The document discusses time management and goal setting for academic coaching. It provides information on the expectations and responsibilities of coaches and students in the coaching process. Goals help students stay motivated, prioritize their time, and become independent learners. SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely. Effective time management includes creating a weekly schedule with classes, studying, and other commitments blocked out by time and day. A monthly planner can help students plan for long-term assignments by blocking out test, project and paper due dates across the semester. Coaches can help students develop goals and time management skills to succeed academically.

1. Time Management
and
Goal Setting
for Academic Coaching

2. Goal Setting in Academic Coaching
Coach’s Expectations and Responsibilities
1. Partner with you in achieving your academic goals and provide a comfortable,
encouraging environment for the discussion of goals of plans that is free of
judgment
2. To actively listen and provide feedback in the goal setting and planning process
3. Provide information about study skills, time management, test taking, and
adjusting to college expectations that will help you in achieving your goals
4. Help connect you with campus resources
Student’s Expectations and Responsibilities
1. Understand coaching as a collaborative process that will encourage you to take
responsibility for setting and accomplishing your goals.
2. Keep in contact with your coach about academic setbacks and triumphs
3. Come prepared for each meeting
4. Make and keep regular appointments with your coach

3. Helping students to set goals:
1. Gives them a purpose that motivates them to do well in classes
2. Helps them to prioritize demands on their time
3. Supports them in becoming independent learners

4. Helping students to set goals:
1. Gives them a purpose that motivates them to do well in classes
2. Helps them to prioritize demands on their time
3. Supports them in becoming independent learners
Fixes the “Someday” problem….
Someday, I will write that book…
Someday, I will graduate from college...

5. Helping students to set goals:
1. Gives them a purpose that motivates them to do well in classes
2. Helps them to prioritize demands on their time
3. Supports them in becoming independent learners
Fixes the “Someday” problem….
Someday, I will write that book…
Someday, I will graduate from college...
Makes dreams
attainable reality

6. Effective Goal Setting
Most students have the goal of succeeding in college and
graduating, but if they have no plan in place, the goal is
not effective.
Example: The gym in January

7. An unrealistic goal can even cause us
to give up completely…

8. SMART Goals
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Timely

9. SMART Goals
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Timely
Not SMART goal: I am going to work out at the gym in the new year
and lose weight!

10. SMART Goals
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Timely
Not SMART goal: I am going to work out at the gym in the new year
and lose weight!
Specific—how often? Doing what program?
Measurable—how many times or minutes per week?
how do you measure success?
Achievable—how likely is it?
Realistic—if you have never done this before, how realistic is it to
expect a major life change to work now?
Timely—when do you want to achieve your goal?

11. SMART Goals
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Timely
Revised:
I am going to go to two cardio classes per week and do two days of
weight training per week. Along with proper nutrition, I expect to
lose 5-7 pounds in two months.

12. Activity:
Set a SMART goal for yourself!
Share it with someone else

13. Time Management is Self Management
• The main reason for managing time is to provide structure
and balance among all of the things you need and want to
do.
• Managing time provides a road map to accomplish
academic and personal goals.
• College requires that students learn new and different time
management skills from high school.

14. Important! Go to Class!
Attendance
Studies have shown that, especially in the sciences, students
that never or rarely miss class are more likely to receive a B
or better in their courses (75% of the students who attended
95% or more of their classes received a B or better)

15. Weekly Schedule
Encourage students to:
Put all of your class meeting times, regular work schedule,
and meetings / practices
Plan out times to study, read, review notes, and prepare
for your classes
Keep in mind the times of the day when you are most
effective.

16. Activity:
It is late Saturday night; you look at what is coming up for next
week, and see the following items. As a group, prioritize and rank the
most important (1) to least important (20) factoring in time sensitive
deadlines as needed. The week you are dealing with is Sunday-
Friday. (Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri). Use the weekly planner to
get an idea of the available time. AFTER ranking the importance of
these items, schedule your week so that you may accomplish as much
as possible, within reason; remember, you will need to sleep and eat
at some point!

17. • Your weekly
schedule will
identify
specific times
for classes,
studying
subjects,
writing papers,
completing
homework,
and doing any
other routine
tasks you have
to perform to
stay on top.
Show your
activities in
COLOR
BLOCKS. This
makes it clear
to you, even
from across
your room.
Planned Weekly Schedule Example

18. Help students start each semester with their classes’
syllabi, placing all of their tests, quizzes, projects and
presentations on a monthly planner.
By doing this they will be able to effectively manage
their time for long-term assignments. Students will
clearly see what weeks are going to have heavier
workloads and be able to plan study time in advance
Planned Monthly Schedule

19. Assignments and deadlines
Week 1
POL 101 Paper #1 due Friday August 30
SOC 105 Research paper #1 due Fri. August 30
Week 2
MAT 118 Problem Set #1 due Tue September 3
Week 3
WRT 101 Essay #1 due Thursday September 12
POL 101 Paper #2 due Friday September 13
SOC 105 Research Paper #2 due Fri Sept. 13
Week 4
MAT 118 Problem Set #2 due Tue September 17
WRT 101 Essay #2 due Thursday September 18
POL 101 Paper #3 due Friday September 19
Make a Master Assignment List

20. Every student is different. Most need help
to manage time.
Use the different tools available to
help students manage time to reach
their goals!