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Have You Ever Wondered What the Difference is Between an Academic Coach and a Tutor?

Please feel free to share the following information with students:

An academic coach focuses on study skills and strategies that contribute to success in college, including but not limited to time management, study strategies, learning styles, and reading comprehension in any subject; a tutor serves as a content expert and seeks to foster independent learning while providing content support for a targeted subject. In other words, an academic coach does not focus directly on content—an academic coach instead can help students to become better learners, improve study skills, and enhance planning, to complete assignments. In this way, coaches can help with any subject, since they do not focus on content, but on strategy.  Coaches will lead students to find study skills and learning strategies that can help them succeed in any course. Additionally, coaches are reading specialists and can help students to develop strategies and skills to better understand what they are reading across all subjects.

Please watch the YouTube video below to learn more about the services an academic coach and tutor can provide.

What is Academic Coaching Versus Tutoring? (Video)

Jason Parker
Learning Support Systems
10/25/2022