Personal Development
Personal Development
SEMESTER FALL 2010 SEPTEMBER 7 — DECEMBER 23
Cycle 49
SCHEDULE THURSDAY 9:00 am— 11::00 am
Instructor Info Name: Ms. Whatley
COU RSE MATERI AL
Office: 10B
This course will prepare you for a
E-mail: [email protected]
challenging and rewarding career as a Web Developer/Designer or at least prepare you to update a company’s
Homework & Assignment Web Site: http://www.engrade.com/workingwithyou
website as needed. Because of the depth of this course, you will use the following textbook and a variety of supplemental materials.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR LIFE AND WORK (10th edition) ISBN: 978-0-538-45023-2 PRICE: $35.99 @ shopwiki.com
Course Description This course is designed to have you better understand your strengths and weaknesses and how that affects your performance in the workplace. You will further develop skills and come up with specific solutions for your areas of weakness. You will learn to improve time management and organizational skills. Major topic areas to be covered include communicating effectively, handling conflict and frustrations in the workplace, and searching for as well as keeping employment. We will also spend class time exploring different stress-handling techniques.
Objectives
Accreditation Info
Personal Development students will: There are many websites for you to use as references as you take this course. Here are a few to get you started. http://www.personalityonline.com/ http://www.8goals.com/ http://www.queendom.com/ http://www.positivearticles.com/ http://www.weddles.com/tips/seekers.htm
Course Code
Understand the effects of self esteem on per-
PSYC 101 — Personal Development
sonal and professional relationships.
Prerequisites
Be equipped to evaluate their behaviors and
N/A
produce plans to effect positive change.
Credit Hours
Identify their strengths and weaknesses for
30 academic hours
career and personal success.
Academic Credits
Develop, implement and evaluate strategies for
2 credits
personal growth. Apply
the
A-B-C
Connection
to
difficult
experiences for the most positive outcome possible. Research and summarize IT Careers for future use in employment searching.
Special Dates Drop/Add deadline is September 17. Withdraw deadline is October 1. School will be closed September 6, November 24, and November 25.
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Personal Development Course Syllabus
The Work How Your Grade is Determined Assessment Type
Percentage of Final Grade
Attendance
10%
Homework
20%
Quizzes & Group Work
10%
Lab Assignments & Projects
30%
Final Project
30%
Homework Homework will be given weekly to reinforce the material learned. It will be checked at the beginning of the next class and graded based on how well you follow the instructions, grammar and spelling as well as creativity.
Late Homework
Late homework will not be accepted unless the student informs the instructor at the beginning of the class that it is due (before the grace period is over and class starts) Late homework will receive a 25% penalty each day past the due date.
Letter Grade A AB+ B BC CD+ D F I W
Percentage 94 - 100 90 - 93 87 - 89 84 - 86 80 - 83 74 - 76 70 - 73 67 - 69 60 - 66 59 and below Incomplete Withdrawn
Lab Assignments & Projects All of the assignments are focused on you. You will be given some lab time in class to work on some assignments, but you will likely need additional time outside of class to complete an assignment. Each assignment you do should be completed to the best of your ability to showcase what you can do and how you apply the skills to a real-life scenario. Each assignment (project) will prepare your to complete your final project. Save your work on the server; you may also want a backup copy of your assignment. If you lose your work before turning it in, you must redo it.
Quizzes & Group Work Due to the nature of the course, Personal Development only includes POP quizzes. In place of tests, the course does involve multiple instances of GROUP WORK; students will be placed into groups to complete an assignment. ALL participants receive the same grade for the submitted work. If you are absent or arrive late during a GROUP WORK assignment, you will receive a zero; however, an exception will be made for an excused lateness or excused absence.
Final Project Your Final Project is a two part presentation which will reflect the work you complete throughout the semester. It will include a Power Point Presentation and a Book that will be presented at the end of the class. Please note that your Final Project comprises 30% of your final grade for the course.
Professionalism Because you are training to enter a professional IT career, you will be graded on your professionalism throughout this course. Professionalism is graded based on your workmanship, work effort, conduct, and attendance.
