1. DISCUSS ACADEMIC achievement WITH YOUR PROFESSOR! Exercise your responsibility to discuss your academic performance with all your instructors Designed & Facilitated by The counseling staff RCC/ESC

2. THE GOALS OF THIS on- line WORKSHOP ARE: Suggest faculty office communication skills Suggest faculty office communication skills Proper etiquette, time & place for this meeting. Proper etiquette, time & place for this meeting. Purpose & goals for meeting with professors. Purpose & goals for meeting with professors. Recognizing the importance of preparation, practice and spirit Recognizing the importance of preparation, practice and spirit Identifying benefits from this traditional academic exercise! Identifying benefits from this traditional academic exercise!

3. Respect time. Make an appointment that works for both of you Read the syllabus to find Professor’s office hours. Read the syllabus to find Professor’s office hours. Ask the professor for an official meeting! Ask the professor for an official meeting! Treat your appointment as a professional opportunity! Treat your appointment as a professional opportunity!

4. PROPER ETIQUETTE Can be shown with a positive attitude: PROPER ETIQUETTE Can be shown with a positive attitude: A positive attitude is the key to a successful meeting: Your attitude should reflect that you have prepared for this meeting Illustrate your own assessment of the work you have done and the work that troubles you Seek concrete methods for “getting” the work of the course

5. YOUR Reasons FOR CALLING THIS MEETING are: To inform your Professor of your intentions! To inform your Professor of your intentions! You’re informing that Professor that you have a goal of achieving academic success and want to learn the skills needed for the course You’re informing that Professor that you have a goal of achieving academic success and want to learn the skills needed for the course To seek guidance from this Professor! To seek guidance from this Professor! Develop a work plan that includes both your efforts and further conferences Develop a work plan that includes both your efforts and further conferences To probe your Professor’s standards of excellence! To probe your Professor’s standards of excellence! Discuss standards the professor uses and how you can internalize similar standards for yourself Discuss standards the professor uses and how you can internalize similar standards for yourself

6. organize your presentation so that you are coherent and academically grounded! You will want to spend time designing your entire strategy. Such a strategy will need to consist of: Your Approach – How will you open the discussion? Your Main Body – Stating your points, illustrating your examination of your own work & showing a willingness to learn new methods Your Oral Presentation: Clearly enunciated and attentive Your Conclusion – Accepting the final results, while being able to leave with an understanding and a plan I am examining my skills, and I hope I can do it faster with my self-assessment and your mentoring. Can you help me organize a learning plan?”

7. Enthusiasm needs to be matched by concrete action plans! List what you think are the appropriate skills and how you use them List the skills you think you need, and where you have been frustrated Ask for help in assessing your analysis Ask for direction to resources which will help develop needed skills

8. The conversation should focus on these key points: Establishing the rules & procedures of your proposal: Establishing the rules & procedures of your proposal: Use the class syllabus and work already assigned to identify your questions Use the class syllabus and work already assigned to identify your questions Exploring the applications of your Professor’s standards for academic work: Are there models of the assignments you need to do? What kind of reading techniques work best in this course? Entertain the thoughts for strategies in which you collaborate with your professor

9. Your presentation will be delivered orally, that means practice, for you! Sure you want to sound good and speak comfortably, but you don’t want to sound practiced or too polished Sure you want to sound good and speak comfortably, but you don’t want to sound practiced or too polished Ask your friends to sit down with you and hear you speak Ask your friends to sit down with you and hear you speak Ask your academic advisor to listen and critique your presentation! Ask your academic advisor to listen and critique your presentation! Bring some notes to help you stay focused Bring some notes to help you stay focused Be certain your presentation is about academic achievement with the help of your professor Be certain your presentation is about academic achievement with the help of your professor

10. Your proposed conclusion should be clear and concise Whatever the outcome, when you close your presentation, use these social graces: Whatever the outcome, when you close your presentation, use these social graces: Repeat distinctly [no mumbling] what the two of you have agreed upon Repeat distinctly [no mumbling] what the two of you have agreed upon As you rise from your seat, shake your Professor’s hand, and appreciate the time taken! As you rise from your seat, shake your Professor’s hand, and appreciate the time taken! Note your anticipation of this academic collaboration Note your anticipation of this academic collaboration

11. Benefits galore exist both immediate & future! IMMEDIATE: IMMEDIATE: Stating Intentions makes you feel good! Stating Intentions makes you feel good! Makes a good start with your Professors! Makes a good start with your Professors! This move provides you with motivation to remain focused! This move provides you with motivation to remain focused! Your Professor may decide to assist your academic pursuit! Your Professor may decide to assist your academic pursuit! FUTURE: Good practice for possible career advancements Impresses your supervisor and his supervisors From previous experiences you know what steps succeed You can gain a business MENTOR, or a guide who can help you learn more than just the job!

12. Let us review today’s lessons? Our topic was to: Our topic was to: Discuss our Academic Goals with our Classroom Professors! Discuss our Academic Goals with our Classroom Professors! Our Agenda was to explore these areas: Our Agenda was to explore these areas: Proper time, place & etiquette required for setting up a meeting! Proper time, place & etiquette required for setting up a meeting! Discover what the purpose and goals of such a meeting should accomplish: Discover what the purpose and goals of such a meeting should accomplish: Inform Professor of you intentions. Inform Professor of you intentions. Seek guidance & standards used by your Professors! Seek guidance & standards used by your Professors!

13. wouldn’t you rather work for a known goal, than to spend a whole semester hoping that you receive it?