Nighthawk Navigator Peer Coaches
The Nighthawk Navigator peer coaches are upperclassmen who are trained to work in partnership with our professional Academic Success Coaches. Peer coaching is a focused meeting between a Navigator and a student with the purpose of providing tools important to academic success. Peer coaching is NOT subject specific; rather, it focuses on skills and strategies for more effective learning in any course.
Get Connected to a Nighthawk Navigator Peer Coach
You can talk with a Navigator peer coach in person, virtually, or via phone or text.
What do the Nighthawk Navigator Peer Coaches Do?
- Share the things they’ve learned as 91ÁÔÆæ students that have helped them to be more successful
- Impart strategies for studying, learning, and test-taking at the college level
- Provide a focus on academic goal achievement
- Demonstrate ways they manage time, tasks, and organization
- Connect students to relevant resources
What are the Benefits of Peer Coaching?
A student who engages in peer coaching will receive:
- Exposure to proven strategies for more effective learning and academic achievement
- Assistance in developing implementation strategies for their academic goals and an accountability partner to encourage the achievement of those goals
- Connections to additional 91ÁÔÆæ resources for their unique academic and individual needs
Through ongoing meetings with a peer coach, students have the opportunity to strengthen academic skills, increase productivity and motivation, and become better problem-solvers.
Who Can Utilize Peer Coaching?
Peer coaching is available to any student interested in enhancing their academic skills, making the most of their learning opportunities, and benefiting from the knowledge of a more experienced peer.
The use of student success services like academic coaching is a proven strategy for improving performance in college, and engaging with a more experienced peer is a great first step. Successful students recognize that seeking out and taking advantage of these services is not an indication of shortcomings, but rather a key strategy for their success.