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Greatest Life Lesson

July 26, 2019 By On Course

Greatest Life Lesson

During my first semester in college, I was enrolled in a first-year English class. In high school I was usually able to pull off an A on my honors English papers without much work, and I thought I was a pretty good writer. So when I turned in my first college essay, I was expecting […]

Filed Under: Creator vs. Victim Mindset, Newsletters Tagged With: Asking for help, Peer Review, Self-responsibility, Student Story

From Homeless to High Honors

July 2, 2019 By On Course

From Homeless to High Honors

In 2002, I hit rock bottom when I moved into a homeless shelter. For the next four years, I cycled in and out of one shelter after another. There, I saw how people can become passive and numb, with no life or hope left in their eyes. They smell bad, walk with their heads down, […]

Filed Under: Creator vs. Victim Mindset, Interdependence, Newsletters, Self-Management Quadrants Tagged With: Next Actions List, Sharing Experiences, Student Story

The Pleasure of Homework

June 21, 2019 By On Course

The Pleasure of Homework

When I began college, I was unmotivated and chose to blame others for my problems and my shortcomings. I was so much smarter than everyone that I didn’t need to do all the work that everyone else did; at least that’s what I thought. My favorite pastime was staring blankly at a television, rather than […]

Filed Under: Best Practices - Self-Responsibility, Creator vs. Victim Mindset, Newsletters Tagged With: Solving problems, Student Story

Helping First-Year Students Transition to College

April 3, 2019 By On Course

Helping First-Year Students Transition to College

Academic Strategies for Excellence (AS198) is a three-credit course designed to assist first-year students make a successful transition to college. The course, rooted in research and best practices for guiding first-year students, helps students develop academic, personal, and professional skills.  Wesley College is a minority serving institution (MSI) with approximately 53% of its student population […]

Filed Under: Creator vs. Victim Mindset, Newsletters, Personal Responsibility, Wise Choice Process Tagged With: Advising Models, At-risk Students, Christine McDermott, Goal Setting, Journal entries

Grit + Growth Mindset

February 22, 2019 By On Course

Grit + Growth Mindset

The individual concepts of Grit and Growth Mindsets are familiar terms in the lexicon of student success. More recently, Hochanadel and Finamore have studied the interplay of these two concepts, encouraging educators  to explore the synergy created when students are provided with the tools to learn how to develop both grit and a growth mindset […]

Filed Under: Creator vs. Victim Mindset, DAPPS Model, Newsletters, Student Success Tagged With: Empower Students, Fork in the Road, Overcoming Obstacles, Persistence, Robin Middleton, Role Model

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Spring National Conference

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April 28, 2023
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This workshop has taken a hardened, crusty educator and softened her once again to be committed and energized to become the best person and teacher she can be.
Chris Landrum
Counselor
Mineral Area College, MO
This workshop should be required for all faculty, staff, and administrators.
Lamar McWaine
Student Life Coordinator
San Jacinto College, TX
In my 31 years of teaching this was the best and most critically needed of any workshop I have ever attended.
Susan Duncan
Faculty, Humanities
El Camino College, CA
This workshop transformed my professional and personal life.
Susan Pitcher
Director, TRIO
Bay College, MI
The On Course Workshop was the most productive learning experience I have had in years.
Kelli Rush
Faculty, Business
Campbellsville University, KY
I told my Dean that if I took every workshop and conference I had ever attended and rolled them into one, it would not equal what I learned and gained from your workshop.
Jan Trollinger
Faculty, English
Paine College, GA
I am going back to campus more empowered and energized.
Tyrone Davidson
Director, Undergraduate Advising
Missouri U of Science & Technology, MO
This was an awesome experience for an educator who was burning out!
Shay Jones
Faculty, Foundational Studies
Harrisburg Area Community College, PA
I arrived as a skeptic, but by the end of the first day I was converted. These strategies are practical and timely. I am looking forward to implementing them in my courses.
Rodney R. Brooks
Faculty, Accounting
Glendale Community College, AZ
My first day back I plunged into using On Course materials and methods with my students, and they LOVED it!! And I LOVED it! Thank you so much on behalf of myself and all of my present and future students!
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Faculty, Humanities
El Camino College, CA

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