It is proposed the implementation of a coaching strategy characterized to potentiate the academic skills and personal development of final year students of public schools of the District of Barranquilla - Colombia with the participation of all actors in the academic community, conformed by students, teachers and parents of family, suggesting a transversal application. The proposal stems from the results of a qualitative - quantitative research which included an exploratory research design, by applying a pilot survey with teachers in public schools who are studying Specialty and Master in Education; They were also applied pilot interviews with group leaders, coordinators and psycho-counsellors, who perform their work in the eleventh grade of middle education and surveys to 400 students from 10 public schools in the city. The variables analyzed in the study were: knowledge, emotions, attitudes, interests, academic factors, socioeconomic factors and institutional factors.

Keywords: Coaching, skills, middle education, strategies.