Beyond the Classroom: A New Path to Helping Students Thrive

About this episode

Ashley Watkins discusses her transition from teaching to academic coaching, focusing on holistic student support and self-awareness.

Ashley Watkins left her career as a high school journalism teacher to pursue a deeper calling: academic coaching that supports the whole student. Blending her classroom experience with a natural gift for mentorship, Ashley helps students better understand themselves so they can achieve meaningful, sustainable success. In this episode, she addresses teacher burnout, the insights of the Human Design framework, and how self-awareness can transform student behavior. Whether you're an educat...

People in this episode

Host: Kristin

Guest: Ashley Watkins

Topics covered

• academic coaching
• teacher burnout
• self-awareness
• student behavior
• Human Design framework

Keywords

• academic coaching
• teacher burnout
• Human Design
• self-awareness
• student success

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