...Personal Responsibility and College Success Angela A. Guzman University of Phoenix Personal Responsibility and College Success Being a mother of two while going to school can be overwhelming. Daily tasks such as taking care of my two girls, house chores, and balancing school work is hard to squeeze into a day unless you learn to manage your time wisely. In order to manage your time wisely you must take charge of your actions by practicing self-discipline. Making the right choices can lead to many rewards, but holding yourself accountable for failures will help you make better decisions in the future (Haskins, 2009). Time management, self-discipline, and accountability all comes down to personal responsibility. In my opinion, personal responsibility is setting an attainable goal, taking the actions needed to reach your goal, and holding yourself accountable for those actions. In short, personal responsibility is the key to college success. Self-discipline Planning to go to college is a big step that requires a lot of self-discipline. Self-discipline is about setting attainable goals and being able to follow through until reaching said goals. Setting attainable goals will help you succeed. Attempting goals that are unattainable not only sets you up for failure, but will discourage you from setting new goals in the future. Using a planning strategy of taking a long-term goal and breaking it up into short-term goals will keep you on track (Ellis, 2010). Most people...
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...accomplish. You must take charge or your actions by practicing discipline and using time management skills. If you can master this art, it can be translated to any aspect of your life, including college success. Informal Outline: I: Personal responsibility, in my opinion, is the key to being successful. To effectively achieve personal responsibility you must hold yourself accountable for what you’re trying to accomplish. You must take charge or your actions by practicing discipline and using time management skills. If you can master this art, it can be translated to any aspect of your life, including college success. II: Take charge of your actions by practicing self-discipline A. Set goals 1. Make a plan 2. Short term goals 3. Long term goals III: Time management skills are imperative A. Meeting deadlines 1. Set specific goals for completing tasks 2. Stick to your schedule III: Accountability A. Be organized 1. Use calendars 2. Use reminders or alarms 3. Make checklists B. Know your resources 1. Online tools 2. Study groups C. Be committed D. Manage stress 1. Reward yourself along the way a. Take breaks b. Treat yourself when short term goals are met E. Procrastination is greatest opposition IV: In conclusion, because procrastination is the greatest opposition to responsibility, you should practice self-discipline for two main reasons. First, maintaining highly effective...
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...SUPERVISES:Students and all teachers of the school NATURE AND SCOPE OF JOB: The school Principal serves as the educational leader, responsible for managing the policies, regulations, and procedures to ensure that all students are supervised in a safe traditional Catholic learning environment that meets the approved curricula and mission of the school. Achieving academic excellence requires that the school Principal work collaboratively to direct and nurture all members of the school staff hired by the Board of Directors and to communicate effectively with parents. Inherent in the position are the responsibilities for scheduling, curriculum development, extracurricular activities, personnel management, emergency procedures, and facility operations. JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The school Principal shall: 1.Establish and promote high standards and expectations for all students and staff for academic performance and responsibility for behavior. 2.Manage, evaluate and supervise effective and clear procedures for the operation and functioning of the school consistent with the philosophy, mission, values and goals of the school including instructional programs, extracurricular activities, discipline systems to ensure a safe and orderly climate, building maintenance, program evaluation, personnel management, office operations, and emergency procedures. Ensure compliance with all laws, board policies and civil regulations. 3.Establish the annual master schedule for instructional programs...
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...internet, even a masters degree. Is an online degree easier to obtain than a traditional brick and mortar college degree? Online education can be considered equivalent to a traditional degree, but requires unique learning habits. Online education is a different style of learning. Taking a class requires self-discipline and a mindset of self-teaching: “Students need to determine if online learning is an option for them because not everyone does well with this type of study. Some questions that any potential online students should ask is whether or not they can learn independently; how organized they are with their time; whether they are computer savvy; their level of reading comprehension; and if they have at least ten hours a week to devote to each course”(Snyder 1). Online learning will not work for every person seeking higher education. To add to the level of difficulty: ”Often online instructors assign more reading materials than required in a regular classroom to ensure that students are engaged”(Snyder 1), thus requiring a higher level of independence. Earning a higher degree online provides a unique benefit to those able to handle self-guidance: “Students will be able to learn at their own pace”(Snyder 1). Earning a college degree online is very different than that of a traditional school. Schools with online courses are rewarding students for prior learning experience cutting down the time it takes to earn a degree: “some of Washington’s community colleges plan next year...
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... I have chosen a career in School psychology. Becoming a school psychologist has been something that I wanted to do since my freshman year in college. During that time I began working for an organization called Community Intervention and Research Center as a behavioral aide, which I found to be very rewarding. Though the organization was a social service agency, we worked with a lot of school and child psychologists. My job duties were to be someone who enforces behavior modification with children who were put on my case load one on one but within their normal everyday environment. Each child had a treatment plan that was put in place by their psychologist and my duty was to help implement it. So I accompanied the children on my caseload to school, home and/or their after school program. Each child had been diagnosed with some sort of emotional, behavioral, and/or learning disorder and it was my job to coach them through some of their difficulties. This job actually meant a lot to me because as a child I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Growing up was very difficult for me because I was always being kicked out of schools or put in remedial classes because a lot of schools weren’t adept at handling children with ADHD. So this job became especially important to me which is why I chose the profession of Educational Psychology. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in order to become a school psychologist one must obtain a master’s...
