How to Prepare for Success for This School Year

With the upcoming school year, you will want your child to do whatever it takes to succeed. In order to do that, they'll need to be focused, organized, and have a game plan of how to accomplish that. With college enrollment rates increasing by 195% since 1970, your child will most likely have college on their mind. In order to get to college, they will have to want to succeed.

With these few tips they will be on their way to being the best they can be!

Consider Academic Coaching

Academic coaching is quite different from tutoring. Tutors can help with a specific topic and strengthen that skill. Academic coaches strategize with the student to develop a game plan to stay organized and motivated throughout the school year. They'll help with forming good habits for learning and skill-building. The skills that an academic coach will help develop are something that will follow the student later on in life. In order to prepare for a successful school year, consider getting an academic coach to teach better learning habits.

Form a Study Group

Learning isn't something that a student is meant to do alone. Students can learn so much more when involved with active discussions with other students. Ideas can be formed that they may not have thought of on their own. The students can work through different problems together and can even help each other prepare for an upcoming exam.

Set a Schedule

A lot of people are "creatures of habit" and for a good reason. By forming a set schedule, you can stay more focused and alert when it comes to homework and tests. Find out if your child works better in the morning or at night. Maybe they work better in 30-minute intervals or 90-minute intervals.

Also be aware that their sleep schedule can greatly impact their success. Encourage earlier bedtime so they can get at least eight hours of sleep. If your child goes to school tired, then their concentration is going to be very low.

Encourage Them to Speak Up

By asking questions, they'll learn far more. It can be intimidating raising your hand in the middle of class and asking a question. What they may not know, is another student may be confused about the same thing. If they are too nervous in the middle of class, encourage them to speak with their teachers afterward.

School can be frustrating, intimidating, and anxiety-inducing. But, when your child takes the steps to be the best they can be at school, they'll be on their way to success. Between academic coaching services, study groups, forming a set schedule, and encouraging them to speak up, they'll own the school year.