Fall 2010
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Policies and Procedures View Your Grades Online:
http://www.engrade.com/workingwithyou
To help you stay in control of your success at MCC CTI, you can monitor and verify you grades online at http://www.engrade.com/workingwithyou Here you can get the latest news about the course including upcoming tests and quizzes, and keep up to date on assignments and projects. There is also an area where you can communicate to your instructor through email. To access your grades, you will need to sign up for an account using the access code that your instructor gives you. You will be able to create your own username and password that will be used to login whenever you want to view your grades or class information.
Note your Access Code here for future use.
My ENGRADE Access Code: _______________
Your Personal Student Account You have been given a student account on the school’s server. You can save your work in your own folder on the server. The folder is located on the H: drive. In order to access your folder or the server, you will have to logon. It is advised that you save your work to the server and have a backup copy of your assignments on a flash drive. Do not rely solely
on the flash drive because files can be damaged due to improper handling; therefore, use the server to save your work. Make sure you logoff the computer when you are done; otherwise, others have access to your files for copying, editing, and deleting.
Policy on Plagiarism The work that you turn in must be your own work. It is okay to discuss assignments and techniques with each other, but the work must be yours. If there is any plagiarism, you and the person that supplied the work will both receive a grade of zero (0). Copying of work will not be tolerated! You are training for a professional career. Using someone else's work will not benefit your progress.
Make sure all your work is on the server.
Lateness and Absenteeism Policies You are expected to arrive on time for class and stay until the end of class. your best interest, arrive to class on time so you don’t miss out on this valuable time because the opening activity is used to catapult us into the new material. Being either late or absent for class will affect your success in the course for several reasons. First and foremost, you will miss important information and activities that you will need in your future career and in order to successfully complete assignments and tests. And secondly,
your attendance is 10% of your final grade and every lateness counts as only a 1/2 Present grade for that day. If you miss class, it is your responsibility to obtain a copy of any notes or handouts from your fellow classmates. Any handouts that were given out will be available online at the classes website at http://engrade.com/workingwithyou. All lab work must be completed on your own time. Instructor reserves the right to limit make-ups for assignments.
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Personal Development Course Syllabus
Course Outline: ALL Assignment Instructions are available at: http://www.engrade.com/workingwithyou Week 1
Topics
Reading / Assignment
Week Due
Orientation
Personal Message
Week 2
Welcome to Class! ICE BREAKERS HW Share
What Animal Am I?
Week 3
3
Self Esteem Teach Out HW Share
Read & Summarize Chapter 1 Dream Board Materials
Week 4
4
Dream Board
Read & Summarize Chapter 2 Finish Dream Board
Week 5
5
A-B-C Lesson & Review Student Midterm Review
A-B-C Homework
Week 6
6
Attitudes 7 Day Plans for Change
Read & Summarize Chapter 3 Complete Questionnaire
Week 7
7
Prepare 7 Day Plan (IC) Group Work
7 Day Plan In Action & Summary
Week 8
8 MIDTERM
HW Share & Discussion
Read & Summarize Chapter 4
Week 9
Read & Summarize Chapter 5 Resume Data
Week 10
2
9
SHIFT GEARS!!
HW Share = sharing your work with the class. IC = in-class assignment
10
What is a Resume? Career Development Workshop
Career Research & Summary
Week 11
11
Chapter 10 Group Review
Final Project Part One: Employment Power Point & Notes Read & Summarize Chapter 6
Week 13
12
LAB: Employment PowerPoint
Finish Power Point Presentation
Week 13
13
Final Project Part Two: Personal Dream Book
Personal Dream Book Read & Summarize Chapter 7
Week 15
14
Review Power Point and Dream Book Online Class Surveys
Finish Personal Dream Book
Week 15
15
Final Project Presentations!
A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.
The course outline is to be used as a guide and may change based on the needs and interests of the class.
Fall 2010
Page 5
Syllabus Agreement for Personal Development I, ___________________________________, understand and agree, for me to be successful in this course, to the standards and policies that are outlined in this course syllabus. (Signature)__________________________________
(Date)______________________
Homework
Lab Assignments & Projects
Homework will be given weekly to reinforce the material learned. It will be checked at the beginning of the next class and graded based on how well you follow the instructions, grammar and spelling as well as creativity.
All of the assignments are focused on you. You will be given some lab time in class to work on some assignments, but you will likely need additional time outside of class to complete an assignment.
