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College Prep: Organization Life Skills for Independence & Academic Success

This online course will help the student who wants to go to college practice skills needed for a successful, well-rounded, and healthy academic life.
Leeyanne Moore MFA
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4.8
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Class

What's included

10 live meetings
9 hrs 10 mins in-class hours
Homework
1 hour per week. Homework will involve documenting habits and behaviors that the learner is trying to fold into their life. We may use bullet journals, charts, or other measurable ways to mark our success daily. Learners will be expected to bring these measurable stats to class to kick off discussions of the tactics and structure needed for the student's individual success.
Assessment
We will document the learners goals, the strategies and methods we decide will be used to achieve those goals, and the outcome at the end of the time period in which to achieve the goal. Learner will create a reflection on what strategies and methods seemed most effective and why.

Class Experience

US Grade 9 - 12
Beginner Level
This class is aimed at students who are struggling with the goal of becoming more independent in life as they prepare to leave home and work or go to school on their own. 

We will cover the topics of time management, task management, and the specific goals that would be involved for the individual student that they are feeling intimidated about or unprepared for. We'll discuss the home as a machine for living, and what organizational style gives the learner the most energy, so that they can set up and organize areas in their space for life admin, for study, and for other necessary things like cooking, getting dressed for work, and keeping track of paper work.  

Learners will take a 50 minute class once a week, live, online. We'll start each week with a discussion of the goals for the week and how the learner did. 

Learners will receive homework, write reflections, and post questions in the classroom.  The instructor will work closely with the student, focussing on their individual goals, challenges, and the skills needed. Some classes will present life skills or time management skills, before moving onto specific goals that we plan to cover that week.

Students are not required to have any previous knowledge or experience before taking this class. 

Class #1: Lesson: A goal without a deadline is only a dream. Creating goals that structure our lives. We'll get our first assignment.
Class #2: Lesson: Home as a machine for living. Systems of organizing and creating activity zones. Discuss Organizing from Inside Out.
Class #3: Lesson: Creating space for academics, one's schedule, bill tracking, car inspections, and other life admin. 
Class #4: Lesson: Time is space: How to break down large tasks into manageable bits and find "time homes" for them. How not to over-schedule, how to keep a schedule.  The perils of checking email.  Discuss Time Management from the Inside Out.
Class #5: Lesson: establishing healthy habits: the science of sleep & exercise.  Keeping a bullet journal of healthy habits learner wishes to establish as part of a routine. Discuss The Power of Habit 
Class #6: Lesson: avoiding procrastination. Discuss 4000 Weeks.
Class #7: Lesson: project management. Discuss Getting Things Done
Class #8: Lesson: how to focus. Discuss Deep Work.
Class #9: Time to assess: we'll start assessing the different projects attempted over the last weeks and which were most successful as well as why and how certain techniques worked best.
Class #10: Goal setting for the next quarter. 
Class #11: Lesson: A balanced life: How to schedule and plan for rest and relaxation.
Learning Goals
Learning goals:
Students will improve their understanding of how to create a list of goals for a year's quarter (three months). We will go over how to begin tackling those goals--both academic and non-academic, using strategies that "bolster" each chunk of time spent working on those goals. This will include experimenting with different strategies: collaborating with a friend, setting a timer, having an accountability buddy, creating a list that breaks down the goal into its component parts, etc.  Afterwards we will assess which strategies and techniques were most successful.
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External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Julie Morganstern's Organizing From the Inside Out Julie Morganstern's Time Management From the Inside Out Marie Condo's The Life Changing Magic of Tidy-ing Up 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman Deep Work Cal Newport The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg Getting Things Done David Allen
Joined May, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Writers and independent contractors have always needed to find the means to figure out what their goals are, figure out a strategy by which they can achieve that goal, and then find ways to bolster and structure their life so that they can tackle one large goal in small bites of work. For over twenty-five years, I've thrived as an academic and independent writing instructor, using techniques to self-structure my days and projects as well as coaching others on how to get organized, avoid procrastination, and set achievable goals. With a lively interest in the science around attention, focus, time management, and procrastination in our modern world, I've done extensive reading and thinking on the subject, and now I'm ready to bring out the best in your learner.

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$550

for 10 classes
1x per week, 10 weeks
55 min

Completed by 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18

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