Homework/Assignment Schedule

Week 1

plan: Introductory matters, overview of course and program, SCAN Skills

Homework...
1.	Acquire a 1-inch, 3-ring, white binder (with the clear-view plastic cover) and a set of dividers (the 8-tab kind)
2.	Gather up your diploma, GED, or college transcripts or whatever you need to document your highest level of education.  Send for these now because sometimes they take a few weeks to get back.
3.	Get a pocket notepad and start taking notes of your work activities for the next couple of weeks.  We will work on converting these notes to appropriate SCAN skills for your work journals in class.
4.	Create your outside cover page and insert it into the clear plastic pocket of your portfolio

Week 2

plan: Refine SCAN Skills, Work Journals, and Goal Statements I

Homework...
1.	Submit evaluation forms to your supervisor
2.	Start writing out SCAN-based responses to the writing prompts on the 7-page yellow SCANS handout
3.	Start thinking about your goals for          1) the next 2-6 months (short term),          2) the next 1-3 years (intermediate term), and          3) the next 5-10 years (long term). in three areas:          1) financial,          2) work, and          3) education
4.	Find your HRSC resume password

Week 3

plan: Perfect SCAN Skills, Work Journals, and Goal Statements II

Homework...
1.	Continue working on SCAN-based example entries
2.	Formalize goal statements

Week 4

plan: Meet in the Computer Lab (working on typing up job descriptions, work journals, and goal statements AND getting any extra help you need)

Week 5

plan: Portfolio reviews (staggered class schedule this evening)

Week 6

plan: Portfolio Turn-in (very short class this evening)

Week 7

plan: What's next? and Communications (what is expected for portfolios for the next three quarters? and how to be successful in the helper program from here)