THE EFFECTIVE COLLEGE CONNECTION
To help students transition successfully to college, Effective Students offers the Effective College Connection sessions that specifically teach students how to manage their time successfully, plan ahead, self advocate with professors and how to study in college. Over six sessions, students engage in realistic and practical discussions of how to ensure they are caring for themselves and responsibilities, learn about the role of sleep, how to prioritize and hold themselves accountable.
Now that your student is ready for college academically, make sure they have the resources to transition successfully, thrive in their new environment and make the most of the college experience.
Students Learn How to…
- Chart a new path as they consider how they may want to reinvent themselves at the next level.
- Approach time management in a new environment and create structure for themselves within new found independence.
- Establish boundaries with friends and separating themselves when needed to attend to responsibilities.
- Approach managing academic expectations including self advocacy and how to study in college.
- Create habits and skills that will help them achieve their goals.
- Identify resources at school that are available and how to use them and how to keep track of them digitally.
- The role of self care including fitness, sleep, food and mental health.
- Set communication expectations with parents.
- The role of money, part time job(s) and the dangers of debt.
Along each unit, we will address common pitfalls we see and how to prevent them and/or get out of them. Students will have an opportunity to self reflect to consider where they stand with these skills today and how they may want to develop them and be held accountable for doing so.
At the end of the course, students have the option to schedule coaching sessions as needed once school begins for support to apply what they’ve learned over the summer.
