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Success 101 Description and Course Outline

 

La Grande High School Teacher: John Lamoreau

 

541 663 3399                 john.lamoreau@lagrandesd.org

 

Course Description: To meet the requirements of emerging adults, a freshman transition course must address a combination of personal/social, educational, and career and life skills.

 

         PERSONAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Help students envision a future that is productive, achievable, and stimulating.

• Provide the framework for helping students learn to project into the future and understand the    consequences of today’s choices and actions.

• Expose students to potential stumbling blocks that could impede their success and help them develop the necessary coping skills and attitudes required for a productive transition into adulthood.

• Help students become identity-achieved, a necessary developmental process for all adolescents, but particularly necessary for youth at risk of becoming teen parents, substance abusers, or dropouts.

• Provide practice in the communication and interpersonal skills required for career and personal success.

 

              EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

• Facilitate students’ recognition of the value of education and the importance of becoming internally motivated to succeed in school.

• Motivate learners and workers who challenge themselves and strive for higher achievement.

• Help students understand how education, training, and career choice impact their personal lifestyle.

• Motivate students to apply themselves, because once they understand how core subjects (e.g., reading, writing, speaking, and computing) impact their future success, academic achievement will increase.

 

                   CAREER AND LIFE SKILLS

• Teach a life and career planning “process,” so students can continually adjust their plans throughout their education and adult life.

• Help students become “career focused,” so every student is prepared to enter the workforce upon completion of their education.

• Facilitate the development of a personalized ten-year plan that matches each student’s career aspirations and commitment to education.

• Teach students the skills, aptitudes, and attitudes needed to successfully transition into high school, post-secondary education and/or training, the workforce, and adulthood.

 

Course Outline:

Week 1 Introduction to Success 101

Week 2 Chapter 1 – Envisioning Your Future

Week 3 Chapter 2 – Your Personal Profile

Week 4 Chapter 2

Week 5 Chapter 3 – Lifestyles of the Satisfied and                                                Happy

Week 6 Chapter 4 – What Cost This Lifestyle?

Week 7 Chapter 4

Week 8 Chapter 5 – Your Ideal Career

Week 9 Chapter 6 – Career Research

Week 10 Chapter 6

Week 11 Chapter 7 – Decision Making

Week 12 Chapter 8 – Setting Goals and Solving                                                      Problems

Week 13 Chapter 9 – Avoiding Detours and Roadblocks

Week 14 Chapter 10 – Attitude Is Everything

Week 15 Chapter 11 – Getting Experience

Week 16 Chapter 12 – Where Do You Go From Here?

Week 17 Portfolio Presentations

Week 18 Final Exams

 

Grading Policy:

Workbook  and Assignments   35%

My10YearPlan.com                     35%

Exams                                                30%