Academic Readiness Skills

POWERPOINT #2 Employability and Work-Readiness Skills3 hrs. or moreFill out a Master a job application, write your resume, and cover letter to go with your resume.Video yourself giving a 30-second response to a job interview question, or your “elevator speech.”Optional: Prepare a PowerPoint presentation for the class describing your Occupational Profile,

or how you will get from where you are today to your dream job.

POWERPOINT #1 Self-Awareness and Career Exploration 3 hrs.or moreObjective: Follow the instructions to figure out where your interests are, and what kind of job or career you would like to have. Do the Reality Check and record your answers. You will put the completed worksheet into your Portfolio.

*POWERPOINT #3 Achieving Academic Readiness Skills 3 hrs. or moreDecide what your strengths are. Take the multiple intelligences survey at: http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligneces-assessment.Learn how to make a point in 30 seconds or less.

POWERPOINT #4 College Awareness 3 hrs. or more

Review math and language skills that will be on the TSI College Entrance Exam which will determine the level of college courses

where you will start. Take a practice TSI Math test and a practice TSI Language test. Write an entrance essay. Fill out a college

application Practice filling out the FAFSA. Do this part even if you do not plan to go to college at this time.

Academic Readiness Skills

Academic Readiness Skills

• Look at the Multiple Intelligences sheet.

• See how many apply to you.

Did you know that being organized is an

Academic Readiness Skill?

Academic Readiness Skills

Go to www.youtube.com. Type in planner organization college and watch a video .

Get organized

Academic Readiness Skills

Now view more about academic success on www.youtube.com

How to Balance School and Work: 5 Strategies for Academic Success

Academic Readiness Skills

www.youtube.com

Look for videos on:

Organization & Study tips for Academic Success

Academic Readiness Skills

College 101: Top 10 Tips for Academic Success

• Watch this video on www.youtube.com

Academic Readiness Skills

Another video to watch on www.youtube.com :

How to Graduate College with a Job You Love & Less Debt by Jullien Gordon 12:10 min.

Academic Readiness Skills

Being concise is another academic skill you can use• In all types of communications:

• making a point in an essay

• explaining something clearly

Academic Readiness Skills

Academic Readiness Skills

•Practice organizing your thoughts by answering questions in 30 seconds or less, just like you have already done in the 30 second or less “elevator speech” in the Employability and Work-readiness Skills PowerPoint.

Tips on all sorts of skills

•www.GCFLearnfree.org

Remember this website for lessons on academic as well as every-day things you might want to learn about.

Academic Readiness Skills

Take the multiple intelligences survey

• Go to

• http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-assessment

CONGRATULATIONS!

You have completed the Academic Readiness Skills PowerPoint where you learned how to organize your thoughts and taken the multiple intelligences survey.

Academic Readiness Skills