Student Success Coaching
Programme Outcomes
A definition of Student Success Coaching
Student success coaching is a high impact connection with a student on their journey through university, which actively engages them in developing their personal success plan through collaborative learning experiences while holistically enhancing and nurturing students in shared relationships which enables a student to change their world.
Student Success Coaching mission statement
Mission: To provide a high impact collaborative learning experiences that contribute to NMU student success throughout their university years and beyond.
Student learning outcomes indicating what students need to learn through Student Success Coaching
Student Learning Outcomes indicate what students will demonstrate, know, value and do as a result of participating in the coaching interaction.
Adaptability
• Remains open and responds well to challenges, transitions and new situations
• Able to think creatively to generate new ideas and innovations
• Adapts to varied responsibilities, schedules and contexts
• Stays abreast of local, workplace and global changes
Independence
• Explores and exhibits self-reliant behaviours
• Knows how to manage time effectively
• Demonstrates initiative
• Able to develop, implement and manage a budget (personal or organizational)
• Plans and implements the steps needed to accomplish a task without direct oversight
• Prioritizes commitments and multitasks when necessary
• Takes responsibility for one’s own actions
Intellectual Growth
• Uses critical thinking skills
• Identifies, evaluates and solves problems/conflict management
• Expands the knowledge base
• Exhibits a willingness to continuously learn
Self-Awareness and Development
• Demonstrates self-confidence
• Identifies, expresses and pursues goals
• Identifies obstacles to achieving goals and ways to overcome them
• Develops and articulates a personal belief system
• Identifies personal strengths and growth areas
• Uses reflection for growth and development
Brief Summary of how you work
When you would like assistance to empower and equip yourself with a success plan for your studies, you are able to make use of our services by voluntarily requesting an appointment using the following address – learningdevcoaching@mandela.ac.za
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You will then be assigned to a Student Success Coach who will meet with you online using your preferred mode of communication, to start the coaching journey with you.
The session/s and all your information remain strictly confidential.
Coaching may last between 45 minutes and an hour; and is personalised to your needs.
During your first appointment, you and your coach will establish a relationship, and different roles and responsibilities will be discussed and decided upon together.
Your coach may continue to meet with you throughout your journey as a student, and referrals to other academic support services may be made if deemed necessary based on your needs, goals and success plan.
Success Coaches & Affiliated Faculties
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Ms Unathi Silo |
Position: | Student Success Coach |
Department: | Learning Development |
Room: | Embizweni Bld, Ground Floor, 0024 |
Location: | South Campus |
Phone: | 041 504 4622 |
Email: | unathi.silo@mandela.ac.za |
Qualifications: | BA, BA Honours (Psychology), MA (Research Psychology)
Responsibilities: Student Success Coach - Faculty of Health Sciences |
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Ms Terry-Anne Jones |
Position: | Student Success Coach |
Department: | Learning Development |
Room: | Embizweni, Ground Floor |
Location: | South Campus |
Phone: | 041 504 4623 |
Email: | terry-anne.jones@mandela.ac.za |
Qualifications: | BPsych (UPE), BAHons (Psychology)(UPE), MA Psychology(Rhodes), MA (Industrial Relations)(NMMU) |
Responsibilities: | Student Success Coach – Faculty of Arts |
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Ms Marilies Saaiman |
Position: | Student Success Coach |
Department: | Learning Development |
Room: | Embizweni Building, Ground floor Room Number: 0017 |
Location: | South Campus |
Phone: | 041 504 4081 |
Email: | marilies.saaiman@mandela.ac.za |
Qualifications: | BPsych (Registered Counsellor) |
Responsibilities: | Coaching students through a collaborative learning experience and a one-on-one connection which actively engages the student in developing a personalized success plan. |
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Mrs Elizabeth Oakes |
Position: | Student Success Coach |
Department: | Learning Development |
Room: | Embizweni Building, Ground Floor, Room 090G23 |
Location: | South Campus |
Phone: | 041 504 2047 |
Email: | elizabeth.oakes@mandela.ac.za |
Qualifications: | Counselling Psychologist, MA (Couns), BA(Hons), BA |
Responsibilities: | Success coaching for Business and Economic Sciences students. |
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Mrs Kim Hurter |
Position: | Student Success Coach (Faculty of Law) |
Department: | Learning Development |
Room: | Embizweni Building, 0024, building 9 |
Location: | South Campus |
Phone: | 041 504 4074 |
Fax: | 041 504 1947 |
Email: | Kim.Hurter@mandela.ac.za |
Qualifications: | MA Counselling Psychology |
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Zonele Mdiya |
Position: | Student Success Coach |
Department: | Learning Development |
Room: | 020, Mopani Building |
Location: | George Campus |
Phone: | 044 801 5145 |
Email: | Zonele.Mdiya@mandela.ac.za |
Qualifications: | BSocSci (Psychology & Organisational Psychology); BSocSci Hons (Psychology); MSocSci (Counselling Psychology) |
Responsibilities: | Student Success Coach George Campus |
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Ms Vuyolwethu Ndita |
Position: | Student Success Coach |
Department: | Learning Development |
Room: | Embizweni Building, Ground floor Room Number: 0017 |
Location: | South Campus |
Phone: | 041 504 2932 |
Email: | Vuyolwethu.Ndita@mandela.ac.za |
Qualifications: | BPsych (Registered Counsellor) |
Responsibilities: | Providing support to individual students requiring academic assistance in becoming more successful at university |
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Ms Nozipho Hokonya |
Position: | Student Success Coach |
Department: | Learning Development |
Room: | 0018 |
Location: | South Campus |
Phone: | 041 504 2701 |
Email: | Nozipho.Hokonya@mandela.ac.za |
Qualifications: | Bachelor of Social Work (NMMU), Master of Social Work (Research) (NMMU) |
Expertise: | Student Success Coaching, Peer Mentor Co-ordination, Lecturing, Research Supervision, Practicum Co-ordination, Campus Supervision, Social Work Practitioner |
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