Self-paced introduction to "Education Preparation & Career Building" Workshop presented by Darby & Sharon Checketts

1. Education Preparation
and Career Building
Workshop
prep4ed.com
P r e s e n t e d b y D a r b y & S h a r o n C h e c ke t t s
Cornerstone Professional Development
39 Slides: Copyright © 2012 by Darby Checketts

2. All Progress Comes from Learning! - Do you believe it?

3. Choose a Career
Select a School
Get Financial Aid
Attain Your Education!

4. The Power of Education
“Give me a lever long enough and a place to
stand and I could lift the world.”
Young Archimedes, a Parable…
As a boy, he climbed the mountain at the head of the valley where he lived. He discovered
the usefulness of a walking stick that ultimately served him as a lever…to lift a large stone
that had pinned a small boy’s leg…to open a gate to let an old woman’s cows into the
pasture…to reach a little girl’s scarf that had blown into the branches of a tree. He
discovered the power of leverage. Education is leverage for life’s challenges and
opportunities.

5. Your Income Potential
Education YEAR LIFETIME
Less than high school $22,600 $ 904,000
High School Graduate $32,000 $1,280,000
Associates Degree / Trade $40,600 $1,624,000
Bachelors Degree $56,800 $2,272,000
$1,000,000
These numbers were published a few years ago. With the fluctuations in the
economy, they are still relevant as an indication of the effect educational leverage
can have on one’s income. It is the million dollar effect that college represents!

6. Prosperity 2020
The economy will turn around. There is a Fast Train coming that will carry you to a prosperous future.
The ticket to get on the train is a college education.

7. What-To?
How-To?
Why-To?
Scratch your head. Rack your brain. Determine the answers to the What-to, the How-to, and
the Why-to of your educational strategy. The Why-to is most important of all. Why is that?

8. What Is Your Self-Concept? Are You Self-Directed?
Who am I?
Am I important? To whom?
What is unique about me?
What is my personality like?
What are some talents and skills I have?
What is my potential?
What is it possible for me to create?

9. Your Coat of Arms
[Turn on your creativity and illustrate the following.]
1. Write 3 positive words 2. Briefly describe your
that describe you. 1 2 family.
3. List or draw 2 of your 4. List or draw 2 of your
3 4
hobbies/interests. previous jobs/work projects.
5. List or draw 2 lifetime 6. List or draw 1-2 of your
accomplishments. 5 6 educational achievements.
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7. List some of your personal and family values in the banner.

10. Educational Goals
Goals
Challenges
Success Traits
Preparations Needed
*The Spirit of Ownership

11. Hey, handsome little
dude, what do you want
to be when you grow up?
Umm, whatever.
Actually, I’ve been thinking
about being a software
engineer, a sports car buff,
and a family man.

12. • Only goal setters who are
goal writers are predictably
goal achievers.
• First you set the goal and
then you see.
• If you don’t see BIG, you
won’t see enough.
• So let it be written, so let it
be done.
…This is what I know.

13. The Greatest Secret of the Ages
You create your world by how you think and speak about it. And, there are two
systems people use: the Owner system and the Victim system. Which one works best?
Owner Victim
Think
Speak

14. Two Systems of Life
Which one works?
OWNER VICTIM
Enthused Discouraged
High energy Low energy
Optimistic Pessimistic
Get from Get through
I am happy. I am happy if / when…
Creates life Describes life
Commitment = Decision Commitment = Feeling

15. Commitment!
A most magnificent, yet tarnished word…

16. It Begins in the Home
A Culture of Learning:
• Talk the talk.
• Walk the talk.
• Plan ahead.
Concurrent Education
College Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior High School

17. Consider the effects of your friends on your goals.
Friends
and
Friends

18. Got Mentor?
Someone you can trust who has
“gone this way before,” who
will listen.
Someone who cares about your
future and can offer wisdom
and support, but who will not
do it for you.
Someone who will encourage
you and help you be
accountable for your goals.

