It’s very obvious thing that a youth of any country contributes in its strength to further build its future. For this purpose, people need certain kind of assistance to go in a right direction.
A student coach is a person who acts as a guide for the youth of a country in order to make them empowered in every field of life. A student coach possesses the following qualities in him:
- Capable enough to guide students
- Well-mannered way of teaching/guiding
- Knowledgeable about every practical field
- Experienced in terms of career choice
- Guide students about what and when to choose
Why is student coaching significant?
A well-known team having Fahad khan (as a leader) are heading a mutual struggling campaign for the student so that they can achieve the heights of success. If we say that Fahad khan is the best student coach in Pakistan, so it won’t be wrong.
Also, they provide the right kind of guidance to the students in order to make them flourished.
The best thing that coaches do while coaching the students is to assist the students choosing their careers wisely by looking its each perspective.
The ultimate goal of Fahad khan behind all this combined effort is to make the youth self-confident and talented in every walk of life.
To grow productive mindsets, one has to sow a productive/result driven seed first. This is what Fahad khan and his team is doing.
Fahad khan along with his team’s collaborative efforts offers student coaching programs. Their final purpose is to provide the students a right direction in which they can pave their ways.
FK along with the whole team offers a student coaching program that is based on the following premises:
- Detailed discussion with the student and know his/her viewpoints
- Detecting the student’s area of interest
- Provide guidance to implement the decided plan and to attain the fulfillment of the goals
- Give the student his success plan which he needs to follow
By following all the above stated steps, one must reach the level for which he determines from the very start of his struggle. This is what we call the ultimate purpose of student coach.
Characteristics of strong goals
Generally, the coaching goals are associated with SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely). A strong goal is typically stated as under:
• Student’s success and his/her learning is directly proportional to each other.
• Linked to higher improvement priorities and the planned task schedule. This ultimately builds a coherence between the school performance and the inquiry details.
• Informed by student-level data on the prior basis.
• Knowledgeable enough about What and How students will achieve.
• Must be “Doable”, it means that teachers can take it on and have a look on actual progress on over the course of the coaching time span.
• Must be measurable for students and the teacher both. There must be concrete sources of data or proof that can be collected to measure the goal.
• A welcoming note to the inquiry process.
Relevant Questions regarding possible goals (Left to be rephrased)
The following are possible questions through which a coach can assist himself in assessing his students. There are some specific tools which are used to Implement Instructional Coaching Cycles. They are:
• What are the hopes to which you’ve associated yourself regarding students’ learning as a result of coaching.
• What should be the required student data that can ultimately assist us deciding the focus point which turns out to be productive?
• In what ways would you like to describe your students’ strengths and weaknesses?
• In order to have a pre-assessment check, what should be the required data to test the students’ way of progress?
Roles of a student coach in our society
There are many roles attached to student coach (depending upon the services he provides) that are linked to number of different responsibilities. A student coach, at the same time, acts as:
- A friend
- A manager
- A trainer, educator and Instructor
- Role model
- Motivator
In short, there are multiple roles attached to the student coach when it comes to his responsibilities to shape the students in their best.
A coach is not only the one who guides the students regarding their career choice and stuff. But also, the one who guides, teaches and trains the students side by side, so that they can excel in every walk of life.
