Set meaningful academic goals and work toward them
Determine academic and life goals that connect with personal priorities, define actionable steps, and track progress.
Bilingual Consulting in Student Development and Readiness
Student programs and educator professional development
Programs tailored to your school or program context.
The Problems I Address
Entering college or the workplace is not the same as being ready for its demands. College and work bring new expectations for managing time, learning independently, communicating professionally, and taking initiative. Readiness frameworks identify these capabilities as critical parts of preparation for life after high school (Conley, 2012; NACE, n.d.). Teaching students to self-regulate their learning can improve academic performance and motivation (Theobald, 2021).
Getting good grades is not the same as being ready for life's challenges. Students also need opportunities to develop purpose, manage emotions, build supportive relationships, and respond constructively to setbacks. Connecting learning with personal goals and contributions to others can support academic persistence (Yeager et al., 2014), while social and emotional learning can improve student attitudes and well-being (Taylor et al., 2017).
How I Work With Students and Educators
I provide interactive sessions that combine evidence-based instructional approaches, individualized coaching, and guided practices. The areas below are examples of skills and topics I address with students and educators. We tailor the focus to your program context.
We provide interactive workshops, individualized feedback, and educator professional development that help students:
Manage time and attention and self-regulate learning
Build workable study schedules, choose strategies for effective learning, and adjust plans as demands change.
Navigate setbacks and follow through
Develop social-emotional skills to persevere, communicate effectively, seek support, and use feedback to determine next steps.
Example Program Formats
- Session lengths from 50 minutes to three hours
- In-person or live online delivery
- Available in English and/or Spanish
A Partnership Focused on Your Students' Challenges and Priorities
I adapt the skills and activities we address in the program to your students' specific priorities and coordinate the sessions to fit your school or program's itinerary. Depending on the agreed scope, our work can include the following components for your students, educators, and institution.
- Student planning tools and self-reflection exercises to review goals, strategies, and progress
- Educator orientation with strategies and prompts to reinforce practice between sessions
- Institutional debrief and findings memo on student progress, feedback, and next steps
Discuss your student and educator priorities
Schedule a conversation about your student and educator priorities and challenges, and how we can help.