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YOUR PLACE for the Adult
Learner
CAREERS CONFERENCE 2008 January 29, 2008
Rhonda Fannin, SOCOE Program Director100 Hobart Drive Hillsboro, OH 45133937.393.3431, x2785 rfannin_at_sscc.edu Sue Evans, Your Place Director12681 US Route 62 Sardinia, OH 45171 937.393.3431, x3540 sevans_at_sscc.edu
SOUTHERN OHIO CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
Regional Center to College Access
www.sscc.edu/regional_center
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YOUR PLACE for the Adult Learner
The mission of the "Your Place" Program is to
assist disadvantaged, low-income individuals in
transition, single parents, displaced homemakers,
and single-pregnant women in capturing their
vision of the potential that lies within and to
realize they can reach their goals by empowering
them to overcome obstacles and to start on the
road of self-sufficiency.
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YOUR PLACEfor the Adult Learner Success
Stories.
I enrolled in Your Place at a time when I was
not able to make a living for myself and was
getting assistance. I was greatly encouraged by
the Your Place classes and left there feeling
like I could conquer the world. I enrolled in
Southern State Community College just to get my
feet wet by taking one class. I was uncertain as
I walked into class that day but found that I was
among the majority age-wise I was in my early
50s at the time. Later I moved to the
Portsmouth, Ohio area and transferred my credits
to Shawnee State University. It took me about
seven years, but I graduated with Associate
Degrees in Office Administration and Business
Management and a Bachelor Degree in General
Business. I now live and work in Milford, Ohio
and make a good living for myself. Even though I
am almost 70 years old, I love my job and want to
continue working as long as I can.

