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Upcoming Student Workshops
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Student Workshop: Mastering Time Management for College Success
In this 45-minute workshop, we will explore the vital skill of time management and how it can enhance your academic performance, alleviate stress, and ensure you stay ahead of your assignments. We will walk you through a five-step strategy to manage your time more efficiently:
- Crafting a To-Do List: Learn how to create a comprehensive to-do list that allows you to visualize and organize your tasks.
- Estimating Task Duration: Understand how to estimate the duration of each task, taking into account factors like task complexity, familiarity with the task, resource availability, and potential distractions.
- Prioritizing Tasks: Discover how to prioritize tasks based on importance and urgency, and learn a simple prioritization system.
- Developing a Weekly Schedule: Develop a weekly schedule that includes time for classes, extracurricular activities, other commitments, and the prioritized tasks.
- Setting Alerts: Find out how setting alerts on your phone or other devices can help you remember important tasks.
By the end of this workshop, you will be equipped with effective time management skills that will not only elevate your academic performance but also prepare you for future academic and professional challenges with increased confidence and control. This workshop is a preview to a larger comprehensive college-readiness summer course, Beyond High School, that covers a variety of topics like this. Join us to get a head start on your college journey!
Student Workshop: Goal-Setting and Planning for College Success
In this 45-minute workshop, you’ll discover how to set meaningful goals, overcome procrastination, and cultivate planning skills essential for college readiness. We will discuss how these skills can enhance academic performance, boost self-confidence, and set you up for future success.
The workshop will introduce you to the CANDO goal-setting framework, a simple and effective way to help you set and achieve your goals. We will also share a variety of practical strategies that you can use to track your goal progress, such as creating effective timelines, identifying useful resources, and developing robust strategies to overcome challenges.
By the end of this workshop, you will have a better understanding of how to set and achieve your academic goals, equipping you for success in college and beyond.
Here is a preview of what you can expect from the class:
- Learn how to develop effective CANDO goals
- Create a personalized study plan
- Master and utilize effective time management skills
- Develop strategies for overcoming procrastination and staying motivated
- Access a variety of resources to help you succeed in college and reach your academic goals
This workshop is a preview to a larger comprehensive college-readiness summer course, Beyond High School, that covers a variety of topics like this. Join us to get a head start on your college journey!
Relevant Resources
We also offer parent workshops on a variety of timely and important topics. Learn more about parent workshops or check out other resources like our blog, our YouTube channel, and our page about Resources on Learning Disabilities.