Passion Coaching transforms students into intrinsically motivated learners
Welcome to Passion Coaching!
Many students struggle with school and figuring out their futures because they only know how to be students. Passion Coaching transforms students into intrinsically motivated learners so they can live up to their potential in their classrooms, community, school, and life.
We offer the following services:
Passion Coaching class for high schoolers to methodically explore, discover, and develop their interests and passions.
1:1 coaching for high schoolers who need extra social-emotional support, extra motivation to learn, and extra support learning.
Career exploration class for high school or college students who want to explore and discover career aspirations that build on their passions.
Teacher training for high school teachers who want to transform their students into intrinsically motivated learners.
Life coaching for college grads and people who want to find careers they are passionate about.
"Passion Coaching equips students to live a healthy, fulfilling, purposeful life"
Some of the intrinsically motivated learning that can happen in your classroom and school!
Architectural Drawing
Creating Brands
Nail Design Research
Sketching Pets
Animating Characters
Sports Coaching
Scale Model Building
Software Development
Presentations
Passion Coaching Class
Between 15-20 students can take our Passion Coaching class. We will come to your high school to cultivate the passions of a whole class during or after school.
Students will experience:
Engagement - Spend time meaningfully and purposefully engaged in the learning process.
Psychological Growth - Develop new layers of self-awareness, resilience, confidence and excitement around their interests and passions.
Capability Growth - Develop new skills and knowledge in their interest areas.
Connections & Community - Build community, collaborations, and new friendships with their peers.
If you like our Passion Coaching class, we can train your teachers how to continue cultivating student passions in our Build A Learner Teacher Training.
"Passion Coaching allowed us to tailor programming"
Passion Coaching 1-on-1
Sign up your students for 1-on-1 coaching. We will come to your school to work 1-on-1 with your students.
1-on-1 coaching provides students with:
Extra social-emotional support.
Extra motivation to learn.
Extra support learning new skills and knowledge (with an academic focus to boost overall academic performance).
New source of resilience, confidence, and excitement for learning and school.
If you like our 1-on-1 service, we can train your teachers, tutors, or advisors how to continue cultivating student passions.
About Us
Passion Coaching is a social impact organization started by Paul Thiebaut III and Mariamne Borden with the generous support of Sobrato Philanthropies. Our mission is for all students to live up to their potential in and out of the classroom by activating their intrinsic motivation to learn.
Together, we boast 25+ years experience supporting students in transforming into intrinsically motivated learners. We have founded 4 organizations (including Passion Coaching) that have built intrinsic motivation to learn in thousands of young people ages preschool-college.
Paul and Mariamne with budding intrinsically motivated learners doing a pop up nail salon at school!
Read our article:
10 Evidence-Based Reasons to Build Intrinsic Motivation in Students
Or, drop by our Teen Passion Center in Los Altos!
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