The article presents the results of a study of proactive coping resources. Proactive coping is currently a new term in the Kazakhstan psychological and pedagogical literature. It can be defined as future-oriented coping, associated with anticipating potential stressors and the early accumulation of resources to identify a possible problem situation and a proactive mindset to resolve it. An analytical review of the literature on the problem under study revealed that proactive coping is associated with the presence in the coping subject of certain environmental conditions and dispositional characteristics that allow him to recognize a potential threat and plan strategies for its removal. The ambiguity in the classification and understanding of academic coping resources directs the attention of researchers to the search for situational and personal parameters that can help the student cope with the stress arising in educational activities. It was revealed that proactive coping with academic stress is provided by reflexive, motivational-volitional, cognitive, affective and communicative resources.