Peer Coaches – On-Demand Training

Recruit, Train & Capitalize on the Impact of Peers to Increase Engagement, Retention & Graduation Rates

Institutions rely heavily on peer coaches/educators to support students’ mental health, wellness, academic success, and leadership skills development. Recruiting, hiring, and training these indispensable student leaders is vital to support meaningful relationship building, social connections and the ability for students to navigate their collegiate experience successfully.  

Ensure your peer coaching program is well-defined to accelerate your students’ overall success, ease their transition to university life, and foster the development of the skills and connections that will help them persist to graduation. 

Our two presenters outline effective strategies for recruitment, selection, and training of peer coaches. They will share how they created a multi-faceted peer educator program that is self-sustaining with student leaders and campus support.

Capitalize on the intentional and student-driven relationships peer coaches/educators foster to improve success for all students – particularly diverse and traditionally disadvantaged college populations by increasing their engagement, retention, and graduation rates.

Topics Covered

Gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you:

• Create a comprehensive peer coaching recruitment and training model to capitalize on the impact they have on the health, wellness, and leadership development of other students.
• Identify key areas of concern on campus to develop a comprehensive campus-wide peer coaching model to support those students’ specific needs.
• Foster meaningful relationships between peer leaders and their mentees to alleviate barriers and increase their ability to navigate collegiate life successfully.
• Market the benefits of innovative peer coaching to reduce barriers to students seeking help.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of your program to maintain or expand its scope, promote a holistic approach to student success and allow students to thrive.

Presenters

Ali Martin Scoufield (she/her) is a scholar-practitioner with twenty years of experience working and leading in higher education. Ali believes in the importance of blending research with practical application and demonstrates this as a Doctoral Teaching Fellow and Research Assistant at Cleveland State University (CSU).
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Denise Keary is an experienced higher education professional in the training and supervision of Peer Health Educators/Coaches and currently serves as the Wellness and Prevention Program Coordinator at Cleveland State University.
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