Best Practices in Advising & Coaching for the Emerging-Level College Access Professional

It is important for the college access professional to understand the similarities and differences among advising, counseling, and coaching because these elements contribute to students' college access and success. In this course, you will also focus on the middle school to college pipeline and how you can better support students in your role as a college access professional.

This course covers:

• Similarities and differences among counseling, advising, and coaching;
• Advising and coaching and student college access and success; and
• The middle school to college pipeline and supporting GEAR UP students.

If you work directly with students and seek to further develop your skills in advising and coaching, this is the course for you.

Estimated time to complete the course
1.5 hours

Take the full series
This is the first of three courses on advising and coaching for college access professionals. The courses build on each other, so we recommend taking all three courses, regardless of experience. The full series should take up to 6 hours to complete and you can take the courses at your own pace.

Certificate of Completion
To receive a certificate of completion, you must complete each lesson, all surveys, and pass the assessment with an 80% or higher for which you will have two retake opportunities.

This course was developed in partnership with Learning Forward, a professional learning association for educators.