753. MAKING THE FIRST COACHING SESSION MATTER

Real improvement takes time, which is to say that a single class or lesson can only take us so far. However, getting off to a good start can go a long way towards an ideal ending. Amy and Mike invited educational entrepreneur Lisa Tran to explore the importance of making the first coaching session matter.

What are five things you will learn in this episode?

1. What does rapport mean in an educational or coaching context?

2. What does an ideal first session structure actually look like?

3. How can educators and coaches cultivate effective rapport?

4. What is the role of students and parents in making the first session work?

5. What happens in a first session that makes students want to come back?

MEET OUR GUEST

Lisa Tran built her tutoring business, Lisa's Study Guides, from her own one-on-one students up to 35 tutors and 200+ students, and eventually sold it. She now runs Tutorboss, where she helps tutoring business owners stop being the bottleneck in their own businesses and step into being the CEO. She is an Aussie based in London.

Lisa can be reached at tutorboss.co or @imlisatran on Instagram.

LINKS

The 7 Traits of Top Tutors

How Building Rapport Helped My Students Take Risks

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Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page.

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Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright, Roots2Words, and College Eagle. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros and LEAP. If you're interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, get in touch through our contact page.