Late Homework
Late homework will not be accepted unless the student informs the instructor at the beginning of the class that it is due (before the grace period is over and class starts) Late homework will receive a 25% penalty each day past the due date.
Due to the nature of the course, Personal Development only includes POP quizzes. In place of tests, the course does involve multiple instances of GROUP WORK; students will be placed into groups to complete an assignment. ALL participants receive the same grade for the submitted work.
Quizzes & Group Work
Each assignment you do should be completed to the best of your ability to showcase what you can do and how you apply the skills to a real-life scenario. Each assignment (project) will prepare your to complete your final project. Save your work on the server; you may also want a backup copy of your assignment. If you lose your work before turning it in, you must redo it.
Your Project is a two part presentation which will reflect the FinalFinal Project work you complete throughout the semester. It will include a Power Point Presentation and a Book that will be presented at the end of the class. Please note that your Final Project comprised 30% of your final grade for the course.
If you are absent or arrive late during a GROUP WORK assignment, you will receive a zero; however, an exception will be made for an excused lateness or excused absence.
Policy on Plagiarism The work that you turn in must be your own work. It is okay to discuss assignments and techniques with each other, but the work must be yours. If there is any plagiarism, you and the person that supplied the work will both receive a grade of zero (0). Copying of work will not be tolerated! You are training for a professional career. Using someone else's work will not benefit your progress.
Lateness and Absenteeism Policies You are expected to arrive on time for class and stay until the end of class. your best interest, arrive to class on time so you don’t miss out on this valuable time because the opening activity is used to catapult us into the new material. Being either late or absent for class will affect your success in the course for several reasons. First and foremost, you will miss important information and activities that you will need in your future career and in order to successfully complete assignments and tests. And secondly, your attendance is 10% of your final grade and every lateness counts as only a 1/2 Present grade for that day. If you miss class, it is your responsibility to obtain a copy of any notes or handouts from your fellow classmates. Any handouts that were given out will be available online at the classes website at http://engrade.com/workingwithyou. All lab work must be completed on your own time. Instructor reserves the right to limit make-ups for assignments.
SEMESTER FALL 2010 SEPTEMBER 7 — DECEMBER 23
Cycle 49
SCHEDULE THURSDAY 9:00 am— 11::00 am
Instructor Info Name: Ms. Whatley
COU RSE MATERI AL
Office: 10B
This course will prepare you for a
E-mail: [email protected]
challenging and rewarding career as a Web Developer/Designer or at least prepare you to update a company’s
Homework & Assignment Web Site: http://www.engrade.com/workingwithyou
website as needed. Because of the depth of this course, you will use the following textbook and a variety of supplemental materials.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR LIFE AND WORK (10th edition) ISBN: 978-0-538-45023-2 PRICE: $35.99 @ shopwiki.com
Course Description This course is designed to have you better understand your strengths and weaknesses and how that affects your performance in the workplace. You will further develop skills and come up with specific solutions for your areas of weakness. You will learn to improve time management and organizational skills. Major topic areas to be covered include communicating effectively, handling conflict and frustrations in the workplace, and searching for as well as keeping employment. We will also spend class time exploring different stress-handling techniques.
Objectives
Accreditation Info
Personal Development students will: There are many websites for you to use as references as you take this course. Here are a few to get you started. http://www.personalityonline.com/ http://www.8goals.com/ http://www.queendom.com/ http://www.positivearticles.com/ http://www.weddles.com/tips/seekers.htm
Course Code
Understand the effects of self esteem on per-
PSYC 101 — Personal Development
sonal and professional relationships.
Prerequisites
Be equipped to evaluate their behaviors and
N/A
produce plans to effect positive change.
Credit Hours
Identify their strengths and weaknesses for
30 academic hours
career and personal success.
Academic Credits
Develop, implement and evaluate strategies for
2 credits
personal growth. Apply
the
A-B-C
Connection
to
difficult
experiences for the most positive outcome possible. Research and summarize IT Careers for future use in employment searching.
Special Dates Drop/Add deadline is September 17. Withdraw deadline is October 1. School will be closed September 6, November 24, and November 25.
