What does it mean to have a Coach?

 

The Coke Scholars Coaching experience focuses on:

• Strengthening a Scholars connection to the Coca-Cola Scholars network
• Deepening Scholars' reflection and application skills around self-awareness, empathy, vision, and inspiration
• Exploring concepts around growth mindset, personal leadership development, and effective goal setting
• NOTE: A Coach does not replace any assigned, official advisors at your college.

A Coach will ask questions that help Scholar Coachees decide what is important to them. Specifically, a Coca-Cola Scholars Coach will ask questions that help Coachees reflect on their experiences, identify insights from those experiences, and strategize how to apply that learning to subsequent experiences. The ultimate goal is for Coachees to feel a stronger connection to the Scholar community and to develop strong "self-coaching" skills that will support their success after the Coaching engagement concludes.

 

CCSF Coaching Logistics

• Five sessions (roughly one every 6 weeks, beginning in September and wrapping by May) of approximately 1 hour each
• Session preparation: In addition to five coaching sessions, Scholar Coachees are expected to complete some "pre-work" at least 24 hours before a session to stimulate particular reflections. It will be vital that this pre-work is done to ensure a meaningful coaching experience. Pre-work typically takes no more than 30 minutes to complete.
• Scheduling sessions: You and your Coach will determine the best way to set up your sessions. Since you both have busy schedules, we expect that you will do your best to identify a good time and stick to it. Also, when you are meeting for a coaching session, it’s best if you can find a quiet place free of distractions. Coach-Coachee pairings may determine the best method for connection (phone, teleconference, in person if able, etc.).

•  At the end of the Coaching experience, we will solicit your feedback on the experience through a short survey and may choose to conduct interviews as well.

• This is intended to be, formally, a five-session commitment between the Coach and Coachee, though many past Coach/Coachee pairings remain in touch and provide ongoing opportunities for mutual reflection and support.

The table below is a visual representation of the journey Scholar Coachees and Coaches travel together through the Coaching engagement. Scholars are asked to complete pre-work before each session. Coaches provide support through reflective discussion around the pre-work topics.

The Coaching relationship starts with building rapport and trust, helps Scholars reflect on their experiences during college in order to make applicable meaning of those experiences, and aims to equip Scholars to "self-coach" when they encounter new opportunities or challenges after the formal Coaching engagement concludes.

CCSF Coaching Expectations

• Coaches are busy professionals who are volunteering to serve as Coaches because the believe in the power of the Coke Scholars network and choose to invest in its continued success.
• If you or your Coach need to reschedule a session, commit to informing each other with at least 24 hours advance notice.
• We expect that Coachees will reply promptly to messages or calls to Coaches.
• Removal from Coaching program:
  • Should a Coach report that a Coachee does not complete session pre-work, does not reply to messages in a timely manner, does not show up for a scheduled coaching session with no advance notice or request to reschedule, or otherwise does not seem to be engaged in the program, the Coachee may be removed from the Coaching program. There is no financial penalty for Scholars removed from the Coaching program. Scholars removed from Coaching may rely on Dr. Jamie Williams, Senior Director of Scholarships and Enrichment Programs, for advice and support throughout their college careers.