Ch. 1

1. Ch. 1 The College Success Model

2. The College Success Learning Model • Know Yourself • Clarify Expectations • Develop Competence • Manage Life • Connect and Communicate • Build a Bright Future

3. Know Yourself: Establish Identity • Identity Diffusion-haven’t done much to commit to an identity. Example: As a freshmen in college maybe you haven’t committed to a major yet. • Identity foreclosure-making a commitment without exploring alternatives. Example: Dead set on a major, even if it may not be the best choice for you.

4. Establish Identity • Identity moratorium- in the middle of exploring an identity without making a clear commitment. Example: you may be torn between two majors, or keep switching • Identity achievement: happens when commitment follows a healthy period of exploration. Example: Your general education courses should provide you with the time decide on a major.

5. Emerging Adulthood • 18-25 years old • “In college, nobody treats you like a kid anymore.” (Halonen and Santrock, 2013 • millennials- individuals born after 1980, first generation to come of age in the new millennium. • More ethnically diverse • Comfortable with individual differences • More confident • Social • Self expressive • Upbeat • Open to change • Less religious • Technology and social media

6. Values • Spend some time thinking about and clarifying your values. • Stephen Covey - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change • Imagine you are at your own funeral looking down at yourself. If four people got up and said something about you what would you want them to say? • Family member, a friend, someone from your work, and someone from your church or community organization

7. Values: The Path to Purpose • What is the most important to you in your life? • Why do you care about those things? • Do you have any long term goals? • Why are these goals important to you? • What does it mean to have a good life? • What does it mean to be s good person? • If you were looking back on your life now, how would you like to be remembered?

8. Values: Forge Academic Values • What’s wrong with skipping class? • Its expensive • It harms your learning • It hurts your grades • It annoys those who end up loaning you their notes for you to copy. • Participate fully • Participate with integrity

9. Clarify Expectations • Personal expectations – what we feel we can achieve and how successful we will be in our academic pursuits. • Understand what others expect from you whether it is clearly stated or assumed. • Stay positive and set high personal expectations for yourself • Realistic expectations that stretch you but do not push you over the edge.

10. Develop Competence • “Competence involves your skills and attitudes that demonstrate how effective and efficient you are. Developing competence in college involves improving your thinking skills.” (Halonen and Santrock, 2013) • High Level work skills: • Learn how to extract info from lectures, readings and other assignments. • Learn how to think reflectively, critically, and productively • Test taking strategies

11. Develop Competence: Develop a Growth Mindset • Fixed mindset – qualities are carved in stone and cannot be changed. • Growth mindset – your qualities can change and improve through effort. • Which mindset do you have? Turn to page 24. • Understand that your intelligence and thinking skills are not fixed, but can change. • Become passionate about learning and stretch your mind in challenging situations. • Start now • If you have a fixed mind set commit to change now.

12. Reading Quiz 8-21-13 • What are the six components of the College Success Model? • What are some ways that values can enhance your college success? • What is it mean by mindset? Describe how mindset can improve your academic success. • What are some strategies for managing your life effectively in college? • How can connecting and communicating benefit you during college?

13. Manage Life • Take Responsibility • Internal locus of control vs. external locus of control • Choose Smart Goals • Set appropriate goals. They should move an dmotivate you. • Make a personal plan • Persist until you succeed • Pace yourself • Take a few minutes to write out a goal on one side of the 3x5 card and your personal plan on the other. • Achieve Balance • Time management • Overcome Obsticles • Look at setbacks and obstacles as opportunities to learn.

14. Connect and Communicate • Thrive on Campus • Use the resource provided when you think you need help. • Benefit from Group Work • Learn to connect with others and work on a team • Become a good listener, or problem solver • Develop Digital Savvy • Use technology as much as possible. • Know how to take online courses • Blackboard

15. Build a bright future • Discover Career Options • A successful career often depends on three factors: • Possessing a specialized knowledge • Developing good work skills, especially for fields involving interpersonal communication and technology. • Demonstrating a strong work ethic and integrity to promote trust with those who will work with you. • In. the U.S. individuals with a bachelors degree will make on average $1,000 more a month. Over a lifetime $600,000. • Strive for Excellence • Nothing beats the feeling of working hard for something and earning it. • Develop Your Character • “In matters of style, swim with the currents. In matters of principle stand like a rock.” Thomas Jefferson • Choose honesty and integrity every time. • Demonstrate Resilience • You are not going to be perfect, don’t even try. • Every failure holds a lesson. • Get up and try again.