Student Job Description

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Student Job Description
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Look for ways to stay motivated !
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Keep an open mind - look at all your options
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Overcome adversityPersevere !
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Prioritize your time and responsibilities
Leisure
Family

Friends
Everyday Jobs
Schoolwork
Church
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Find a location where you can study best(greater
concentration, least distractions, etc.)
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Plan on being successful - believe in yourself
and trust your strengths, abilities, and skills
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Question information that you may not understand
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Keep your Energy level high!
Get Plenty ofSleep/Rest
Get RegularExercise
Make Time forLeisure
Eat a Well/Balanced Diet
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Seek to have Balance and Organization in your
education and life !
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Understand the Team concept

• You
• Instructor
• Classmates
• Other College Resource Personnel
• Tutors
• Family

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Use a proven method of studying (i.e., SQ3R)

• Survey
• Question
• Read
• Recite
• Review

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Learn How to Learn !Cultivate a Love for
Learning !
Success is a Learned Behavior
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Desire to Make a Difference!
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Find out what your Learning Style is!

• Study to maximize strategies for your learning
  style
• Match your study habits with your strengths

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Classroom Behavior

• Sit in the front row if you have trouble
  attending to the instructor

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Classroom Behavior

• Make Eye Contact With the Instructor

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Classroom Behavior

• Nod your head (affirming the instructor)
• up and down
• not side to side
• do not nod off to sleep

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Classroom Behavior

• Attend all classes regularly

Dont be out fishing skiing or vacationing!
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Classroom Behavior

• Question information that you may not understand
  communicate with your instructor!!!

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Listen Carefully Practice Active Listening
Classroom Behavior
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Turn in and complete all work on time be driven
to complete all work as assigned
Classroom Behavior
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Read your assignments
Classroom Behavior
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Participate in class discussions
Classroom Behavior
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Keep up with your classes each day do not get
behind!
Classroom Behavior
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Follow Directions
Classroom Behavior
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Take good notes and review them daily !
Classroom Behavior
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Seek advice and ask questions of your instructor
(make use of faculty office hours)
Classroom Behavior
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Get to class on time
Classroom Behavior
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Seek help from Counseling if personal issues are
interfering with your education !
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Routine studying that is done as the course goes
along is more important than study time right
before a test- Regular preparation is critical!
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Practice Active Learning You must do more than
listen you must process what you hear you
must read, write, discuss, recite in your mind,
and be engaged in solving problems.
Engage in Higher Order Learning

• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation

Daydreaming
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Take Responsibility for your Education!
Whose Diplomas are these?
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Keep yourself free from alcohol and illegal drug
use!
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Set realistic goals for yourself!
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Take advantage of all college resources
(Library, Learning Center, Student Activities,
Tutoring, Counseling, etc.)
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Finish what you start!
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Treat instructors with the same courtesy and
respect that you would like from them!
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The End!