How to be a Successful Student…

…and are you interested in tripling your salary…?

BAD ATTITUDE

POTENTIAL

WHICH ONE ARE YOU?

1. Make an effort from the start

2. Use a planner to write down homework, & due dates for quizzes, tests, & projects

3. Do your homework4. Study for quizzes &

tests

1. Wait to see how you do, then try harder

2. Don’t use a planner, but I will remember the important stuff

3. Don’t do or finish homework

4. Don’t study for quizzes or tests

STUDYING / HOMEWORK

5. Pay attention in class

6. Take notes in class7. Do homework as

soon as I get home8. Eat a healthy

breakfast9. Get 6-8 hours of

sleep

5. Pay attention if I find it interesting?

6. Take notes if I find it interesting

7. Wait to do homework

8. Don’t eat breakfast

9. Less than 6 hrs sleep

WHICH ONE ARE YOU? (2)

Where Do You do Your Sleeping?

SLEEPING• Researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston say

that losing out on sleep disrupts students' ability to learn and remember. The study reports that sleep is an important aspect of the learning process and that if students miss out on sleep their ability to perform academic tasks declines.

• Even if students tried to catch up on missed sleep, the negative impact on performance was still apparent three days after the initial loss of sleep.

• The suggestion is that sleep plays an important part in the way that people learn, with the sleep process helping to make new information "stick".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/education/1035161.stm

What Kind of Breakfast Do you eat?

EATING BREAKFAST

• Numerous studies indicate that students who start their day with a healthy breakfast perform better in school, behave better, and are absent less frequently than students who do not.  Thus, a huge increase in student participation at breakfast would seem to bode well for future student success in school.

10. Get help before failing11. Ask teachers review

questions before a quiz or test

12. Academics is my priority at school

13. I use my study halls14. I will stay after school if I

have an academic problem15. I seriously think about my

future16. Get to bus stop, school, &

class on time

10. Wait until I am failing then ask for help

11. Don’t know what to ask a teacher before a review

12. Socializing is my priority at school

13. I waste my study halls14. I don’t stay after school if I

have an academic problem15. I don’t think about my

future, because I have plenty of time to do so

16. Get to school & class when I can

WHICH ONE ARE YOU? (3)

Getting to Class On time

ATTITUDE & BEHAVIOR

CellPhone

Student – Teacher Relationship

LEGAL PROBLEMS

Juvenile Detention Center is a short-term holding facility. Kids placed at the center by court order & are awaiting trial, waiting sentencing, or waiting for placement in another alternative setting (group home, day treatment, boot camp, etc). The average reading level for teens in the facility is at 5th-6th grade level. Most have not not been academically successful in their previous schools.

Kid versus Young Adult

KidThe world revolvesAround you. Its all aboutMe, I can do what I want.You can pick & chooseThe rules & boundaries.Nobody can tell me what toDo. Everyone has to show meRespect, I choose who I wantTo respect! The world owes meWhatever I want. If I don’t get What I want it is someone else’sFault. If I am not successful, it isSomeone else is to blame, not me.

Young AdultYou are an important Part of the world. I am Important, but so is Everyone else.Others make the rules &Draw the boundaries. Respect is a 2 way streetBeing held accountable isNot disrespect. I have the Opportunity to do almostAnything, if I work for it& earn it. I know the People who are important To my success.

Consequences if You Don’t Grow Up• Warnings– Teachers, Guidance, Housemasters– Interim Reports– Parent / Guardian Meetings

• End Results– Poor grades / failing grades = lose credit– Failure to advance to next grade or graduate– Repeat grade again due to lost credits / summer school– Repeat same classes with the same teachers– Can’t take electives due to core course requirements– Drop Out …. – Asked to take Adult Education (You pay & in evenings)– GED

Building the Foundation for Your Future

SLEEPEAT BREAKFAST

SHOW UP ON TIMESHOW UP PREPARED

PAY ATTENTIONASK QUESTIONS

TAKE NOTESDO HOMEWORK

STUDY FOR QUIZ / TESTSUSE PLANNER

SUCCESS!!!

Review

• Get good sleep & eat a good breakfast• Study & do your homework• Get to school & class on time• Come prepared to class, pay attention, & participate.• If you don’t understand something or have a

problem, tell your teacher• You are responsible for your success, so work • Treat yourself & others with respect• School is your job, are you earning your paycheck

(grades)

Balance for Success

• College– Get enough sleep– Go to school /class / on time– Class selection (Rigor)– Competitive Grades (GPA)– Know # of credits they have– Do Homework & Readings– Study for Quiz / Tests– Pay attention / participate– TAKE NOTES (college reqt.)– Be prepared & use tools (pens, library, planner)– Community service / Teams & Groups – Use a PLANNER– College Entrance Exams (SAT / ACT)– Demonstrate a Mature Attitude– Responsibility & Accountability– Demonstrate a WORK ETHIC– Know the Scholarships /Grants/Loan Process– Know the Application Process– Friends (Make you a better person)

• No College– Not enough sleep / tired (late or sleep in class)– Cut school / class / late for class– No clue just taking easy classes– Don’t know/care/ plenty of time to fix my GPA– Don’t know # of credits & why– No or some Homework & Readings– Don’t study for Quiz / Tests– Don’t pay attn: Talk, sleep, text, Never take notes– Don’t use available tools – No community service / Tms or groups – Don’t have or use a Planner– Don’t take PSAT, may take but don’t study for

SAT /ACT– Immature / Everything is a joke or a goof– Always have an excuse & its someone else’s fault– Only demonstrate a CHILL ETHIC– Don’t know about scholarship or grant reqts– Don’t know about College Application Process– Don’t know the difference between Acquaintances

& Friends