• Dorothy
• with granddaughters

After my husband died in 1993, I was left with a
mortgage, car payment, funeral expenses, and no
job.  Since I hadnt worked for 26 years outside
the home, I began cleaning houses, taking care
of the elderly, sewing, and any odd jobs I could
find to pay my bills and keep up with the
never-ending, daily expenses.  I didnt have the
required certifications to earn a decent living
in these vocations, and these jobs were
strenuous with long hours.  I decided to look
into continuing my education, but I didnt have a
clue as to what to do and was sure I was
ineligible.  I met with the financial aid
advisor at the local community college who told
me about the Your Place Program and encouraged me
to enroll.  I was the first in my family to
attend college, and I received my associates
degree in three years while continuing to work
and raise my last two children.   I am now
employed as secretary for the director of the
library at a university and working toward
retirement.  Furthermore, my accomplishments have
been an incentive for my children to continue
their education as well.  My daughter enrolled in
the same community college, signed up with the
program, became an LPN, and is now completing her
RN studies.  The program gives confidence and
encouragement not to mention all the assistance
it gives with barriers that come into play while
trying to work, raise a family, and attend
classes.  It is a worthwhile program, and I pray
the funding continues so other displaced persons
will benefit from the program as well.
Donna
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I was born and raised in the town of
Manchester, Ohio. I am the mother of two. I am
currently engaged to a wonderful man with three
daughters, and two wonderful grand-daughters.
I do have a wonderful life now, but it wasnt
always this way. I am where I am today because of
a wonderful program that falls under the Southern
Ohio Center of Excellence called The Your Place
Program. I started in this program in the year
2001, a year after I went through some very hard
trials and realizations in my life. These were
probably the events that led me to the program
that I entered at Southern State Community
College. I always knew I was college material,
but I did not have the confidence or the
self-esteem to go to a place that I had never
been. One day, I was walking in a Bank, and I saw
a flyer that said Displaced Homemaker? I
thought, Yes I am! I tore a tab off the flyer
and called the 800 number talked to a lady named
Sue and I havent stopped since. I
mentioned that my life was not always the best
life, it was due a lot to my father he wasnt
the best father. He abused me and my brother for
many years. The way he abused us was so horrific
that its too hard to mention he also abused our
mother during all of our abuse. My father was
charged with murder in 1983, when I was in Junior
High he later plea bargained to Involuntary
Manslaughter. I sure found out then what a true
friend was, and there were not many. I had gangs
of girls trying to beat me up as I walked to
school, because of what my father did, and I had
nothing to do with it. I was abused by him, but
they didnt know this. I had to figure that they
were ignorant to the facts at hand. I visited my
dad for just over seven years, while he went
through trial, and was then incarcerated. This
was a very hard thing to bear while growing up.
My father passed away in 1993, he was 50 years
old, and we were all with him.. I forgave my
father for all the things he did before he died,
not for him, but for me. A person should never
forgive someone for them, but for you. The person
carrying around the hate has to live with it, not
the person that is hated. I became pregnant
at the age of 16, and this was also during my
fathers incarceration. This would be very hard
for anyone to endure being so young. I knew I
would never abort my baby, because I dont
believe in aborting a baby no matter what the
hardships. I decided to finish High School with
the help of wonderful teachers, to whom I still
attribute some of my successes today. I
then met and married an abusive alcoholic.
This was something I said I would never do,
marry someone a lot like my father. Dont
get me wrong, this man was a great provider,
but when he drank, he was also a great
abuser. I had a wonderful daughter during
our years of marriage and he was a
wonderful father, when he wasnt drinking. I
divorced him, six years later, and then
married a Vietnam Veteran who was on
drugs, and so I got into drugs with him. I
divorced him and a year later, both of my
ex- husbands passed away. The first one had a
motorcycle wreck and he was drinking. The
second husband died of complications due
to drug use and he asked me to stay with
him until he died. I did stay with him, and
Im glad I did. I havent regretted that for
a moment. Amy
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Cristina I was born and
grew up in Washington Court House, Ohio. I
was a normal kid until about the age of
twelve, my parents got divorced and that
became my downward spiral, I started getting
into a lot of trouble. I was the typical
trouble maker, drinking and partying way too
much for anyone let alone a kid. Once I got to
about fifteen is when I got into real
trouble. I hurt someone very bad, she could
have died from my stupidity, I could have
possibly went to prison for a long time at
the age of fifteen, instead I went to a
mental hospital for a while to learn how to
work things out, and then to juvenile
detention it should have helped but didnt. I
didnt learn my lesson yet. I
went on doing things I shouldnt have been
doing, a lot of drinking and even more
drugs, my life was going nowhere fast, and
spending a lot more time in juvenile
detention. I was thrown out of school my senior
year, but I didnt care, there was no way I could
graduate anyway, when I was thrown out of school
I think I only had six credits. I thought this
was going to be the life for me. At the age of
seventeen I became pregnant, I miscarried the
baby only after a few months. Later in that year
I became pregnant again and had my beautiful
daughter Kelsea when I was eighteen. I kept up
