Georgia Northwestern Technical College

Introductions

Mike “Wheels” Breakey

COLL 1000College Success and Survival

Skills

College Success and Survival Skills… sounds rather ominous

Introduction

Intro/Background

What you can expect from me

What do I expect

Icebreaker…your intro

Syllabus Review

Why College Survival?

Background B.S. in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

in Daytona Beach

MA in Airpower Studies in 2001…umm what?

MA in History in 2002

Working on doctorate in Education at UTC—almost done!

Air Force Pilot from April 1986 till December 2007, retired as a Lieutenant Colonel with over 5,000 flight hours Flew F-5 F-15 MC-130

Taught 12th grade Economics and Government in 2008

5 years as Humanities Chair at the University of Phoenix in Chattanooga

Just (JUST) hired at GNTC

Married 25 years with 2 kids Redheaded boys…1 freshman at UTK, other a junior in HS

Background

Car NUT….old cars that is 1965 Mini Cooper 1967 Ragtop Vette 1971 Lotus Racecar

Civil War buff

Lived in many foreign countries…Japan, England, Alabama…been all over the world from Albania to Vanuatu.

Hockey and racing

T-38http://www.aerohead.aero/

http://www.lkdesk.com/html/air_wallpaer/usa/20051018104333.htm

MC-130

Latest Stealth Aircraft

What you can expect from me Give 100 percent to each class

Office hours: As required—do not hesitate to make an appointment to meet if you have a question or want to talk history/cars/airplanes/life

Call me if necessary—you are not bothering me!

Listen...do not let me do all the talking!

Answer your questions. If I do not know I will tell you and we will find out together!

College success and success in life are related

Give feedback…and take feedback…end of course survey is too late!

What I Expect Perfection…no, but the pursuit of perfection

Listen… I used to say NO TEXTING!

Do not use computer to email, check pictures, check scores

Speak…one at a time please…ever had someone talk all over you…think they were listening?

Attack ideas, not people

Work as a team when required…why? You will often have to work as team in the workforce.

If you have a question/comment or I say something wrong, speak up

Get assignments done on time

Dig Deeper! Focus beyond the short term!

Dig Deeper

How to pronounce words and what they mean Bifurcated

Things not answered in the text…what the heck is accreditation?

The idea is to learn more than the minimum. Expand your knowledge, vocabulary and ability

Ever had someone mispronounce a word or use it in the wrong…contest?

Ever watched a presentation and had the presenter fumble through a word or phrase…loss of credibility?

Academic Freedom!

www.freedictionary.com

Communications Communicate what is going on

Email, web, phone

Feedback…not just grades

Written and verbal communications are key to everything we do in life!

Leave the lingo, slang, text style at home…you are in college, communicate like it.

I would rather _____ than speak in public

http://imgs.xkcd.com/

comics/dangers.png

Icebreaker

Tell me about YOU… Name Degree program and how far along Expectations of COLL 1000 Word association…I say college, you say ________. Something about you…hobby, interest, musical tastes,

favorite movie…something!

Syllabus review Contact Information

Dates

Policies

Grading Participation

Worksheets

Quizzes

Tests

Presentation

Overall Schedule

Key Dates for Spring 2014:January 6: First Day of ClassJanuary 8: Last Day to Drop Class/100% RefundJanuary10: Last Day to Add a ClassFebruary 27: Midterm March 5 & 6: Faculty DevelopmentMarch 7: Planning DayMarch 20: Last Day to Drop and receive grade of WMarch 31–April 4: Spring BreakMay 2: Last Day of ClassMay 6 & 7 Final Exams

AttendanceAttendanceStudents are expected to attend class. Class attendance is essential to success. Your level of success and your attendance are directly related. You are responsible for all material missed.

If an issue arises, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can work on a solution. My goal is not to deduct points for late work, but without a standard, there is chaos.

Policies

ACADEMIC Academic Misconduct Definitions Academic Misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following: • Aiding and Abetting Academic Misconduct - Knowingly helping, procuring,

encouraging, or otherwise assisting another person to engage in academic misconduct.

Cheating • a. Use and/or possession of unauthorized material or technology during an

examination, or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade, such as tape cassettes, notes, tests, calculators, computer programs, cell phones, and/or smart phones, or other electronic devices.

• b. Obtaining assistance with or answers to an examination or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade from another person with or without that person’s knowledge.

PoliciesACADEMIC Academic Misconduct Definitions

c. Furnishing assistance with or answers to an examination or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade to another person. d. Possessing, using, distributing or selling unauthorized copies of an examination, computer program, or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/ or a grade. e. Representing as one’s own an examination or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade taken by another person. f. Taking an examination or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade in place of another person. g. Obtaining unauthorized access to the computer files of another person or agency and/ or altering or destroying those files. h. Obtaining teacher edition text books, test banks, or other instructional materials that are only intended to be accessed by Technical College Officials, college administrator or Faculty Member.

PoliciesACADEMIC Academic Misconduct Definitions

3. Fabrication - The falsification of any information or citation in an examination or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade.

4. Plagiarism a. Submitting another’s published or unpublished work in whole, in part or in paraphrase, as one’s own without fully and properly crediting the author with footnotes, quotation marks, citations, or bibliographical reference. b. Submitting as one’s own original work, material obtained from an individual or agency without reference to the person or agency as the source of the material. c. Submitting as one’s own original work material that has been produced through unacknowledged collaboration with others without release in writing from collaborators.

Bottom line, do your own work, do not get behind, and give credit where credit

is due.

PoliciesLate AssignmentsGrading Policy and Additional Course Requirements:Course assignments are due by the start of class. Assignments not submitted by the due date will lose 20% a day. After 3 days, no credit will be earned. Any quiz/exam missed will be a zero.  Skills needed for successful completion of course: Asking questions, being on time to class and with assignments, an open mind, and an understanding that attitude is as big as aptitude when it comes to college success Evaluations - The Student's Grade Will be Determined as Follows:

Classroom Participation 10% Worksheets 25% Quizzes 15%Mid-Term Exam 15% Presentation 10%Final exam 25%

Total 100 percentRemember grades are earned, not given.

Policies• Participation

• Participation is MORE than showing up and is part of your grade• Be part of the discussion!• To be part of the discussion you have to be here!

• Real life situations may preclude attendance. • If possible, please let me know of an absence beforehand • If unable, please let me know as soon as possible after the missed

class so we can work together to help you successfully complete the course.

• The more you are in class and listen, the better you will do on the quizzes and tests…and you may even learn something!

• There is a 100% correlation between attendance and grades!

• Pragmatically, you are paying for the class, get something out of it!

Bad Weather

GNTC will announce closings or delayed openings through GNTC Alert!, GNTC’s website at www.gntc.edu, and on GNTC’s Facebook page.

The college will not announce that it is open, only closings or delayed openings. It is the responsibility of each person to use his/her best judgment to decide if it is safe to travel

GNTC Grading Scale

100-90 A

89-80 B

79-70 C

69-60 D

59-0 F

Wheels-isms

Priorities

Discipline

Fact versus fiction (CNN effect)

Do not fall short of your goal!

Question

Why should you care about an intro course?

The first step is you have to say that you can~Will Smith

Do you agree?

Next Class Chapter 1: Making a Smooth Transition to College up to Some

Strategies for Success (p. 14)

Read the NY Times article on US Education Gap Link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/education/education-gap-grows-between-rich-and-poor-studies-show.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Alternate Link: http://www.sauvonsluniversite.com/spip.php?article5349

Bring in questions you may have about college

Why college discussion

NOTE: There are no stupid questions in my class

Questions

See you Thursday!