Peer Coaching

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Success Guides are trained UNC Charlotte Students matched with their peers to provide academic support throughout the semester. The program is FREE to enroll and continue throughout the semester and your time at Charlotte!

Success Guides provide peer coaching to help students strengthen academic skills like time management, exam preparation, and note-taking. They can serve as accountability partners to ensure students are up to date on their assignments. They also can help students troubleshoot issues in their classes and to become more connected to campus through both people and resources. In bi-weekly check-ins, Success Guides provide reminders about University deadlines, promote events happening on campus, and share study tips.

Enrollment is closed for Fall 2026

If you would like to meet with someone to discuss any academic concerns or strengthen academic skills, please consider scheduling an Academic Consultation with one of our staff.

If you have any questions about the Peer Coaching program or getting paired with a Success Guide in future semesters, email Philip Adams at padams24@charlotte.edu.

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49er Connect. 1:1 Academic Skill Development: 49er Connect matches Charlotte students with peer experts who provide individualized information and support to help them reach their academic goals. Types of Goals: Academic skill goals are as varied as our students are, but some of the common themes are: Manage my time more efficiently, Balance work and school, Study more efficiently, Feel more comfortable taking tests, Retain assigned readings and lectures, Deal with procrastination, Lower stress level, Take better notes, Improve focus. Your Options: Students can choose between ad hoc (as needed) Academic Consultations scheduled around their needs and availability or a structured commitment through peer coaching. Academic Consultations: Academic Consultations are 60-minute appointments, scheduled through Connect, designed to help students develop specific strategies to address their academic concerns. Students can schedule as many or as few appointments as they would like. Peer Coaching: Peer Coaching with trained Success Guides guides students through at least six structured appointments a semester that focus on developing a specific action plan to tackle their semester goals and practicing the strategies that will help them hit those goals. Peer Coaching gives priority to students: With ADHD, other learning differences, and similar experiences Readmitted to the university after a break in enrollment. On academic probation, continued probation, or reinstated from suspension. Get 49er Connected: Use Connect to schedule an Academic Consultation.Complete an interest survey for Peer Coaching Email uncc-ucae@charlotte.edu, Call 704-687-7837 with questions, or Stop by Colvard 2300 to chat.