ABOUT US
+ WHAT IS CAPSTONE COACH?
Capstone Coaching is a free service designed to help graduate students successfully complete their Graduate Research Capstone.
Capstone Coaching is a system of structuring the research process to increase productivity by combining academic guidance with emotional support, to help graduate students through the research process.
Capstone Coaching works closely with the student to help design a meaningful capstone project by creating a realistic work plan and using a project management approach.
+ A CAPSTONE COACH WILL
Capstone Coaches are experienced scholars who have successfully completed their Graduate Research Project, and vetted by the Springfield Approval Committee to work directly with you.
Capstone Coaches are committed to help students become better project manager of their research by coaching them to address and overcome barriers such as anxiety, fear, negative thinking, procrastination, perfectionism, and writer's block.
Capstone Coaches are highly committed to helping Springfield Graduate Students finish their Graduate Research Project, by helping to create and maintain a positive learning experience. We focus on the individual needs of the graduate student and provide honest, straightforward, confidential, and constructive feedback.
+ HOW WE HELP
Help with understanding and completing the IRB
Discovering your Research Question
How to write a Problem Statement
Understanding the Community and how-to Assessment the Need
How to write a Literature Review
Understanding Methodology – Quantitative, Qualitative, or Mixed Methods
How to find and work with Community Partner
How to build Questionnaires, Surveys, Interviews, & Assessment Instruments
Presentation Coaching
Getting the best of your numbers - Data Collection and analysis
HOW IT WORKS
Capstone Coaches meet with you every week to review your progress, coach you to overcome internal and external challenges, and help you set goals.
Our coaching service is delivered by telephone, email, Skype or in-person depending on the needs and availability of both the coach and the student. We work with graduate students throughout all seven campus of Springfield college: Boston, MA - Houston, TX - Milwaukee, WI - St. Johnsbury, VT - Springfield, MA - Tampa Bay, FL - Wilmington, DE.
We design an overall structure for completing your graduate research project that includes a master time-line and weekly action plans to help you develop:
1) a master time-line, giving you a true sense of how long it will take you to finish,
2) a clear set of doable tasks you can complete on a weekly and day-to-day basis.
3) we offer technical assistance to graduate students as they carry out their research.
4) we offer help with developing research topic, help with literature reviews, help with methodology, and help with data collection and analysis.
5) and finally, we help to competently execute the study, and successfully complete and present the final product.
COACHES
SERVICES
Understanding & Completing the IRB
Let us help take you from A to Z with your IRB.
Discovering your Research Question
Your Research Question is right there, all you have to do is discover it. We can help.
How to write a Problem Statement
How to write a Problem Statement is easier then you think. Once you know where to look.
COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT
Understanding the Community and how-to Assessment the Need
Literature Review
Writing a Literature Review can be a daunting task. We have coaches that specialize in literature reviews.
Understanding Methodology
Whether you use Quantitative, Qualitative, or Mixed Methods we have a coach ready to help.
Community Partner
How to find and work with Community Partner, starts with knowing where to look.
HOW TO BUILD YOUR INSTRUMENT
How to build Questionnaires, Surveys, Interviews, & Assessment Instruments.
YOUR DATA
Getting the best of your numbers - Data Collection and analysis.
Presentation Coaching
The world is your stage. Let us help present.
Completed Project
The binding process and releasing of a treasure you have found.
Evaluation & Reflective
Learning
The end is just the beginning of your next journey.
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