Coastal Bend College refers to generalist advisors as Success Coaches, who play a critical role in navigating students through their academic journey. Success Coaches are the first point of contact for students and are responsible for providing broad, foundational advising support across all academic programs. By serving as generalist advisors, Success Coaches ensure that students have a consistent, reliable resource to guide them through each stage of their academic journey.
Success Coaches provide:
- Sustained Guidance: Success Coaches maintain continuous engagement with students from enrollment to completion by communicating with their assigned students at important milestones each semester and through mandatory mid-semester advising appointments, ensuring they remain on track with their academic plans and long-term goals.
- Strategic Planning: Success Coaches assist students in mapping out their course schedules, selecting classes that fulfill general education and pathway-specific requirements, and helping students navigate institutional processes, such as registration and financial aid.
- Integrated Support: Success Coaches collaborate closely with faculty meta-major advisors, tutoring services, and student support teams to ensure students receive comprehensive and holistic support. They serve as a bridge, connecting students to more specialized resources and faculty advisors as needed.
- Proactive Intervention: Using tools like early alerts and progress monitoring, Success Coaches proactively reach out to students who may be at risk of falling behind. They intervene early to address academic or personal challenges and direct students to relevant resources, such as Tutoring, Learning Specialist Workshops, and Cougar Care.
- Personalized Advising: While Success Coaches provide broad-based guidance, they tailor their advising to each student’s unique needs, ensuring a personalized approach that reflects the student's goals, academic standing, and individual circumstances. The student Individualized Success Plan (ISP) is utilized so that each student receives the guidance they need during their academic journey at Coastal Bend College.
Advising Appointments
All students are required to meet with their Success Coach once per semester during their first-year of study at Coastal Bend College.
Preparing for your Advising Appointment
- Bring any additional documentation needed (i.e. transcripts, test scores)
- Review your pathway and Individualized Success Plan (ISP)
- Generate a written list of questions to guide your conversation
- Review your degree plan and course requirements
- If you are dealing with a problem, think about possible solutions to present to your success coach and don’t be afraid to ask for assistance. We are here to help
Scheduling your Advising Appointment
Success Coaches are available by appointment both in-person and virtually. Students can schedule their appointment electronically through our Appointment Scheduler.
If you do not have an assigned Pathways Navigator, you can email us at: studentsuccess@coastalbend.edu