my bad behavior even more so because I didnt
have the self esteem to do better. By the time I
was twenty one I had another wonderful daughter
Britni. I lost Britni soon after she was born
I was suffering with post-partum depression, so
Britni stayed with some very dear friends of mine
and later went into foster care for a while. I
got her back after about three months, and she
has been with me every since. I also lost Kelsea
to my mother for almost seven years. I didnt
feel I was worthy of being a parent to such
wonderful kids, so I let my mom talk me into
giving Kelsea up. I felt I had no self worth.
I found myself through the Your Place Program I
found the strength to fight for almost two years
to finally get Kelsea back. Now both my children
are with their mommy and loving it. My oldest
daughter Kelsea is in 9th grade and is an honor
student getting ready to start post-secondary at
SSCC in the fall, and my youngest daughter is in
5th grade and a green belt in Karate, and they
both are doing fine with me. All this would not
have been possible without the Your Place Program
and the wonderful people there. I also found a
wonderful man that is very supportive of whatever
I do, and is some of my inspiration to succeed
and be a better person for me and my family. I
graduated the Your Place Program in March of
2003. Afterwards I went straight to college at
SSCC and graduated with my associate degree in
Human and Social Services in 2006. I have worked
with this program since 2003 first as work-study,
then as my practicum and now getting ready to
start my second year as an AmeriCorps VISTA
working on a new program called Cristinas Career
Closet, for YP Adult Learner, a program that
will offer nice clothing for adults in our
programs for job and college interviews. I am now
working on my bachelors degree at Wilberforce
University for Health and Human Service
Administration, and will graduate in November of
2007. I have decided not to stop until Im Dr.
Cristina Mess. UPDATE Cristina is currently
working for a Community Action Program in
Emergency Assistance.
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YOUR PLACE for the Adult Learner Focus
Points
Your Place Brochure History
Broken Wings Fly, a compilation of writings By
Widows, Single Parents and Displaced Homemakers
Your Place for the Adult Learner Workbook And
Facilitators Manual
Notes on Myself, Pre and Post-test
Individual Career Plan
Supplemental Materials
Approximate time frame for implementation
With or without the credit hours
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YOUR PLACE for the Adult Learner Focus
Points
Your Place Brochure History
Broken Wings Fly, a compilation of writings By
Widows, Single Parents and Displaced Homemakers
Your Place for the Adult Learner Workbook And
Facilitators Manual
Notes on Myself, Pre and Post-test
Individual Career Plan
Supplemental Materials
Approximate time frame for implementation
With or without the credit hours
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Broken Wings Fly
2, 500 scholarships given annually to
qualified Applicant to be used Autumn Quarter at
Southern State Community College.
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YOUR PLACE for the Adult Learner Focus
Points
Your Place Brochure History
Broken Wings Fly, a compilation of writings By
Widows, Single Parents and Displaced Homemakers
Your Place for the Adult Learner Workbook And
Facilitators Manual
Notes on Myself, Pre and Post-test
Individual Career Plan
Supplemental Materials
Approximate time frame for implementation
With or without the credit hours
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YOUR PLACE for the Adult Learner Focus
Points
Your Place Brochure History
Broken Wings Fly, a compilation of writings By
Widows, Single Parents and Displaced Homemakers
Your Place for the Adult Learner Workbook And
Facilitators Manual
Notes on Myself, Pre and Post-test
Individual Career Plan
Supplemental Materials
Approximate time frame for implementation
With or without the credit hours
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This Notes on Myself Pre-test is a way to
measure whether or not a student has gained
necessary information and skills through taking
the Your Place class. This Pre-Test gives a
beginning measurement for how the student
perceives their current life situation. The same
Notes on Myself will be given again upon
completion of the class. Scores will be tracked
on the Individual Career Plan, which follows, and
a decrease in score from the Pre-Test to
Post-Test is the desired outcome. This decrease
in score demonstrates that a student feels that
they have gained enough information through
taking this course that they now have more self
confidence with being able to handle the various
life situations in which they may find
themselves. Please note Scores may stay the
same or even increase if the student is currently
in a rough situation. In this case, effects from
participating in this class may not be as
noticeable until a future time. (Original Your
Place Program shows 95 or better overall
improvement rate.)
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YOUR PLACE for the Adult Learner Focus
Points
Your Place Brochure History
Broken Wings Fly, a compilation of writings By
Widows, Single Parents and Displaced Homemakers
Your Place for the Adult Learner Workbook And
Facilitators Manual
Notes on Myself, Pre and Post-test
Individual Career Plan
Supplemental Materials
Approximate time frame for implementation
With or without the credit hours
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• INDIVIDUAL CAREER PLAN
• PROGRAM START DATE
• END DATE
• NOTES ON MYSELF
• PRE-TEST ____ POST-TEST ____
• CAREER ASSESSMENT
• PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT
• PLEASE LIST OTHER PERSONAL ASSESSMENTS
• WORK AND/OR TRAINING
• LIST ALL TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
• Ex. Factory, Retail, Restaurant, Labor, Child
  Care, Etc.
• LIST ALL EDUCATION/TRAINING
• Include HS Diploma/GED and other
  Certifications
• VOLUNTEER WORK
• Include Community Service Programs such as
  PTO, 4-H, Boy/Girl Scouts
• SPECIAL SKILLS/ABILITIES
• Ex. Music, Art, Sign/Other Languages, Computer
  Skills

