Transcript Increase Motivation by Including Career Development in Your College Success Course Dr. Marsha Fralick.

Increase Motivation
by Including Career Development
in Your College Success Course
Dr. Marsha Fralick
Ice Breaker
Think, Pair, Share
Introduce yourself.
Where are you from?
If I were to visit your city, what is one
place I should make sure to see?
Going Green! Additional handouts are located at:
http://www.collegesuccess1.com/Conferences.htm
Overview
• Course description and results
• Career development components
o Personality type
o Learning style
o Interests/values
o Career and educational planning
• Technology and career development
• 7 minute demo
• Resources for faculty
Cuyamaca College
El Cajon, CA
Personal Development
124, Lifelong Success
• 8000 students enrolled in college
• 1600 take PDC 124 each year
• One of the top 15 revenue producing
programs for the college
• 56 sections a year
College Success Course
• 3 units
• Transfers to four year universities
• One of the top 15 revenue
producing programs in the college
Broad Scope
• College success
• Career success
• Lifelong success
College
Success
 Motivation
 Time and Money
 Memory and Reading
 Test Taking
 Taking Notes, Writing and Speaking
Career
Success
 Personality and Related Majors
 Learning Style and Intelligence
 Interests and Values
 Career and Educational Planning
Lifelong
Success
Communication and Relationships
Critical and Creative Thinking
Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle
Appreciating Diversity
Positive Thinking
Life Stages
The most significant
finding is increased
persistence
Persistence
• Students who return the next semester
• Approximately half of community
college students nationwide do not
persist after the first semester
College Persistence Semester to
Semester 5 Year Average at
Cuyamaca College
• All successful PDC students 89%
• All students 63%
A 26% improvement!
Keys to Success
• The program helps students to make a
good choice of a major and career
Job Jar Activity
Career Development
Rationale
• Students increase motivation for college
success if they have made a good
choice of a college major and career
A Strength-Based Approach
• Increase motivation for success by
building on your strengths
The Career Development Component
Personality
Learning
Style
Interests
Values
Career &
Educational
Planning
Build on Personal Strengths
Make decisions based on
personal strengths:
• What is my major?
• What is my career?
• What courses should I take in
college to accomplish my goals?
• Key theme throughout course
• Carl Jung and personality type
Online:
Carl Jung 1875-1961
• We are born with natural
preferences which we develop over
a lifetime.
• There are no good or bad types.
• Each type has their own unique
gifts and talents.
• Exercise: What is a preference?
Learning Style
• How you learn affects how you earn
The PEPS Learning Style
Assessment
• Measures preferences in 20 areas
o Perceptual
o Environmental
o Emotional
o Sociological
o Physical
20 Learning Style Factors
 Perceptual
 Auditory, visual,
kinesthetic,
tactual
 Environmental
 Sound, light, heat,
design
 Physical
 Time of day, food,
mobility
 Emotional
 Motivation,
responsibility,
persistence,
structure
 Sociological
 Self, peer or adult
oriented
Note that a detailed list of learning strategies
for your style follows this chart.
Interests
• Interest Profiler
• O*NET database of careers
Free Download:
http://www.onetcenter.org/IP.html
Values
• Values checklist
• Choices Planner
Keys to Success
• Use technology to make education
engaging and inescapable
College Success 1
• Resources for faculty and students
http://www.collegesuccess1.com/
Conferences
What is
• Something you learned?
• Something you found useful?
• Questions?
• Discussion
• Evaluation