1. Saint Louis University School for Professional Studies
Hitting a Homerun with Academic Coaching Deb Blanquart, M.A. Lana Kelly Hilliard, M.A. Sharon Spicer
Saint Louis University
School for Professional Studies

2. Game Plan First Base: How we got started Second Base: The Book
Third Base: Mini Teams
Home: Title Change & Implementation
PRACTICE

3. About us
Who we are: 
The School for Professional Studies at Saint Louis
University
What we do:
Since 1963, we have served adult students, and we
have evolved from campus-based training, classes,
and programs to fully online undergraduate and
graduate degree programs. Our unit also provides
workforce training and certifications for professionals
through our Workforce Center
Our students:
22 + working full-time

4. First Base Coaching - How we got started!
New Dean, New Associate Dean and new thinking!
NACADA 2017
Researched Training Opportunities
Determined Co-Active Coaching was the right fit for our team
Advisers and Associate Dean scheduled weekly book club meetings to learn this coaching method and apply to our student population

5. Background THEN Customer Service Reactive Learned helplessness NOW
Student Development
Proactive
Student Empowerment

6. First Base
“Pushing students to feeling uncomfortable runs contrary to customer service principles set forth at some universities and the helping-oriented impulses of advisors; however, to help students see and navigate the crossroads, the advisor must nudge the student into new territory by challenging extrinsic motivations and simplistic interpretations of situations. Done with appropriate support, this challenge can lead the student to develop higher levels of self-authored abilities, consistent with the learning outcomes of higher education” (Schulenberg, 2013, p. 126).

7. Second Base
What is Academic Coaching?

8. Second Base "Hearing" the student = Active Listening
At Saint Louis University 
School for Professional Studies we educate 
the mind , body and spirit of each student by listening.
"Hearing" the student = Active Listening
 Goal of Active Listening: to become a “gifted” listener

9. Second Base Level 1- Internal Listening- Awareness is on ourselves
Active listening is a pre-requisite for other coaching skills
Level 1- Internal Listening- Awareness is on ourselves
Level 2 – Focused Listening- Sharp focus on the student
Level 3 – Global Listening- New realm of listening

10. Coaching sessions- what do they look like?
Second Base
Coaching sessions- what do they look like?
Dan – once a week office visits
Timika- one office visit per month
                  contact bi-weekly
Alex- one semester office visit 
               phone appointments weekly

11. Third Base
                  
Mini- Teams
Directors
Coaches
Admissions

12. Home Why is Academic Coaching right for SPS? Persistence
Achievement
Self-Efficacy
Locus of Control

13. Home
Title Changes
Billiken Backpack
Coaching Philosophy

14. Home Coaching Philosophy:
As a School for Professional Studies student at Saint Louis University, you will work with an academic coach, who will form a partnership with you during your academic journey to provide you with the tools necessary for academic success such as: orientation, academic planning, course selection, University resources and goal setting.

15. Home Theoretical Background:
Marcia Baxter Magolda – Self-Authorship Theory
“Self-authorship, the capacity to internally generate beliefs, values, identity and social relations”
Building rapport
Encouraging reflections from important experiences
Inviting students to tell their stories

16. Home
Next steps for our team:
Student Contracts
Practice
Assessment

17. Practice
Possibly have audience members practice the listening exercise from the book

18. Think of a situation where you have had a difficult decision to make either at school or at work…
Share the situation with your partner and your partner will actively listen and only ask powerful questions in response.
Possibly have audience members practice the listening exercise from the book

19. References
Baxter Magolda, M.B. and King, P. (2008) Toward Reflective Conversations: An Advising Approach that Promotes Self-Authorship. Peer Review Vol. 10, (No. 1)
Kimsey-House, H., Kimsey- House, K, Sandal, P. and Whitworth, L. (2011) Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business Transforming Lives. Boston, MA: Nicholas Brealey Publishing.
Schulenberg, J. K. (2013). Academic advising informed by self-authorship theory. In Drake, J.K., Jordan, P. & Miller, M.A. (Eds.), Academic Advising Approaches: Strategies that teach students to make the most of college (p ). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Appreciate Advising
Intrusive Advising

20. Questions? Deb Blanquart Senior Academic Coach Deb.Blanquart@slu.edu
Lana Kelly Hilliard
Academic Coach II
Sharon Spicer
Academic Coach II