19. Choose a Career
Select a School
Get Financial Aid
Attain Your Education!

20. JOB…
It’s not just what you do 8-10 hours a day to earn a living, it’s what you will spend
more time doing than anything else. Choose well. Consider the following factors…
1. What is your passion…your source of physical, mental, and spiritual energy?
2. What do you do especially well?
3. What do you want from life?
4. Can you imagine your success?
Please visit these excellent websites…
http://money.usnews.com/money/careers
http://www.careeronestop.org/

21. STEM Science
Education
Technology
Engineering
Mathematics
All education is enriching and powerful. However, in the 21st Century, it is easier to get reserved
seats in the first-class cabin of the Fast Train to Prosperity with S-T-E-M education.

22. Salt Lake City Area Colleges & Universities
[Here’s a sampling for one area. Research your own local options.]
U of U
University of Utah
SLCC
Salt Lake Community College
Argosy University
Salt Lake City
LDSBC
LDS Business College
Western Governors
Online University

23. Financial Resources
• Personal Savings
• FAFSA (U.S. Dept. of Education)
• Individual Colleges / Universities
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund
• New Century Scholarship Fund
• Scholarship America
• And, Google for Scholarships…
• See: prep4ed.com

24. Give a man
a fish or
teach him
how to…

25. Sheer Creativity
What’s the most creative thing you’ve ever heard
that someone did to raise money for college?
Create a neighborhood
$$ pool for school
Write the college president.
Ask the financial aid
office again and again.
Take CLEP tests.
Work for a company for
Ask parents’ employers.
free to prove yourself.

26. Support Groups

27. YOU !
Your Support Network

28. Commitment!
Diligence!
Perseverance!

29. Effective Learning

30. Our Dual-Hemispheric
Tendencies to Be Downright Interesting
Your brain is marvelous. Neither NASA nor Apple can duplicate it.
There’s a left hemisphere and a right hemisphere. You’ll be really powerful if you learn to use both.
• More Deliberate • More Spontaneous
• Linear • Simultaneous
• Organizer • Creator
• Values the Work • Values Relationships
• Safeguarding Self
• Asks: What…How?
L R • Risk-taking Self
• Asks: Who…Why?
• Learns: Reading; • Learns: Discussing;
Applying… Experimenting…
• Neat Notes • Cool Doodles

31. Percentage of Drivers by Age Group
These numbers are guesstimates, but that’s not the point.
Here’s how the left brain and the right brain represent information.
A. 16-20 yrs 35%
16-20 yrs
B. 21-40 yrs 20%
21-40 yrs
C. 41-60 yrs 20% 41-60 yrs
61-80 yrs
D. 61-80 yrs 25%

32. The Six Skills of Effective Learning
Whole Person Learning: Body – Mind – Heart/Spirit
1. Reading
2. Studying
3. Pondering
4. Remembering
5. Applying
6. Teaching

33. How to Learn
In the “Education Preparation & Career Building” Workshop, we share more about
(a) left-brain/right-brain learning, (b) the six skills of learning, and (c) how to really remember stuff.
1 2 3 4
27 Orchard Lane
Capture Short-term Long-term Retention
Memory Memory Memory and Use
Memory

34. Overcoming Fear and Resistance
“Troubleshooting the Future”
What else could get in
the way of my education?
What can I do now to
prevent these obstacles
from blocking my progress?

35. Intangible Personal Ingredients
What’s your recipe? Success!

36. Learning is the key to your future
The world needs you!
- Who is depending on you?
- Who is betting on you?

37. Questions & Answers
What’s Next?
1. Talk with others with similar interests and goals.
2. Check to determine which jobs are most available.
3. Counsel with your mentor. Refine your goals.
4. Go to the Websites!
5. Identify the costs involved. Create a budget.
6. Google. Google. Google.
7. Schools: Go there! Introduce yourself. Make friends.
8. Financial Assistance: Apply. Apply. Apply.

38. Why is it all worth the effort?

39. prep4ed.com
These slides represent key excerpts from the
“Education Preparation & Career Building” Workshop.
They serve as a self-study introduction to the full workshop.
For further information, please contact Darby & Sharon Checketts by telephone at
801-253-0895 or by email at: info@prep4ed.com.