Unlimited one-on-one coaching sessions are available with a professional staff member throughout the fall and spring semester, as well as during the summer.

In AY 2019/20 the OAR facilitated 1,120 academic coaching appointments.

What is Academic Coaching?

College is weird. It presents new demands and expectations on how you learn from novel and/or more challenging forms of instruction than you have previously experienced. Academic success at Haverford requires adoption, acquisition, and/or adjustment of new habits, skills, and practices that match this weird environment we call college. Academic coaching at Haverford exists to make this strange environment more familiar, and help you reach your goals. Brian, Raquel, or Alex are available to work with you individually throughout your tenure at Haverford, from customs to commencement, to help you reflect, plan, and strategize on how to make your academic journey at Haverford more meaningful and rewarding for you.

How Academic Coaching Works

We deeply value stories in the OAR and we place your story at the center of every coaching session. Therefore, our work is less prescriptive and more collaborative. We recognize every student comes to Haverford with a story, and we lean into your story to identify your strengths we can use to help you overcome your current challenges or create tangible goals. This means we, as coaches, position ourselves as learners and may ask you a lot of questions; we also do not claim to have all the answers: we will work with you to find possible strategies, practices, and habits to employ. Some strategies may work for you, some strategies may not. Every learner is different and there is no one-size fits all guide to learning in college and that is why we view our work as a process and invite you to work with us over the course of your time at Haverford at your discretion.

Meet Your Coaches