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• INDIVIDUAL CAREER PLAN
• Continued.
• BARRIERS TO TRAINING/EMPLOYMENT
• LIST THINGS THAT GET
• GET IN YOUR WAY OF REACHING POSSIBLE
  SOLUTIONS
• YOUR GOALS________________
  __________________________
• Ex. Lack of Education Ex.
  Take GED Classes Pass Test
• 1. ______________________________
  ________________________________
• 2. ______________________________
  ________________________________
• 3. ______________________________
  ________________________________
• SETTING SMART GOALS FOR SUCCESS
• Include both short/long-term goals. List action
  steps and expected date of achievement
• GOAL TO REACH________ DATE
  TO BE ACHIEVED BY
• Ex. Obtain GED
  Ex. 6 months from today (List actual
  date)

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YOUR PLACE for the Adult Learner Focus
Points
Your Place Brochure History
Broken Wings Fly, a compilation of writings By
Widows, Single Parents and Displaced Homemakers
Your Place for the Adult Learner Workbook And
Facilitators Manual
Notes on Myself, Pre and Post-test
Individual Career Plan
Supplemental Materials
Approximate time frame for implementation
With or without the credit hours
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Your Place Curriculum

• Career Development Employability (Psychology
  115). This course examines the participants
  skills, interests, work needs, career options and
  planning strategies, knowledge of non-traditional
  fields and sexual harassment laws, job search
  preparation, and techniques in obtaining
  employment, and employer expectations. Training
  on Microsoft office and laptops is included. Two
  (2) credits.
• Personal Development (Sociology 210). This
  course will examine the area of Sociology in
  relation to family lifestyles and human
  relationships. Two (2) credits.
• Educational Resource Management (Psychology
  098). This practical and effective course
  examines the basic aspects of resource management
  and educational success as they apply to the
  individual and his/her world of work, home, and
  family. The participant will learn the personal
  value of academic advising, effective study
  skills, and how to use library resources. Each
  participant will develop an Individual Career
  Plan (ICP), improve basic skills and complete
  applications for scholarships, state and federal
  financial aid. It moves from identifying
  specific concerns and problems to exploring
  methods of solving problems through the use of
  practical reasoning. Two (2) credits.
• Your Place Resource Lab activities.
  Participants in the displaced homemaker program
  and students who are disadvantaged or handicapped
  and who are enrolled or have completed a
  vocational program are eligible to participate in
  the Resource Lab activities. The Lab provides
  students with equipment and resources useful in
  conducting a job or training search. Newspapers,
  career interest inventories, computers, tutoring
  and career software, as well as employment
  opportunities and telephone equipment are
  available in the Lab. A Career Development
  Instructor is available to provide individualized
  instruction and assistance with the writing of
  resumes, completing employment applications,
  college entrance forms and linkages for community
  services. The Resource Lab is located at the
  South Campus.
• The Your Place Program provides a 10 week
  course upon completion, students receive 6
  credit hours.

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• Chapter 1 Change Transition
• Student Awareness Checklist
• Stages of Adjustment to Loss
• Stages of Adjustment to Loss Chart
• Transitioning Techniques
• Letting Go
• Coping with Change Transition
• Risking Change
• Fear of Losing Control

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COPING WITH CHANGE TRANSITION
This is how things are This is how I want things to be

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• Chapter 2 Self-Esteem
• My Strengths
• My Lifeline
• Circles of Influence
• Reaffirming What You Know
• My Personal Successes

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Circles of Influences DIRECTIONS Put your name
in the center circle. List a name in each circle
of everyone that you would talk to in a given
week. More instructions to follow.
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• Chapter 3 Positive Attitudes
• Attitude Survey
• Attitude Survey Results
• Attitudes
• Attitudes for Success
• E R O
• Ability, Motivation Attitude
• You Can Make Your Own Luck
• When One Door Closes

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• Chapter 4 Goal Setting
• What Do I Value
• Living My Values
• Spirituality
• Writing Your Mission Statement
• Example of Mission Statement
• My Personal Mission Statement
• 10 Stars to Success
• Setting SMART Goals

