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Spring 2024 Course Syllabus
Course: POFT-1313 (Section: 71V, CRN: 11145) Professional Workforce Preparation |
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| Instructor | Renda Songer | ||||||||
| songerrj@lamarpa.edu | |||||||||
| Phone | (409) 984-6102 | ||||||||
| Office | Madison Monroe Education - Room: 147A | ||||||||
| Office Hours | Office Hours By Appointment - Schedule Appointment Here | ||||||||
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| Description | Preparation for career success including ethics, interpersonal relations, professional attire and advancement. | ||||||||
| Required Textbooks |
Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer.
OER Textbook Provided in Blackboard Course Blueprint for Success in College: Career Decision Making Dave Dillon and Linda Bruce Hill Dillon, D., & Hill, L.B. (2018). Blueprint for success in college: Career decision making. v 1.2. Rebus Press: Lumen Learning. https://press.rebus.community/blueprint3/#:~:text=Book%20Information-,Book%20Description,Success%2C%20provided%20by%20Lumen%20Learning. |
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| Additional Materials/Resources |
None Note: This is a dual credit course offered to students enrolled at Lone Star Virtual Academy. All communication regarding this course MUST be submitted via email from the students college email to songerrj@lamarpa.edu. |
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| Corequisites/Prerequisites | None | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | Demonstrate skills for seeking and securing employment; apply problem-solving techniques; identify attitudes and values that contribute to career success; demonstrate how to work effectively as part of a team; exhibit business etiquette; and identify professional attire. | ||||||||
| Program Student Learning Outcomes |
1. Demonstrates professionalism in the administrative workplace environment. 2. Uses appropriate business administration skills. 3. Uses appropriate office software applications. 4. Creates effective business documents by applying ethical communication practices. 5. Evaluates business documents. |
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| Lecture Topics Outline |
•Create and follow an action plan for finding a job.
•Describe apprenticeships and internships.
•Create an electronic portfolio for Career Preparation.
•Write a personal information sheet.
•Write a résumé.
•Collect documents required for employment.
•Analyze the future outlook of several career fields.
•Describe the resources available to you to help with your job search.
•Understand how to complete a job application.
•Know how to write a letter of intent.
•Write a sample letter of intent.
•Understand the importance of character.
•Evaluate character traits in your own life.
•Understand the time-for-money exchange.
•Review the character traits punctuality and dependability.
•Review the character trait initiative.
•Understand the importance of working well without supervision.
•Understanding the importance of energy, a positive attitude, and high moral ethics to a career.
•Define stress and how it affects attitude.
•Understand the character traits respect, obedience, flexibility, and responsibility and their importance in developing a relationship with the supervisor.
•Understand the character traits cooperation, creativity, deference, discretion, forgiveness, meekness, sensitivity, tolerance and their importance in relationships with coworkers.
•Develop an appreciation for diversity.
•Realize the importance of teamwork.
•Describe what it means to be a team player.
•Define your team.
•Consider ways to become a valuable team member.
•Recount ways in which teams solve problems.
•Understand the importance of loyalty to the employer.
•Learn ways to develop and demonstrate loyalty to an employer.
•Understand the importance and basis for interpersonal relations.
•Describe qualities for gaining trust, influence, and leadership.
•Realize the importance of the team concept in the workplace.
•Describe project team management.
•Explain the importance of integrity in building trust.
•Understand the characteristics of an effective team.
•Explain the ideas of collaboration and synergy.
•Understand the importance of self-control for leaders.
•Research techniques for resolving conflict.
•Differentiate between negative and positive criticism.
•Learn to make constructive criticism useful.
•Understand the source of negative criticism.
•Understand what employers expect from employees at each stage of their career.
•Interview an experienced employee.
•Understand that respect has to do with the worth of the individual.
•List ways that respect can be shown to others.
•Develop active listening skills.
•Eliminate distractions when listening.
•Explain how to communicate to the speaker that you are listening.
•Understand the importance of nonverbal communication.
•Understand the meaning of the character trait attentiveness.
•Apply active listening to various categories of work-related situations.
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| Major Assignments Schedule |
Spring Mini 2024
First Class Day May 9 (Thursday)
Census Date May 10 (Friday)
Final day to drop without penalty May 15 (Wednesday)
Drop class with penalty May 22 (Wednesday)
Last Class Day/Final Exam Day May 28 (Tuesday)
All grades are due by noon May 30 (Thursday)
Memorial Day Holiday – no classes, offices closed May 27, 2024 (Monday)
This course lasts for 20 days. Therefore, it is very fast paced with multiple assignments due weekly. You can view full course calendar including all due dates utilizing the calendar function in Blackboard. ALL assignments should be turned in on or before the due date. Students who do NOT submit the syllabus quiz and student verification assignment on or before May 10th will be dropped from this course. |
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| Final Exam Date | May 28, 2024 - 8:0 AM Through May 29, 2024 - 11:59 PM | ||||||||
| Grading Scale | 90 - 100=A 80 - 89=B 70 - 79=C 60 - 69=D Below 59 = F | ||||||||
| Determination of Final Grade |
Weekly Assignments 85% Final Exam 15% |
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| Course Policies | |||||||||
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| Attendance Policy |
Research has shown a cause and effect relationship between attendance and college success. It is recommended that students attempt to attend a minimum of 50% of live sessions. Sessions will be recorded and must be reviewed weekly. |
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| Additional Information | |||||||||
| Institutional Policies | |||||||||
| MyLSCPA | Be sure to check your campus email and Course Homepage using MyLSCPA campus web portal. You can also access your grades, transcripts, academic advisors, degree progress, and other services through MyLSCPA. | ||||||||
| Academic Honesty | Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSCPA policies (Academic Dishonesty section in the Student Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty. | ||||||||
| ADA Considerations | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the the Office for Disability Services Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241. | ||||||||
| COVID 19 Information | The Lamar State College Port Arthur (LSCPA) Student Code of Conduct COVID 19 Policy requires students who have been diagnosed with COVID 19 to report their condition directly to their local health department. Students should also contact their course faculty to report their quarantine status. In addition, this policy requires all students to wear face coverings when directly exposed to COVID 19 in compliance with the criteria included in the policy. For more information please refer to the COVID 19 link on the LSCPA website. | ||||||||
| Facility Policies | No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited. | ||||||||
| HB 2504 | This syllabus is part of LSCPA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504. | ||||||||
| Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect | As per Texas law and LSCPA policy, all LSCPA employees, including faculty, are required to report allegations or disclosures of child abuse or neglect to the designated authorities, which may include a local or state law enforcement agency or the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. For more information about mandatory reporting requirements, see LSCPA's Policy and Procedure Manual. | ||||||||
| Title IX and Sexual Misconduct | LSCPA is committed to establishing and maintaining an environment that is free from all forms of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, and other forms of sexual misconduct. All LSCPA employees, including faculty, have the responsibility to report disclosures of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment, sexual assault (including rape and acquaintance rape), domestic violence, dating violence, relationship violence, or stalking, to LSCPA's Title IX Coordinator, whose role is to coordinate the college's response to sexual misconduct. For more information about Title IX protections, faculty reporting responsibilities, options for confidential reporting, and the resources available for support visit LSCPA's Title IX website. | ||||||||
| Clery Act Crime Reporting |
For more information about the Clery Act and crime reporting, see the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report and the Campus Security website. |
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| Grievance / Complaint / Concern | If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair. | ||||||||
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