Navigating high school in today's fast-paced world can be a challenging experience for both teenagers and their parents. Balancing coursework, extracurricular activities, part-time jobs, and family obligations can be overwhelming to even the hardest-working teen. If your teen is drowning in the demands of everyday life or lacks the organizational skills to stay afloat, Kelly's Academic and Organizational Coaching can help.
What does Academic and Organizational Coaching provide?
- Tailored Academic Roadmap: Every teenager is unique, and their path to success should reflect that. Kelly's coaching package includes creating a personalized academic roadmap that aligns with your teenager's strengths, interests, and aspirations. This roadmap acts as a guide, breaking down the journey into achievable steps.
- Effective Time Management Techniques: Time management is a crucial skill for success in academics and life. Kelly will teach your teenager effective time management techniques that help them make the most of their day while reducing stress and burnout.
- Goal Setting and Achievement: Setting and achieving goals is fundamental to growth. We will assist your teenager in defining clear, realistic goals for their academic journey and beyond. Our coaching will provide the tools needed to track progress and maintain motivation.
- Stress-Coping Strategies: We recognize that academic pressures can lead to stress and anxiety. Our package includes guidance on stress-coping strategies that empower your teenager to manage challenges in a healthy and constructive way.
- Parent-Teen Collaboration: Parents are vital partners in a student's success. Our coaching emphasizes a collaborative approach, offering regular check-ins and resources for parents to support their teenager's growth and development in real-time.
- Preparation for the Future: Kelly's coaching goes beyond academics to equip your teenager with essential life skills. Whether they're planning for college, a trade, or a career, our package ensures they have the skills to make informed decisions and excel.
Kelly recommends that students begin the program with one 1-2 hour weekly in-person coaching session. Students who show improvement may opt to meet every other week as agreed upon by parents and coach. Limited space available.

Meet Kelly
Kelly Harwood is a professional writer and Master Certified Life Coach. She has taught English and creative writing to adults and teens for over twenty years and earned her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Kelly believes that life, like writing, is a creative act. To do it well, we must see ourselves as the protagonist of our own life stories.
Kelly's coaching philosophy is rooted in collaboration, accountability, and the belief that small changes made consistently over time can lead to powerful change. She offers a range of coaching packages, including Short-Term Life Coaching, Narrative Coaching, Teen Coaching, and a 30-day Art and Writing as Meditation Class.