Can Your Dream Job Happen Tomorrow? Welcome to Seven Strategies for College Success If not, what need to happen first? Welcome to the Seven Strategies for College Success Workshop. We are so glad you joined us today and know you will find lots of new ideas and resources to help you on your education and career journey. Before we begin the workshop let’s take a minute to introduce ourselves and share one thing we want to get from this workshop. (Introduce yourself and what you want from the workshop.)

Can Your Dream Job Happen Tomorrow? “If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Sir Isaac Newton If not, what need to happen first? Sir Isaac Newton lived in the 17th century and ranked among the greatest scientists who ever lived. It is safe to say that without Newton and his discoveries, the modern world would be far different than it is today. Here is one of his secrets to success. What exactly is he telling us about his own success? (Listen to their ideas and interpretations.)

Can Your Dream Job Happen Tomorrow? Link to Video If not, what need to happen first? Regardless of where we are or what we do, we need help to get there. Let’s see what 60 Minutes’ News Correspondent, Byron Pitt, has to say about someone who helped and encouraged him when he was in college.

Can Your Dream Job Happen Tomorrow? Why do college students need help? What kind of help is available to students? Why is asking for help a sign of strength? Can Your Dream Job Happen Tomorrow? If not, what need to happen first? Often we are reluctant to ask for help because we think we should be able to figure it out for ourselves. But the truth is that everyone needs help and when we ask and get the help we need we are far more successful. Let’s look at these three questions. (Get students responding to these questions to find out what they think.)

Link to CACareerCafe.Com One of the best places to find college and career information is to visit CACareerCafe.Com. You can see that you can get all kinds of resources at the café. And best of all it is open 24/7. (Link to the site and roll over each of the Get sections for an explanation.) Today we are going to check out the Get Help section. Link to CACareerCafe.Com

7 Strategies for College Success This is the landing page of the Get Help section. You can see the page has the video we watched and a list of 7 strategies for college success. (Read off the strategies.) Each strategy has a student lesson with a video, links and a student activity. Let’s take a look at the first one, Use Campus Services. 7 Strategies for College Success Link to Page

Here there is a video from Modesto Community College and students discuss how the different student services helped them. Like all the California Community Colleges, our campus has many student services to offer you. (Ask students to name some of the services they have used.)

(Distribute this activity to all students (Distribute this activity to all students.) This is the student activity that accompanies the student lesson. We would like to know what services you have used and which ones you want to know more about. So, put a check by the services you have used. Then circle the services you would like to learn more about. (Discuss and answer questions about the student support services students are most interested in.)

(Distribute this student worksheet to all participants (Distribute this student worksheet to all participants.) This is a list of all the lessons at the café. Find the one we just completed and check it off. Then circle the other Get Help lessons you would like to try. This CAP page, Career Action Plan, is an excellent way to track your work in the café.

So let’s go back and sum up what we have discussed today So let’s go back and sum up what we have discussed today. On the Get Help landing page, you will find a list of strategies to help you succeed in college. Each strategy or student lesson has a video clip, some excellent online resources, and a student activity to complete. Link to Page

Link to CACareerCafe.Com You can visit the Career Café anytime and you will find incredible information and resources. We encourage you to explore the café… where students meet success. Link to CACareerCafe.Com

What’s Your Next Step? (This is where you can help students commit to the next step in their education/career journey. Get each person to articulate their next step.) Thanks for coming to this workshop. Here is my card for you to contact me as you move forward.