Academic Strategies: Seminar 6

1. Academic Strategies: Seminar 6 June.20. 2010

2. Agenda • Week 5 review • Unit 6: Personal Management • Homepage • Unit 6 Reading • Learning Activities • Discussion • Mini-Project • Seminar questions

3. Week 4 review • Seminar grades: available now • Discussion & Mini project grades: Sunday, June 20 • Unit 5: Time Management • Good tips learned? • Questions??

4. Unit 6: personal management: June 16-june 22 Unit Outcomes Personal management involves learning effective coping techniques to manage the stress in your life. In the last unit, you learned time management skills. Using stress management techniques along with time management will help you learn how to plan, organize, and prioritize your daily activities to make the most out of your study time and at the same time keeping your stress manageable.

5. Unit 6 Homepage • Printable checklist for items due this week: Readings, Learning Activities, Discussion, Seminar, Mini Project • Unit 6 Balancing tip: Prioritize • Student Voices: Tricia Berry

6. Unit 6 Reading • Announcements • Chapter 4: pgs. 28-30, Stress Management - Productive Stress - Taking responsibility: what, how and you - Surrounding Yourself with Supportive People - Treating Yourself as a Priority

7. Additional info • Student Assistance Program Call: 800.890.1466 TDD: 800.697.0353 Personal problems, planning for life events or simply managing daily life can affect your educational goals, healthand relationships with your family. As a Kaplan University online student, GuidanceResources is a no-cost benefit that is available to you and your dependents to provide confidential support, resources and information to get through life’s challenges. The information within this document will explain how GuidanceResources can helpyou. Confidential Counseling on Personal IssuesYour SAP (Student Assistance Program) is a confidential counseling service to help address the personal issues you are facing. This service, staffed by experienced clinicians, is available by calling a toll-free phone line 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A Guidance Consultant will listen to your needs and, if appropriate, refer you to resources in your community. Call any time with personal concerns, including:>>Relationships~ Major life changes>>Problems with your children ~ Marital conflicts>>Substance abuse ~ Grief and loss>>Stress, anxiety or depression ~ Empty-nesting

8. Decreasing stress in college • Do NOT procrastinate • Prioritize • Ask family members to help with tasks- household chores, watching the kids • Keep a daily planner for all activities including study time • Don’t be a perfectionist • Learn to say NO to tasks that are not priorities • Make time for yourself • Eat a balanced diet • Get enough sleep • Do something physical every day • Stretch- It works for cats and dogs! • Reward your successes no matter how small

9. Learning activities • Article: "10 Mindsets Students Must Have to Be Happy and Successful" • Website: 6 minute relaxation activity

10. Discussion • Discussion Unit 6: Stress Management • Keep up the good work!

11. Unit 6 Mini project • Stress Management Plan: • Create using template • Save • Submit to Dropbox

12. Seminar • What does it mean to be proactive? • How can you be proactive as a college student? • How can being proactive in college alleviate stress?

13. QUESTIONS????

14. Goodnight! Have a wonderful week!