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...Senior policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, Katherine Kersten, in her article “Undisciplined” (March 19, 2018) addresses the flaws of Minnesota Department of Human Rights plans to “reduce black and Native American discipline rates.” Kersten then counters that just reducing the types of actions that can result in disciplinary action will do more harm than good, and students should be disciplined no matter their race. Kersten begins by describing why the MDHR is calling for change and past places where this has been tried before and failed. Then, Kersten goes on to “expose three deeply flawed premises” than MDHR’s campaign is based on. Her first counter is that students of different family backgrounds do not misbehave at the...
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...Gross Abstract Personal responsibility and dream of success will be defined by the author in relation to the author’s experience. The relationship between personal responsibility and dream of success will be briefly explained. The authors will show how personal responsibility in his life with school, families and social. The authors will tell you about his dream of success. Personal Responsibility and Dream of Success Today the dream has all but disappeared. Is it? I know I have a dream when I graduated from high school. I had set my goal that I will go to college to get BA degree in business. I set a goal when I graduated from college, and looking for a job, and get my own place. I had planned to move out of my parent’s home. That was when I set my personal responsibility, and I had a dream of success. Being personal responsibility, I set out a plan when I was a teenage; I believed that I could do it as well as other people. I always have a dream about being successful, and about getting my master degree someday, and getting my own business. That was my dream, hasn’t disappeared yet. I will always follow my dream and proof my family that I’ve completed my master degree in the future. That was my dream of success. What’s personal responsibility mean to you? I am sole responsibility for the decision in my life. I am responsible for what I choose to feel or think in my life. I am choosing the direction for your life. I cannot blame your parents for...
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...ADMINISTRATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS Introduction Secondary school administrators work with teachers to design and prepare curriculum, establish budgets and ensure that students performance meet government standard. The most common administrators in secondary school environment are Principals and assistant Principals. These professionals set goals for individual schools within a public school district or individual private institution. They also collaborate with teachers to curriculum and performance goals are meant. Secondary schools administration e.g Principals often begin their career as teachers and then move into school administration positions as the assistant Principal level. ADMINISTRATION SET UP PRINCIPAL VICE-PRINCIPAL NON-TEACHING STAFF STUDENTS TEACHING STAFF The Principal A secondary school is headed by a Principal, preferable a graduate in Education and Postgraduate Diploma in Education or Masters Degree in Education. A school Principal most have taught for a considerable number of years and must also have vast administrative experience. A non-education graduate with several years of experience, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education, administrative experience and other attributes expected of a school Principal could also head a school. ROLES OF A PRINCIPAL The role of a Principal covers many different areas including leadership, teacher evaluation, student discipline and several others. Being an effective Principal is anchored on hard work and ...
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...life, I will have to have clearly defined goals, a clear plan on achieving those goals, and put that plan into action daily around my goals. In assessing my goals for getting my college degree. I came up with a list of about 10 goals, all of which I will mention here. First, I want to graduate with 3.0 GPA. Next, I would like to finish my degree by July 2015. Finally, my ultimate goal is to get my MBA. Also, I will like to be a consummate teammate. I want not only know my information to pass my class but have a clear understanding of it. I want to apply the knowledge to my business on a day to day basis. It is also a goal of mine to graduate top of my class. I want to add as much value as possible to my fellow students, with my current business knowledge. And I want to master organized planning. How am I to accomplish any of these goals, with Constant and Never Ending Improvement. (Canfield 2005) Achieving goals at any aspect of life takes a lot of discipline. My business mentor the late Chet Holmes calls it “Pigheaded Discipline.” (Holmes 2007) So in order to maintain a 3.0 GPA, I must complete and get 80% of my grades correctly. But in knowing the 80/20 rule of life, I need to focus about 20% of my time to get that 80% I need for my goal. That amounts to about an average 4.8 hours per day. Based on my schedule I can do 2.5 hours each day of the week and adjust the rest to complete over the weekend. Then I can plan the to do items from the assignments in those allotted times...
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...my goals after I graduate are tools, skills, values, discipline, and goal. I have chosen these words because I feel that ITT tech will give me the skills that I need for the type of job I am looking for. I chose values because that is will I will learns while I am learning my trade. Disciple will help me overcome the obstacles that will try and take me from the path that I have chosen. Last goal, I chose this word because I will achieve those goals that have been put in my life to reach. Tools are an item or implement used for a specific purpose. It can be a physical object or a technical objet like a software program or it could be consider a concept or something kind of knowledge that you have learned to help you in life. This applies to my life because I am currently going back to school to obtain the skills that will help me at my current job but any future job that I will apply for. The tool will also help me in my social life and help me better my life in general. Skills is defined as a talent or ability that comes from training or practice. The skills that I currently have are good skills like I am great with multitasking. This skill is valuable because I can concentrate on more than one thing either in the work place of just doing regular this. The more skills you develop in life and your work area the easier things will be for example if I learn all the necessary skills for the major that I am taking up and I master those skills. The easier it will be for me to get a...
