Student Success Skills Class

In the College Transfer Success class I have learned about what is needed to be successful in college and in my career. So far we have learned about degree choices, college culture, student development and our own personal learning styles and skills. Through this class I feel more confident about my future and my success in finding a college and career I will enjoy.

Before my admission to Houston Community College, I was lost on how to succeed in my courses. However, my admission to this institute exposed me to different courses which educated me on different lessons on how not only to survive in college, but also how to succeed in my classwork. There are two main lessons that I wish to pass on to other students on how they can flourish in their courses.

Tools for success is a series of workshops that provide students a guide for success in their pursuits. The workshops consist of a variety of helpful tips meant to enhance students learning and push students for their success at nova southeastern university. The workshops were held on various Tuesdays at from 12:10 to 12:50 at the knight auditorium at the Carl DeSantis building. The workshops were set up by the office of undergraduate student success, which offers one on one coaching in areas including study strategies and time management. I attended three out of the nine tools for success. Each of them offered different techniques for students to be successful in that specific area.

In the course the class went over the characteristics of successful students and struggling students. The first thing of a successful student that influenced me, was accepting personal responsibility. A person has to see themselves as the cause their outcomes and experiences. If someone sees themselves as a victim, success most likely will never come to them. Employing interdependence I learned is another important characteristic of a successful student. In college a person has to build mutually supportive relationships to help them achieve their goals. People who refuse assistance from others who could help most likely will have a difficult time achieving success. The most important thing I learned of a successful student was self-management. A person has to plan and manage their time wisely

Student Success Day was just that for me: a success. I was able to help at the expo and learn about various intriguing clubs. I had not know there were so many extra-curricular opportunities at RCTC. Moreover, the sessions I attended were helpful and informative and I appreciate the hardwork that went into making student success day a success.

The changes that AHS should make to increase their student success is to make their summers shorter and making more school days. In the story, Gladwell talks about this point and states, “but take a look at the following sets of elementary school test scores results, and see if your faith in the value of long summer holidays isn't profoundly shaken.” (6) It's based off how much time you spend in school and how much effort you want to give. Another big thing is the teachers need to motivate the students more and push them to want them to come to school more often. “Alexander tracked the progress of 650 first graders looking how they scored widely in math and reading skills.”(6) Students with talent are worshiped in their society effort is everything.

The first thing you should consider when looking for a job is your resume. A resume is a blueprint that details what you have accomplished with regards to education, experience, skills acquisition, workplace successes, and progressive responsibility and/or leadership (Patricia and Sherfield 161). Many people struggle with landing a job because of their resume. In my essay, I will be providing an outline to how to create a resume. I have collected information from online, personal references, and the class’s textbook; AOT 133 Professional Development. To show a difference from a well put together resume verse a poorly written resume, I created two resumes; one prior to learning how to create a resume and one after learning.

As the author of this paper I, Ashiane Odoms, I would like to present my opinion on why Strategies for Learning Success (SLS) introduction to college is important in postsecondary education. SLS will teach you to become more familiar with the concept of college and how to adapt to the adult setting. SLS shows you academic strategies such as making use of your time, taking notes, set attainable goals, and etc. SLS also help you learn about yourself by helping you discover your learning styles, self-concept, and values. SLS will show you tips how to become a successful student, inside and outside of the classroom.

Student success, like joining an extracurricular activity has an impact on student success, but it doesn’t have to be good. Some activities might require lots of time and sometimes students don’t have that time. It can be a positive impact because it normally looks good on college applications. Lots of extracurricular and the instructions, as well as strictness, gives the students a chance to receive a seal of some sort, sashes and/or cords for graduation and their diplomas. Some of that success in high school is required to get into a school, especially 4-year schools. Students also learn from it when they are in a certain club, sport, or any other type of extracurricular activity. Anaheim schools can improve student success if the following changes take place: Anaheim schools don't have SSLANT, but it may be a good idea because in lots of Anaheim schools the students feel free of talking wherever they would like and enforce higher levels in every subject, so the students will be more advanced than their grade level, not misguiding them with praise,and providing free extracurricular activities as well as providing you with with the materials you need so that even low-income students can enjoy them. In order to increase student success in Anaheim schools, the change that needs to happen for students to be successful would be that we should have SSLANT and get into single file lines as we walk to our other classes, the only time to socialize that should be allowed is lunch. Praising a child can make them feel smarter than they really are and might not want to get anything done. When the materials are provided they feel more comfortable being in the activity because they don’t feel left out without the materials and necessities.

At first, some people believed that student success relied all on the students to make the best decisions for themselves, but now some may believe that the students need more than just themselves to be successful. Students need the support of their parents and teachers to keep them on the right track for their suture. If the students have extra time after doing all their school stuff, they do that the choice to do extracurricular activities at school or in their community. Anaheim schools can improve student success if the following changes take place: The students should have classes for a longer period of time, the students should be motivated by the adults in their lives, and student’s should be doing what they mostly like and try their best in it for a better future.

There are many aspects that go into a student success. Many of the skills learned from Kindergarten through twelfth grade just are not efficient enough to help you achieve your goals after a student enters college. Our primary education has thought us many things, but what our teachers neglected was to prepare us for much upper level thinking. Professors can help support a student through college by focusing on critically thinking, communication and teamwork skills in order support the success of a student.

Employment is essential, but being able to procure employment requires certain supporting skills to assist in becoming an employee. One such skill is being able to write a proper résumé. A résumé is an accurate description, providing an employer with information regarding one’s educational accomplishments, work experience, achievements, skills and special knowledge and training. Since a résumé is a business document, it should be professional, concise and free of errors. The main purpose of a résumé is to make employers interested in learning about you, and to get you beyond the initial screening in order to obtain an interview from someone with the power to employ you. (Clague, 2004) With a well written résumé, an applicant will have the advantage of getting ahead of the crowd in obtaining an interview for his or her dream job.

I learned a lot of new ways in order to make myself a better student in student success. The 4 main skills I found most useful to me were note taking, time management, critical thinking, and reading. These 4 skills used together will make all the difference in school and grades. This class has showed many others useful tools but these are my most interested skills that I have learned and become interested in.

The rate of academic attrition is an overwhelming concern that many associate degree nursing programs are facing. Undergraduate nursing program attrition rates continue to increase, despite the high demand for student placement in these programs. High attrition rates in nursing students of as much as 50% have been reported by some schools in certain states (Benn & Pacquiao, 2010). Additionally, as much as one-fourth of nursing students across the country are lost through attrition at some point in their program (Seago, 2012). The problem addressed in this Scholarly Project is this high rate of attrition, specifically in the sciences

Often times in education young teachers speak loftily of wanting the best future for their students. This expression of empathy and passion for their student’s lives is easier to say than it is to execute. Comparably, when love-struck couple promises to do anything for each, even give their life for their dearest, the words are easier to say than to live up to the daily challenges and obstacles. It’s easy for a teacher to passionately express their well wishes for a student but much harder to live out the difficult commitment to facilitate their students’ progress towards success. For me this began with a realization that my content area subject was not the most important thing for me to be teaching my students, it was literacy. Only