Academic Coach Program
Concept
The Academic Coach program is a year-long program of teaching and learning formats for middle school and high school students. Academic activities focus primarily on the total development of physically active students. Specific programming offers academic and life development support that drives academic achievement, develops life and leadership skills, and improves student preparation for post high school success.
Program Goals
1) To target high schools that compete interscholastically in the Twin City Metro area and seek to create a support position.
2) To enhance the pursuit of life-long learning, leadership, decision making, cooperationand educational achievement through professional and peer support initiatives.
Objectives
1) Assist students who historically and statistically show lower academic achievement, graduation rates, and post-secondary matriculation success.
2) Leadership topics include a variety of life skills concepts that help students realize the importance of balancing personal priorities and goals.
Lifeskills Through Sports
Lifeskills Through Sports empowers participants to focus on the importance of balancing priorities and goals while in an athletic setting. By “Using Sports to Practice Life,” each workshop is comprised of an open forum, encouraging group discussions and individual perspectives. Adult athletes and lifeskills experts from a variety of lifeskills professions serve as facilitators and mentors In the workshops.
Topical List of Workshops
Team Building
A series of interactive activities designed to explore individual and group development and decision-making.
Role Play
An series of interactive vignettes designed to depict social and cultural realities commonly experienced by physically active students and athletes. These sessions lead to discussions that stimulate group and individual decision-making.
Social Responsibility
A stimulating workshop focused on the perception versus reality experience of athletes and their responsibility as citizens in our society.
Academic Development
A workshop designed to focus on strategies toward improving academic success.
Character Building
A program that utilizes various character-based curriculum.
Career Development
An informational workshop designed to preview the requirements of various career pursuits. Guest speakers from several different career fields summarize the uniqueness of their jobs.
Sport Nutrition and Wellness
Interactive and video tools that show the value and importance of a balanced diet.
Mental Skills Training
A series of workshops designed to enhance the mental skills needed to improve performance in sport.
For more information on our Lifeskills workshops, contact us.
