Student Success Coaching

Your goals. Your plan. Your success.

Student Success Coaching is designed exclusively for current TCU undergraduate students who want personalized, one-on-one support from a highly trained Peer Success Coach using a solution-focused approach.

Your coach will help you:

  • Identify challenges and strengths

  • Connect with helpful campus resources

  • Build a realistic action plan

  • Explore opportunities for growth and involvement

  • Receive personalized referrals to support your academic and personal success

The result: greater confidence, persistence, and success at TCU.

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How It Works

  1. Sign Up – If you’re a current TCU undergraduate, choose a date and time that works for you. We’ll match you with a Peer Success Coach.

  2. Meet Your Coach – Come to the Student Success Center for your first session. You’ll talk about your experiences, values, goals, progress, strengths, support system, wellness, and more, both in and out of the classroom.

  3. Create Your Plan – Collaborate with your coach to build a personalized Individual Action Plan.

  4. Decide on Next Steps – Your coach may recommend follow-up sessions. You choose what’s right for you.

  5. Share Your Feedback – Complete a short Post-Session Survey to help us improve.

  6. Stay Connected – Your coach will follow up by email and invite you to complete a Post-Coaching Survey so the Student Success Team can measure our impact and keep making the program even better.

Logo for CRLA certification: International Peer Educator Training Program Certification featuring a leaf graphic.

TCU Student Success Coaching is proud to be certified by The College Reading and Learning Association
through the International Peer Educator Training Program.

Coaching Policies & FAQs

2026-2027 Peer Success Coach Application

Applications for Fall 2026 are now open! Current students can complete the application on Handshake through Sunday, April 12 at 11:59pm.

Student Success Coaching is designed exclusively for current TCU undergraduate students who want personalized, one-on-one support with a solution-focused approach. Peer Success Coaches are trained according to the College Reading & Learning Association International Peer Educator Training Program and will receive a certificate upon completion of training.

Coaches are paid $15.00 per hour and are typically assigned 3 to 5 hours per week depending on their schedule.

Coaches will meet with students to identify challenges and strengths, connect with helpful campus resources, build a realistic action plan, and explore opportunities for growth and involvement.

To work as a Peer Success Coach, applicants must:

  • Be a current TCU undergraduate student
  • Have completed at least two semesters of coursework at TCU
  • Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
  • Fully complete the 11-hour CRLA Training (in-person portion occurs on the Saturday after the 1st week of classes)

Additionally, applicants must obtain a recommendation from a TCU Faculty or Staff Member in order to have a complete application.

Share this link with the TCU faculty or staff member in your request for them to complete the form: https://engage.tcu.edu/submitter/form/start/719510

Peer Success Coaches will be expected to use skills such as critical thinking, professionalism, teamwork, oral and written communication, time management, relationship building, and problem-solving in their roles. Student Success professional staff will work to help Coaches expand these skills during their tenure.

If you have other questions, please email studentsuccess@tcu.edu