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...to each essay question should be no more than two pages using 1.5 line spacing. Please begin each question on a new page. Essay Question #1 Explain how your past accomplishments have prepared you for the W. P. Carey MBA. “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” A famous saying from the movie Forrest Gump pretty much describes my situation. In my earlier life, I never thought I would come to US for my master of engineering, work as an electrical engineer at Force10networks (it was acquired by DELL recently), and now pursue an MBA. My past accomplishments that have prepared me for the W.P. Carey MBA include teaching mathematics in Taiwan, coming to US to improve myself, earning my engineering masters at the University of Arizona, and working as electrical design engineer at force10networks. Before I came to US, I had taught mathematics from high school level to college calculus for seven years. The reason that I like teaching is I like to sense students’ issues of learning mathematics. I like to communicate with them, and to help them succeed in achieving their mathematics grades. The teaching experience made me learn to listen to students’ needs, to develop an efficient and easy way for students to learn mathematics, and to become a good mentor. As I believe, having the ability to sense people’s needs and to develop a solution to make people happy made me a...
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...As an Educational Administrator use the ‘POSDCORDE’ management principle in your organization and show its effectiveness in outcomes or output produced. The acronym POSDCORB (E) has been used in all schools and other organizations all over the world. It is a management technique that has been accepted by all managers and administrators in both the public and private secondary schools in Mauritius. However, some administrators are not making effective use of the management principles and this has a negative effect on the performance of students. In order, to achieve better results in the 21st century which is characterized as a technological world, administrative quality in terms of competent leaders are required. I work for a fee-paying school which is the Institue. The Institute has opened its doors 10 years back with less than 50 students, but the rector was not discouraged and today the school population is over 300. The Institute is known for its discipline as this is not the case in other state secondary schools. Moreover, teachers are asked to give special attention to weak students in order to make them pass the exams. The Rector does apply the acronym POSDCORB (E), but does not make the maximum use of it, and this affects the results at the end of the year. The acronym POSDCORB (E) can be stated below where: P= PLANNING O=ORGANISING S=STAFFING D=DIRECTING C=COORDINATION R= REPORTING B= BUDGETING E=EVALUATION PLANNING “Planning bridges the gap from where...
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...For one to be effective and successful they must have personal responsibility. People must be held accountable for what they want to accomplish when achieving personal responsibility. By using time management and practicing self-discipline, they are able to take charge of their actions, which is a necessity in being fruitful in their daily lives. These two skills alone can help anyone lead a productive and successful life in all aspects, including college success. Time management is vital when it comes to personal responsibility. Deadlines must be met in order to show that one is responsible for the management of their time. Two effective ways of accomplishing time management are making a schedule and keeping it and setting goals for tasks that need to be completed. Practicing self-discipline by taking charge of your actions is imperative when it comes to achieving the goals that you have set for yourself. In order to stay focused on the goals that you have set for yourself, specific plans should be made. This can be done by setting both short-term and long-term goals. Short-term goals can be anything from accomplishing something within a few hours to a few months. Long-term goals are normally goals that are set to accomplish from a few months through many years down the road. To stay on track of any term goal that has been set, it is extremely helpful to reward yourself along the way as deadlines have been met. This helps you stay focused in achieving the bigger picture which...
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...Personal Statement Graduate Application for Admission to Master in Computer Science Program in New York University, Tandon School of Engineering. Zhenbo Zhang My major passions are in science, mathematics and logical thinking, and I believe that Computer Science must be the inventive fusion of these disciplines. My original interests in the fields of Computer Science date back to my years in elementary school, I took the first Computer Science class in LOGO programming language. When the movements of the turtle, an on-screen “cursor”, formed a rather simple line graph as my commands instructed, it was easily one of the most memorable moments on record as I felt an unprecedented sense of accomplishment. Growing up, I was fortunate enough to...
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...time, attending lectures on time, preparing for tests and quiz sessions in advance. Such activities require proper time management because unless time is managed properly, nothing worthwhile can be accomplished. “Lost time is never gained” (Franklin,B.) Time is a unique resource so it’s wise to use it efficiently. Importance’s of Time Management. Helps a student take responsibility of his learning. Today, students feel like they do not have the time to get everything done. Work, family, school, and other obligations are constantly competing with each other for the students’ valuable time. Some students become overwhelmed with all of these obligations and their academic performance becomes low. This can be avoided with simple time management techniques the student can implement on a daily basis. Time management is simply the way you regulates or schedules your time. It is an important skill to master because it can help the student manage the various responsibilities in life: school, work, family, and many other activities. If this skill is correctly learned and applied, it can actually save the student time & makes him/her take responsibility of his learning. Makes a student accomplish more with less effort. If you are allotting a certain amount of time for each activity, by making it a habit, you can increase your efficiency and productivity. Thus time management increases chances of success as it will make you productive using improved time management...
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