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• Chapter 5 Decision Making
• Id Rather . . . . . . .
• Brainstorming
• 5 Steps for Making Good Decisions
• Practicing the 5 Step Process
• Decision Making
• Desert Island Decision
• Circles of Influence on Decision
• Making

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• Chapter 6 Time Management
• What If
• Time Wasters
• Time Savers
• Where Does The Time Go
• Who Does What
• To Do List

This is a round tuit.
Guard it with your life.
Tuits are hard to
come by, especially the round ones. It will
help you to become a much more
efficient worker. For years, youve heard people
say, Ill do it when I get a round tuit. Well,
now that you have one, you can
accomplish all those

things you put aside
until
you got your own
round tuit.
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TIME SAVERS.
Personally speaking
Best Practice
Ideas More Input


Input from another classmate

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• Chapter 7 Communication Skills
• Teamwork
• Communication Activities
• Communication Skills
• Fabulous First
• 9 Words to Never Use
• Barriers to Effective Communication

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• Chapter 8 Assertiveness
• Conflict Resolution
• Assessing Your Behavior
• Evaluating the Assessment
• Body Language
• Tips for Assertive Communications
• Personal Assertive Statement
• Assertive Techniques

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• PERSONAL ASSERTIVE STATEMENTS
• List 3 items that you need to incorporate
  assertiveness techniques
• with in order to improve your current
  situation.
• _____________________________
• _____________________________
• _____________________________
• Tell how each item of concern makes you feel.
• _____________________________
• _____________________________
• _____________________________
• State the desired outcome.
• _____________________________
• _____________________________
• _____________________________

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• Chapter 9 Healthy Relationships
• How Well Do You Like Yourself
• Themes from a Marriage
• Fair Fighting
• Golden Rules for Happy Living
• Basic Human Relationships
• Professional Etiquette
• Helpful Hints For Parents
• 100 Ways to Praise A Child
• How Healthy Is My Relationship

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• Chapter 10
• Stress Management
• Body Stress Awareness
• What Does Your Body Stress
  Awareness Mean
• Stress Reducers
• 10 Self-Talks for Stress
• Management
• 10 Things I Like To Do
• Getting A Handle on Stress

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• Chapter 11 Diversity Training
• What Do You See
• Dealing With Differences
• Beyond Diversity
• 9 Dot Challenge

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• Chapter 12 Budgeting
• Know Your Financial Values
• aving marts
• Monthly Spending Guidelines
• Spending Plan Worksheet
• Expense Sheet

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• Chapter 13 Financial Aid
• Financial Aid Terms
• Financial Aid Documents Needed
• Scholarship, Grant, and Loan
• Information

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• Chapter 14 New Student
• Information
• Checklist for New Students
• College Search Websites
• Tutoring Testing Websites

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• Chapter 15 College Awareness
• College Lingo
• Non-Traditional Jobs for Women
• Non-Traditional Jobs for Men
• Study Test Taking Tips
• Study Skills
• Test Taking Skills

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• Chapter 16 Evaluating
• Work Habits
• Evaluating Job Habits
• Good or Bad Work Habits
• Personal Strengths

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• Chapter 17 Getting A Job
• The Supportive Elements of a Resume
• Sample Cover Letter
• Tips for Resume Writing
• Action Words for a Captivating Resume
• Sample Resume
• Sample References
• Thank You Letter
• Resume Submission Follow-Up

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• Chapter 18 Advancement, Employer
• Expectations Keeping
• That Job
• Networking
• Get To Know Your Coworkers
• Earning Respect with Coworkers
• Principles of Positive Coworker
• Relationships
• What Does My Employer Want Anyway
• Pointers for Job Retention

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Thank you for sharing your most valuable
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YOUR PLACE for the Adult Learner
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SSCC/SOCOE Regional Center to
College Access Your Place Program 12681
U.S. Route 62 Sardinia, OH 45171
Phone [phone], x3540 Fax
937.695.0414 or 937.695.8093
sevans_at_sscc.edu
SOUTHERN OHIO CENTER OF EXCELLENCE Regional
Center to College Access

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