Career Discovery and Community College Pathways

The early discovery of a career that fits the community college student’s interests, skills, and personality, is critical to ensuring that money, time, and financial aid are not wasted. In this video you will learn how to use a combination of personality and career assessment tools that have been proven to match an individual with ideal careers. You will also learn how community college pathways programs are helping students to make proper course selections early on that match their general fields of interest.

Community College Majors and Educational Plans

Knowledge is power! Every community college offers a wide range of majors from certificate programs. They range from majors in occupational fields to Associate Degrees for Transfer to universities.  However, very few students, or their mentors, are aware of how these majors come together, and the course options within the educational plans that lead to graduation. In this opening video you will explore the various types of community college majors, and learn how to locate the essential tools and information needed to construct an educational plan for a student. You will need this information in order to fully benefit from the three Instructional Videos listed below.

➤ Constructing a Plan for a Certificate only

➤ Constructing a Plan for an Associate Degree only

➤ Constructing a Plan for an Associate Degree for Transfer

Getting the Most Financial Aid for Community College

Many community college students do not receive all of the financial aid for which they are entitled. In this video you will how to obtain the most total financial aid for the student. In this video, you’ll enjoy a discussion of critical Do’s and Don’ts, as well as tools available on the internet where assistance can be obtained in filling out important applications for financial aid.

Tools for Successful
Mentoring

California community college students increasingly enter the system with little in their personal experiences that equip them to succeed in college without proactive and continual guidance. In this video you will learn how to use the highly successful mentoring system and tools that we have developed from over 28 years of experience.

Overcoming Common Community College Obstacles

Every community college student will face obstacles in their educational pursuits.  If students recognize this and cultivate practices to help them navigate these challenges, these difficulties do not become roadblocks on their journey to meet their educational goals. Using real-life experiences from community college, you will learn about the very most important ways to minimize obstacles to success and how to overcome those that are encountered.  

Getting the Most from Community College Websites

Part of successful mentoring involves having a thorough knowledge of the wide variety of resources that are available on a community college website.  The answer to many questions are available on the campus website if the student knows where to look. This can eliminate needless time spent standing in lines trying to obtain the same information from counselors or other college staff.  In this video you will learn where the most relevant information can be found on a community college website if you know where to look.