Page 2
Personal Development Course Syllabus
The Work How Your Grade is Determined Assessment Type
Percentage of Final Grade
Attendance
10%
Homework
20%
Quizzes & Group Work
10%
Lab Assignments & Projects
30%
Final Project
30%
Homework Homework will be given weekly to reinforce the material learned. It will be checked at the beginning of the next class and graded based on how well you follow the instructions, grammar and spelling as well as creativity.
Late Homework
Late homework will not be accepted unless the student informs the instructor at the beginning of the class that it is due (before the grace period is over and class starts) Late homework will receive a 25% penalty each day past the due date.
Letter Grade A AB+ B BC CD+ D F I W
Percentage 94 - 100 90 - 93 87 - 89 84 - 86 80 - 83 74 - 76 70 - 73 67 - 69 60 - 66 59 and below Incomplete Withdrawn
Lab Assignments & Projects All of the assignments are focused on you. You will be given some lab time in class to work on some assignments, but you will likely need additional time outside of class to complete an assignment. Each assignment you do should be completed to the best of your ability to showcase what you can do and how you apply the skills to a real-life scenario. Each assignment (project) will prepare your to complete your final project. Save your work on the server; you may also want a backup copy of your assignment. If you lose your work before turning it in, you must redo it.
Quizzes & Group Work Due to the nature of the course, Personal Development only includes POP quizzes. In place of tests, the course does involve multiple instances of GROUP WORK; students will be placed into groups to complete an assignment. ALL participants receive the same grade for the submitted work. If you are absent or arrive late during a GROUP WORK assignment, you will receive a zero; however, an exception will be made for an excused lateness or excused absence.
Final Project Your Final Project is a two part presentation which will reflect the work you complete throughout the semester. It will include a Power Point Presentation and a Book that will be presented at the end of the class. Please note that your Final Project comprises 30% of your final grade for the course.
Professionalism Because you are training to enter a professional IT career, you will be graded on your professionalism throughout this course. Professionalism is graded based on your workmanship, work effort, conduct, and attendance.
Fall 2010
Page 3
Policies and Procedures View Your Grades Online:
http://www.engrade.com/workingwithyou
To help you stay in control of your success at MCC CTI, you can monitor and verify you grades online at http://www.engrade.com/workingwithyou Here you can get the latest news about the course including upcoming tests and quizzes, and keep up to date on assignments and projects. There is also an area where you can communicate to your instructor through email. To access your grades, you will need to sign up for an account using the access code that your instructor gives you. You will be able to create your own username and password that will be used to login whenever you want to view your grades or class information.
Note your Access Code here for future use.
My ENGRADE Access Code: _______________
Your Personal Student Account You have been given a student account on the school’s server. You can save your work in your own folder on the server. The folder is located on the H: drive. In order to access your folder or the server, you will have to logon. It is advised that you save your work to the server and have a backup copy of your assignments on a flash drive. Do not rely solely
on the flash drive because files can be damaged due to improper handling; therefore, use the server to save your work. Make sure you logoff the computer when you are done; otherwise, others have access to your files for copying, editing, and deleting.
Policy on Plagiarism The work that you turn in must be your own work. It is okay to discuss assignments and techniques with each other, but the work must be yours. If there is any plagiarism, you and the person that supplied the work will both receive a grade of zero (0). Copying of work will not be tolerated! You are training for a professional career. Using someone else's work will not benefit your progress.
Make sure all your work is on the server.
Lateness and Absenteeism Policies You are expected to arrive on time for class and stay until the end of class. your best interest, arrive to class on time so you don’t miss out on this valuable time because the opening activity is used to catapult us into the new material. Being either late or absent for class will affect your success in the course for several reasons. First and foremost, you will miss important information and activities that you will need in your future career and in order to successfully complete assignments and tests. And secondly,
your attendance is 10% of your final grade and every lateness counts as only a 1/2 Present grade for that day. If you miss class, it is your responsibility to obtain a copy of any notes or handouts from your fellow classmates. Any handouts that were given out will be available online at the classes website at http://engrade.com/workingwithyou. All lab work must be completed on your own time. Instructor reserves the right to limit make-ups for assignments.
