3C Skills Cicero-North Syracuse Presentation

Skills for Success

What is Skills for Success?• Prepares student to dive into the real world

Careers Citizenship

College

Coplin’s 10 Skill Sets

1. Taking Responsibility2. Developing Physical Skills 3. Communicating Verbally4. Communicating in writing5. Working Directly With People6. Influencing People7. Gathering Information 8. Using Quantitative Skills9. Asking and Answering the Right Questions10.Solving Problems

Skills

13 Basic Skills

• Motivate Yourself• Manage Your Time• Stay Well• Type Well• Take Usable Notes• Converse One-on-One • Write Well• Build Good Relationships• Sell Successfully• Keep and Use Records• Use Numbers• Pay Attention to Detail

Identify Problems

I practiced Skills…now I am on top

of the world!

Where do you start?• By practicing each skill…

LET’S DO THIS!

Converse one-on-one • Turn to the person next to you. In the next 2

minutes, try and answer these questions: • What did you do over break?• What was the most enjoyable part of your break?

Skill Set # 3: Communicating Verbally

Converse one-on-one• Conveying ideas and sharing thoughts with

another person.• Asks questions to check for mutual understanding • Never talks more than 30 seconds at a time• Uses terms that both parties understand• Carefully listens to the other party• http://3cskills.org/skill9

Motivate Yourself

Skill Set #1: Taking Responsibility

Motivate Yourself• Working hard, showing enthusiasm, exceeding

expectations, and continuously striving to improve oneself.

• Hardworking• Enthusiastic• Goal-oriented• Makes lists of goals• Sets deadlines to accomplish goals• Has people helping them along the way• http://3cskills.org/skill1

Skill Set #1: Taking Responsibility

Motivate Yourself• Get into groups of 4 or 5 students• Your task: Matt and Mahlet are planning to run a

marathon. Discuss how you would motivate yourself to run the marathon and how you would motivate Matt and Mahlet as well. Two students from your group will be randomly chosen to take part in the skit so be prepared! Prizes may be awarded for groups that do a good job demonstrating the skill!

Sell Successfully

Skill Set # 6: Influencing People

Sell Successfully• Convincing someone to approve an idea or buy a

product.• Has sound knowledge of the product• Ability to show enthusiasm for product or idea• Ability to listen to others • Ability to appeal to the interests of others (empathy)• Ability to make a good first impression (likable)• Ability to display the value or importance of an idea or

product• Persuasiveness• http://3cskills.org/skill20

Skill Set # 6: Influencing People

Sell Successfully• Get into groups of 4 or 5 students• Your Task: Pretend you are interviewing for a sales

job with Macy’s. Discuss within your group how the skill Sell Successfully can be used in a job interview. One person from each group will be chosen randomly to do a practice interview with Matt and Mahlet. Make sure everyone is prepared! Good interviews may receive a prize!

Manage Your Time• http://3cskills.org/skill3

• Write down different things on a plain sheet of paper that you do on day to day basis apart from school work.

• Examples: Watch Television/F.B creep on your friends.

• Scribble on different parts of the sheet rather than making a list.

Manage Your Time Continued•Start tearing off bits of your paper that are time wasters. •What do you have left?

Skill Set #1: Taking Responsibility

Manage Your Time• Planning ahead to ensure that all responsibilities

are completed proficiently by their deadlines.• Make a list of all your tasks for the day. Next rank each

task in order of importance.• Show up five minutes early to all meetings,

appointments, or classes.• Use a planner to keep track of all appointments and

assignments.• http://3cskills.org/skill3

Skills in your life• College, Career, Citizenship• Classes• Jobs • Everyday life

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• Helpful tips• Skills girl videos• Useful resources• Overall,

awesomeness contained in one website

Questions?Mahlet Makonnen: mhmakonn@syr.eduMatt Mazer: mmmazer@syr.edu