LIFELONG SUCCESS
(College and Career Success)
Personal Development Counseling (PDC) 124
Cuyamaca College, 3 units
Transfers to CSU/UC and meets area E for CSU
General Education requirements
Apply physiological,
social and psychological principles to success in college, the world of
work and life. Explore personality, interests and values to increase
self-understanding and select an appropriate major and career.
Discover strategies for lifelong learning by identifying your learning
style and applying psychological principles of learning and memory to
academic study strategies. Gain college search and college
planning strategies to prepare and plan for college. This course is designed as a transfer
course to the CSU to meet the requirement for Area E: Lifelong
Understanding and Self-Development.
Choose a major and career that you will love for the rest of your life!
Click on the
ONLINE
SCHEDULE for a complete list of PDC classes and all classes at
Cuyamaca College
If you are a high school counselor, college
counselor, administrator or principal and would like to start a program
like this at your school, contact Cindy Morrin for more information.
We can design and develop a class that will fit your high school
population needs.
Letter to HS Counselors and Administrators
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PDC Faculty/Counselors at the
High School Counselor Luncheon at Cuyamaca College, 2007
Take PDC for FREE!
Enrollment fees for high school
students are waived!
Click here to download a brochure
Summer
2008 PDC Classes at the High Schools
NEW!
Fall
2008 PDC Classes at the High Schools
NEW!
Click here to view PowerPoint Presentation on the Program
What do students say? Read about PDC for HS
in the Granite Hills Newspaper--The Clarion
Attention Juniors and Seniors! Plan and prepare for college
while you are still in high school. Take PDC 124 to learn how to
fill out applications, write your personal statement, apply for financial
aid/scholarships, study like a college student, and more. Learn from
qualified educational counselors who know what it takes to help you reach
your college dreams and goals. Don't pay expensive fees for help
with the college search process when you can take PDC for FREE! PDC
instructors have their Master's degrees in Counseling and they know how to
help students with the college planning process!
How to Enroll?
Cuyamaca counseling and admissions will help enroll students at the high
school during application workshops and/or on the first day of class.
Talk to your high school counselor, call our outreach office, or contact
Cindy Morrin for information on how to sign up for the class and get
started. Here are the key people to assist you:
Jennifer Abel
High School and Community Relations Coordinator
jennifer.abel@gcccd.edu
619-660-4422
Cindy Morrin
PDC Department Chair/Outreach Counselor
cindy.morrin@gcccd.edu
619-660-4438
www.cuyamaca.edu/cindymorrin
OUTREACH OFFICE: 619-660-4264
STEPS to ENROLL:
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Fill
out the special High School/Cuyamaca College Authorization form.
You must have this form signed by your parent and your school counselor. You can download the
form here:
HS/CC
Authorization Form
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Bring the
special authorization form to admissions or fax the form to admissions
at 619-660-4575. (It will help if you put PDC 124 for HS somewhere on the form).
Save a copy of the form for your records.
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Fill
out the
Online Application
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Find your
class section number by checking the
class schedule
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Enroll
in your section number online via
WebConnect/WebAdvisor
Our outreach
staff will help you with the forms and come out to assist you at your
high school. You can also request the HS enrollment packet below
for the paper copy of the application.
HS Enrollment Packet
HS
Outreach Website
HS/College Credit Program Information
Outreach and Counseling helping students apply to Cuyamaca College
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MORE INFORMATION FOR COLLEGE-INTERESTED STUDENTS AND COUNSELORS:
Click here for College and Career Search Websites
PDC
for HS helps counselors teach important COLLEGE GUIDANCE curriculum to help
students with college planning. PDC helps counselors find time to
instruct students about the college process. PDC for HS
helps meet National Counseling Standards.
How to Get into Harvard
- study shows that certain schools do a remarkable job
of sending their students to college--why?
Time Management for College (learn
from new College Students)
Transfer Students Apply to College too
High School Counselor Relief--story on the need for more
counselors
College Freshman:
Parents Helicoptering OK
PDC 124 Online classes are
available for busy high school students.
Michigan State now
mandates all students to "experience" online education before they graduate
high school to meet technology standards. PDC for HS helps students meet this
standard. Click
here to read the story.
"We need to open the pipeline of curriculum and
instructional offerings to include online courses to prepare students to
go to college."--Susan Patrick, executive director of the North American
Council for Online Learning (NACOL)
"Online learning...levels
the playing field by giving kids access to more courses and opportunities
to take rigorous curriculum." --Patrick
PowerPoint Presentations:
PDC for HS Program
Transfer Opportunities
New Student Orientation
What Parents Should Know?
How to be Successful in College
Donny Munshower, Alison Do, Nicole Jones, and Cindy Morrin (PDC Counselors
and Faculty)
Cuyamaca Admissions
helping high schools
Applying to Cuyamaca
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