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 desirable and transferable product. desirable and transferable product.
  
-This guide is provided to help you be an +We hope that this guide is helpful in outlining your responsibilities and 
-excellent coach.  Following this guide, the Coach Reference+providing guidelines for your success as a faculty coach. Following this guide, the Coach Reference
 lists items alphabetically by topic that we hope provide information lists items alphabetically by topic that we hope provide information
-to help you succeed.+to help you succeed.We look forward to 
 +working with you and hope you will enjoy the Capstone course as much as we do. 
 + 
 +If you have any suggestions or ideas for improving the course, don’t hesitate 
 +to let us know. We want the Capstone program to continually improve and we welcome 
 +your feedback.
  
-====Principles of Capstone Coaching====+**//Principles of Capstone Coaching//**
  
-To help you in your role as a Capstone coach, we have identified five+To help you in your role as a Capstone coach, we have identified six
 principles of Capstone mentoring. These principles include mentoring in teams, during the product development process, with effective teamwork, in completing the project, individually, and through feedback. principles of Capstone mentoring. These principles include mentoring in teams, during the product development process, with effective teamwork, in completing the project, individually, and through feedback.
  
-===The job of the coach is to mentor the team.===+1. __The job of the coach is to mentor the team.__
  
-As a Capstone coach, your primary job is to mentor the team and the+ As a Capstone coach, your primary job is to mentor the team and the
 individuals on the team.  Capstone is not primarily about getting the individuals on the team.  Capstone is not primarily about getting the
 project done; it's about helping the students develop traits that project done; it's about helping the students develop traits that
-will help them be influential engineers in the future. Therefore, that rather than doing the project yourself, you must+will help them be influential engineers in the future. Therefore, rather than doing the project yourself, you must
 guide the students to successful completion, which is often much guide the students to successful completion, which is often much
 harder.  But if you take over, the students don't grow. harder.  But if you take over, the students don't grow.
  
-It's also important to understand that the coach role is not a passive+ It's also important to understand that the coach role is not a passive
 bystander.  You are not a supervisor or an observer of the team.  You bystander.  You are not a supervisor or an observer of the team.  You
 must be an active mentor, helping the students develop the hard and must be an active mentor, helping the students develop the hard and
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 team and as individuals. team and as individuals.
  
- +2.__Students need mentoring in the product development process.__
-===Students need mentoring in the product development process.===+
  
 Most students have never seen the product development process in either Most students have never seen the product development process in either
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-=== Students need mentoring in effective teamwork.===+3. __Students need mentoring in effective teamwork.__
  
 Students have worked on teams, but still need mentoring in how to Students have worked on teams, but still need mentoring in how to
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-===Students need mentoring in completing the project===+4. __Students need mentoring in completing the project.__
  
 Students are used to having specific questions that they answer on their homework Students are used to having specific questions that they answer on their homework
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-===Students need individual mentoring=== +5. __Students need individual mentoring.__
-Students are working hard to develop as individuals and engineers. As such, they have many things with which they struggle.  As their Capstone coach, you are in an ideal place to provide individual mentoring relative to their professional development.  **[[Individual Mentoring]]** provides some help for this important role.+
  
 +Students are working hard to develop as individuals and engineers. As such, they have many things with which they struggle.  As their Capstone coach, you are in an ideal place to provide individual mentoring relative to their professional development.
  
 +[[Individual Mentoring]] provides some help for this important role.
  
-===Students need candid and helpful feedback.===+ 
 +6. __Students need candid and helpful feedback.__
  
 Students are learning tremendously as they work in Capstone.  The growth Students are learning tremendously as they work in Capstone.  The growth
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-We hope that this guide is helpful in outlining your responsibilities and 
-providing guidelines for your success as a faculty coach. We look forward to 
-working with you and hope you will enjoy the Capstone course as much as we do. 
  
-If you have any suggestions or ideas for improving the course, don’t hesitate 
-to let us know. We want the Capstone program to continually improve and welcome 
-your feedback. 
  
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