Rachel Eddy
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Degree: BA in English
Awards & Certifications: Graduated with honors, Oklahoma teaching credential
Experience: Abstinence teacher and counselor with Pregnancy Resource Center, Sylvan Academic Tutor/Teacher, Character First! Coach, Taught English as Second Language in China, Communications Department Head and Public Speaking Teacher
"The longer I work with CollegePlus! the more I see that coaching goes far beyond mentoring, setting the perfect schedule and academic knowledge. CollegePlus! works because we coach individuals, allowing them to take charge of their future in light of their God-given calling, set their own goals, and personally take action to complete their educational dreams. This is revolutionary in the college realm and meets a relevant need of today. Everybody wants a cheerleader, someone who will listen and encourage them along. I count myself beyond privileged to be a friend and coach to my students. God has a perfect plan for each of these student’s lives, and I am able to just help them discover, perfect and hone this plan."
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+ How Are the Coaches Selected and Trained?
Our coaches are chosen based on three criteria. They must:
- Be dedicated Christians and proven teachers of others.
- Be thoroughly familiar with the accelerated distance learning process through personal experience.
- Possess strong verbal and written communication skills.
Once coaches are selected, CollegePlus! provides them with an intense training and certification process in which they learn the systems and processes unique to CollegePlus! The coaches also receive ongoing training and performance feedback from our management team and clients.
+ How Do We Assign Students to Our Coaches?
Coaches are assigned first by gender, then by availability, and finally by degree similarity and student/coach personality. CollegePlus! has a policy of assigning male students to male coaches and female students to female coaches. This allows for a deeper relationship to develop between the students and coaches. While CollegePlus! works with a large quantity of students, our focus remains on offering a service of consistent quality.
Where possible, degree similarity between the student and his coach is taken into account. However, because CollegePlus! coaches have access to all the program’s resources, and to each other, they are capable of offering assistance to any student, regardless of their degree.
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