Perez - ismael.mejia01@utrgv.edu - Academic Coaching
Faith Soto- faith.soto01@utrgv.edu - Academic Coaching
William Reckley- william.reckley01@utrgv.edu - Academic Coaching
Valeria Martinez- valeria.martinez05@utrgv.edu - Academic Coaching
Karla Avila - karla.avila04@utrgv.edu - Academic Coaching
Giselle Andara - giselle.andara01@utrgv.edu - Academic Coaching
Gina Castillo - gina.castillo01@utrgv.edu - Academic Coaching
College of Engineering and Computer Science Coaches:
Melena Cavazos - melena.cavazos01@utrgv.edu – Academic Coaching
Carlos Lopez - carlos.lopez20@utrgv.edu – Academic Coaching
Arantxa Burgos - arantxa.burgos01@utrgv.edu – Academic Coaching
Aleksis Talamante- aleksis.talamante01@utrgv.edu – Academic Coaching
For more information about academic coaching, please contact us via email: aceprogram@utrgv.edu
Our academic coaches can meet with you one-on-one virtually or in-person (by appointment).
They can provide guidance on developing effective strategies that will help you with both in-person and online classes. Here is a video that you may find useful in helping you prepare and work through your online course work this semester. It provides tips and strategies for handling online class work, as well as information on how to access other university resources.
We look forward to helping you with your academic success! Aqui para ti!
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