Documents

Introduction

• Student Profile

• Group Study Sessions Roster

• Class Contacts
  

Understanding Learning

• Learning Pyramid
  

• Brain-Based Learning & Maslow – Combined
  

• Brain-Based Learning – (Old Version)
  

• Rote Learning
  

• Wounded By School
  

• Hungry, Tired, Stressed Affecting Your Grades?

• Striving but Not Arriving?

• Learning Styles & Strategies

Self Awareness

• Locus of Control
  

• Emotional Intelligence
  

• Power of Expectations in Academics

• True Self
  

• Talent vs. Skill
  

• Motivation
  

• Article: “Price of Saying ‘No’ at Work”
  

• Values Survey
  

• Values Clarification Tools – Consisting of:

  • Work Values Inventory

  • Success

• Generational Values
  

• Success
  

• Multiple Intelligences
  

• Three Sensory Learning Styles
  

• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
  

• Hertzberg’s Theory of Motivation
  

• Culture, Education & Unspoken Expectations
  

• Health – Choice Topic
  

• Stress
  

• Paradigm Shifts
  

• Delayed Response
  

• Common Sense

• Assessments
  

• MBTI Best-Fit (see workshop)
  

• Strong Interest Inventory – Response (see workshop)

• CDDQ (Career Decision-Making Difficulty)
  

• StrengthsFinder (see workshop)
  

• Career Anchors
  

Self-Direction  (Taking Charge of Your Life)

• Goal Setting
  

• Goal Setting Check-In
  

• Career Options Based on Education

• The Journey
  

• So How Do You Find and Get Your Dream Job?

• Different Types of Counselors
  

• Purposeful Living
  

• Timeline
  

• Aligning Goals
  

• Setting Effective Goals
  

• Goal Setting Applied – Mt. SAC
  

• Happenstance
  

• Reaching Career Goals
  

• Identifying Potential Survival Jobs

• Opportunity vs. Security
  

• Generalist vs. Specialist
  

• Article: “Slash Careers”
  

• Rapidly-Changing World
  

• Difficult Choices
  

• Overcoming Indecision

• Priority Setting
  

• Article: “Overworked Mom”
  

• Discerning Seasons
  

• Covey’s Quadrants
  

• Priorities
  

• Priority-Goal Alignment

• Unemployed Resources
  

• Needs of the Unemployed
  

  1. Clarify Priorities for Academics

• Relationship Management
  

• Boundaries
  

• Boundaries Case Study
  

  1. Boundaries for Academic Success

• Love Languages
  

• Becoming a Responsible Helper
  

• Help for Victims of Abuse
  

• Hidden Rules
  

• Organizational Cultural Fit
  

• Care Giving Dilemmas
  

• A Season of Disasters
  

• Faculty Relations
  

• Mandated Reporting

• The Immorality of Office Politics
  

• Time Management
  

• Homework Time Commitment
  

• Time Monitor
  

• Long-Term Planner
  

• Procrastination
  

• Time – Choice
  

• Time Final
  

Academic Skills

• HowToStudy.org – Group Project

• Vocabulary Building
  

• Know Your Audience

• Main Point
  

• Essay #1: “My Name is High”
  

• Essay #2: “Mama Bear”
  

• Main Point – Answer Guide
  

• Asking Open-Ended Questions
  

• Bloom’s Taxonomy
  

• Memory Assignments
  

• Reading Assignments
  

• Effective Listening Skills
  

• Note Taking
  

• Predicting Test Questions
  

• Test Taking Tips – STDY 85A
  

• Electronic Study Aids
  

Research Skills  (General and Career)

• GENERAL​
  

• Using the Library
  

• Informational Interviews
  

• CAREER​
  

• The Career Development Process
  

• Decision-Making Variables

  1. Career Exploration Research Tools – consisting of:

• Researching Career Interests (Using Appropriate Sources of Information)
  

• Basic Career Research – Options Exploration (Part 1)
  

• Career Research Assignment – In Depth (Part 2)

• Understanding Labor Market Trends

  1. Start Your Own Business

  2. When Skills are No Longer in Demand
     

• When Skills are No Longer in Demand — College Professors & Staff
  

Understanding Education

• Linking Education and Career
  

• Description of College Degree Options

• Degree Ladder

• Higher Education Research Tools – Consisting of:

  • Understanding Educational Systems

  • School Research Project

• School Research Project – For Faith-based Schools

• Life-Long Learning Options
  

• Educational Goals Worksheet
  

• Accrediting Organizations
  

• G.E. Patterns for Selected Private Schools
  

• Student Education Plan (SEP) – Cypress – Sample
  

• Student Education Plan (SEP) – Cypress – Completed
  

• Student Education Plan (SEP) – Cypress – Unknown Goals
  

• Unit Composition – AA/BA
  

• Counselor Recommendations – Probationary & Dismissed Students
  

Utilizing Campus Resources

• Group Scavenger Hunt
  

• Campus Resources – Mt. SAC

• Resources – Campus – Academic Support (Cypress – 150)
  

• Important Student Policies – Mt. SAC
  

• Student Information Resources – Mt. SAC
  

• Math Tutoring Centers – Mt. SAC
  

Job Search

• Decision-Making Variables
  

• Job Placement Resources
  

• Job Search Websites
  

• Create a Resume

• ‘Combination Resume’ – Worksheet

• Networking Savvy
  

• Networking Activity
  

• LinkedIn Profile
  

• Tell Me About Yourself
  

• Mock Interview
  

• Employment History – Working Document
  

• Volunteer Interests
  

• Getting Hired by a Community College

• Identifying Potential Survival Jobs

Using Technology

• Find Technology Help

• Navigating Mt. SAC Online

• Navigating Canvas

• Google Drive

• Google Suite

• Comparison:  Microsoft Office vs. Google Suite

• Using MyMath Lab

• Microsoft Office

• Writing Tools with MS Word

• Using Spreadsheets

• Presentation Tools

• Linking Your Emails

• Online Test Taking

Summarizing

• Understanding the Career Research and Reporting Process
  

• Pulling It All Together
  

• Paper #1: “Who Am I?
  

• Instructions
  

• Sample Paper
  

• Grading Rubric
  

• Paper #2: “Career Research”
  

• Instructions
  

• Sample Paper A
  

• Sample Paper B
  

• Sample Paper C
  

• Grading Rubric
  

• Career Research Presentation – PowerPoint Instructions
  

• STDY 80: Final Project
  

• STDY 85A: Final Project

• ​Academic Success Take Home Final Exam
  

• Article: “Alumna Sues College”
  

• Article Analysis & Evaluation
  

• Article Analysis & Evaluation – Complete
  

Faith-Based

Video clips which illustrate some of the lessons listed above

• Workshops

• Documents

• Video Clips – Topic Based

• PowerPoint Files – Topic-Based