Page 4
Personal Development Course Syllabus
Course Outline: ALL Assignment Instructions are available at: http://www.engrade.com/workingwithyou Week 1
Topics
Reading / Assignment
Week Due
Orientation
Personal Message
Week 2
Welcome to Class! ICE BREAKERS HW Share
What Animal Am I?
Week 3
3
Self Esteem Teach Out HW Share
Read & Summarize Chapter 1 Dream Board Materials
Week 4
4
Dream Board
Read & Summarize Chapter 2 Finish Dream Board
Week 5
5
A-B-C Lesson & Review Student Midterm Review
A-B-C Homework
Week 6
6
Attitudes 7 Day Plans for Change
Read & Summarize Chapter 3 Complete Questionnaire
Week 7
7
Prepare 7 Day Plan (IC) Group Work
7 Day Plan In Action & Summary
Week 8
8 MIDTERM
HW Share & Discussion
Read & Summarize Chapter 4
Week 9
Read & Summarize Chapter 5 Resume Data
Week 10
2
9
SHIFT GEARS!!
HW Share = sharing your work with the class. IC = in-class assignment
10
What is a Resume? Career Development Workshop
Career Research & Summary
Week 11
11
Chapter 10 Group Review
Final Project Part One: Employment Power Point & Notes Read & Summarize Chapter 6
Week 13
12
LAB: Employment PowerPoint
Finish Power Point Presentation
Week 13
13
Final Project Part Two: Personal Dream Book
Personal Dream Book Read & Summarize Chapter 7
Week 15
14
Review Power Point and Dream Book Online Class Surveys
Finish Personal Dream Book
Week 15
15
Final Project Presentations!
A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.
The course outline is to be used as a guide and may change based on the needs and interests of the class.
Fall 2010
Page 5
Syllabus Agreement for Personal Development I, ___________________________________, understand and agree, for me to be successful in this course, to the standards and policies that are outlined in this course syllabus. (Signature)__________________________________
(Date)______________________
Homework
Lab Assignments & Projects
Homework will be given weekly to reinforce the material learned. It will be checked at the beginning of the next class and graded based on how well you follow the instructions, grammar and spelling as well as creativity.
All of the assignments are focused on you. You will be given some lab time in class to work on some assignments, but you will likely need additional time outside of class to complete an assignment.
Late Homework
Late homework will not be accepted unless the student informs the instructor at the beginning of the class that it is due (before the grace period is over and class starts) Late homework will receive a 25% penalty each day past the due date.
Due to the nature of the course, Personal Development only includes POP quizzes. In place of tests, the course does involve multiple instances of GROUP WORK; students will be placed into groups to complete an assignment. ALL participants receive the same grade for the submitted work.
Quizzes & Group Work
Each assignment you do should be completed to the best of your ability to showcase what you can do and how you apply the skills to a real-life scenario. Each assignment (project) will prepare your to complete your final project. Save your work on the server; you may also want a backup copy of your assignment. If you lose your work before turning it in, you must redo it.
Your Project is a two part presentation which will reflect the FinalFinal Project work you complete throughout the semester. It will include a Power Point Presentation and a Book that will be presented at the end of the class. Please note that your Final Project comprised 30% of your final grade for the course.
If you are absent or arrive late during a GROUP WORK assignment, you will receive a zero; however, an exception will be made for an excused lateness or excused absence.
Policy on Plagiarism The work that you turn in must be your own work. It is okay to discuss assignments and techniques with each other, but the work must be yours. If there is any plagiarism, you and the person that supplied the work will both receive a grade of zero (0). Copying of work will not be tolerated! You are training for a professional career. Using someone else's work will not benefit your progress.
Lateness and Absenteeism Policies You are expected to arrive on time for class and stay until the end of class. your best interest, arrive to class on time so you don’t miss out on this valuable time because the opening activity is used to catapult us into the new material. Being either late or absent for class will affect your success in the course for several reasons. First and foremost, you will miss important information and activities that you will need in your future career and in order to successfully complete assignments and tests. And secondly, your attendance is 10% of your final grade and every lateness counts as only a 1/2 Present grade for that day. If you miss class, it is your responsibility to obtain a copy of any notes or handouts from your fellow classmates. Any handouts that were given out will be available online at the classes website at http://engrade.com/workingwithyou. All lab work must be completed on your own time. Instructor reserves the right to limit make-ups for assignments.
