232: International Student Coaching with Dr. Norrine Russell
Dr. Norrine Russell is the founder and owner of Russell Coaching for Students, an international student coaching practice that provides support for typical and atypical students in the areas of executive functioning, social and emotional skills, academic and study skills, and other life skills.
With twenty years of experience supporting healthy youth development and conducting parenting education, Dr. Russell has extensive knowledge of child and adolescent development, learning styles, special needs, and positive parenting philosophies.
Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Russell Coaching currently serves students in the US, Canada, and the UK. Dr. Russell has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Bowling Green State University with a focus on both psychology and education.
Website
Social Media Information
IG @russellcoachingllc
Resources Mentioned
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. Find out more about their online CPD events at nape.org.uk/online-events
231: Academic Consulting with Dr. Shirag Shemmassian
Dr. Shemmassian is the Founder of Shemmassian Academic Consulting and one of the world’s foremost experts on medical school admissions, college admissions, and graduate school admissions.
For nearly 20 years, he and his team have helped thousands of students get into medical school and top colleges using his systematic and proprietary approach.
Dr. Shemmassian received his B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University. Despite graduating with a 3.9 GPA as a pre med student, Dr. Shemmassian’s interests in mental health led him to complete his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at UCLA. Throughout his education and beyond, Dr. Shemmassian successfully guided students into top colleges, medical schools, and graduate programs, and has found his professional calling in helping others achieve their educational and career goals.
Dr. Shemmassian’s admissions expertise has been featured in various media outlets, including The Washington Post and Business Insider. Moreover, he has been invited to speak at Yale, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and other prestigious institutions about various aspects of the admissions process.
Website
https://www.shemmassianconsulting.com
Resources that may support you if you are looking at colleges:
- How to pursue extracurriculars the right way for college admissions
- How to get into med school
- Everything you need to know to become a dentist
Resource Mentioned
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
Show Sponsor
The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. Find out more about their online CPD events at nape.org.uk/online-events
230: MathCodes and Coaching with Kohila Sivas
Kohila Sivas is the creator of the revolutionary MathCodes Method™, a unique system designed to recover learning loss in math. Kohila blended the math hacks she discovered to demystify math and merged them with a coaching methodology that can transform any struggling student.
She developed the system over 22 years working one on one with over 1500 struggling students.
Kohila was once a struggling math student herself and is now a Math Coach, reformed tutor, ex-teacher, BI and Math Interventionist, #1 Best Selling Author, speaker, and Master NLP Practitioner.
She is also a fearless entrepreneur, parent, and a lifelong fighter and learner.
Since 2018, she and her partner Rod Bellamy have trained passionate educators to launch and grow independent coaching practices using the MathCodes Method™.
The MathCodes Association of Certified Coaches (MACC) is a growing organization that offers professional certification.
Website
www.mathcodescertifiedcoach.com
Social Media Information
www.facebook.com/mathcodesbykohila
www.linkedin.com/in/kohila-sivas-2502297a/
Resource mentioned
Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
Show Sponsor
The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. Find out more about their online CPD events at nape.org.uk/online-events
229: How to choose the right college with Shellee Howard
Shellee Howard is the Founder and CEO of College Ready and CR Tutoring and Test . She is a college graduate and is a Certified Independent College Strategist. She is a best-selling author, a member of HECA (ethics organization), and a member of SOFA (Society of Financial Awareness).
Shellee is a mother of 4 young adults. Her oldest son graduated from Harvard in 2016 debt free and graduated from UC San Diego Medical school in 2021. He will be completing his Orthopedic Surgeon Residency at UCLA.
Her oldest daughter attended the University of Alabama and CBU and graduated debt free with her BSN in 2020 and received her RN in 2021.
Her youngest son is a high school senior and will be attending SFSU in the fall of 2021 majoring in Film Production.
Her youngest daughter is a rising Senior and will be looking to attend college as a business major internationally.
Shellee has traveled around the world helping students create their “Stand out Strategy”. She knows what it takes to compete in the Top tier schools as well as finding the best-fit college for all students. Shellee believes that no two students are the same and each student must have their own strategy and plan to be successful. Each student has a gift/talent and a passion that will set him or her apart from their competition. Getting to know your student one on one is the key to success. This can be done in person or via Zoom. College Ready has clients all over the USA and each one is important. Her focus is to find the best academic, financial and social fit college for each student to thrive at and graduate debt free!
She runs a company called College Ready. She helps kids (and their parents) by preparing them for the college admissions process, helping to get them into college without huge debt and even how to succeed once admitted. She is also a best selling author.
Website
Social Media Information
Shellee’s book: How to send your student to college without losing your mind or your money
Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/CollegeReadyDebtFree
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/CollegeReadyPlan
Instagram: www.instagram.com/collegereadyplan/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/college-ready/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr_WodPHDfSWEbiPdsRDbyQ/featured
Twitter: twitter.com/gocollegeready/
Show Sponsor
The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. Find out more about their online CPD events at nape.org.uk/online-events
228: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Among School Staff with Edurio
Edurio and the team has just completed its latest research about equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
The report, titled ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Among School Staff’, involved more than 16,500 respondents from 381 schools in England – the largest review of schools as workplaces.
The key findings:
- Less than half of school staff feel their workplace is diverse (43%)
- 69% of Minority Ethnic staff feel their workplace is committed to promoting EDI compared to 82% of White British/Irish staff
- Less than a third (28%) of staff believe their leadership team is diverse.
- Only a third of staff (36%) consider the diversity of their school’s staff to be representative of their student population.
- Almost nine out of 10 (88%) of those in a leadership position are confident that all staff are treated equally. However, for those that do not hold a leadership position this falls to 70%.
- 65 % of men feel confident that decisions around promotion are made without bias in their school, this falls to 57% for women.
I chat to Iona Jackson who is Head of Research at Edurio. She has 10 years of research experience across a variety of sectors, and now leads a team of education research specialists focusing on stakeholder feedback within schools.
Edurio is a leading provider of stakeholder feedback solutions to schools and multi-academy trusts. It works with over 100 trusts and 1,500 schools across the UK and internationally. Edurio has developed an advanced survey management and data visualisation platform for schools and multi-academy trusts as well as a research-based survey library. It covers topics such as staff retention, parental engagement as well as teaching and learning. The team designs surveys in partnership with academic experts and practitioners to address school management priorities and inspection requirements. Edurio publishes research, case studies and practical guidance on evidence-driven school improvement.
Website
Show Sponsor
The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. Find out more about their online CPD events at nape.org.uk/online-events