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

  • Prioritizing:

  • Article: "Overworked Mom"

  • Discerning Seasons

  • Covey's Quadrants

  • Priorities

  • Priority-Goal Alignment

  • Unemployed Resources

  • Needs of the Unemployed

  • Clarify Priorities for Academics

  • Relationship Management:

  • Boundaries

  • Boundaries Case Study

  • 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

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

  • 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

  • Start Your Own Business

  • When Skills are No Longer in Demand (see workshop)

  • When Skills are No Longer in Demand -- College Professors & Staff (see workshop)

Understanding Education:

  • Link 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