Conduct bilateral 10-week professional training courses for transfer coaches

Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation

Mechanism

Academic coaches complete a 10-week program built by both institutions, so they know the partner's policies and curriculum as well as their own. Students stop getting two different answers.

Preconditions

Curricular maps and transfer policies co-developed and approved by both campuses.

Owner, by role

Coordinator of Transfer Advisor Professional Development

Who can act

Both institutions jointly

Effort

Medium, 6 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Coach performance on policy audits; student satisfaction

Failure modes

Inadequate staff time can force administrators to shorten or simplify the training curriculum.

Contra-indications

None stated

Related practices

LTI-ENA-020 Require professional coaching certification within one year of hire