Syllabus
Valencia High School
Life Management Course Outline
Annie Kellogg
Email: [email protected]
This is a one semester course offered for seniors or juniors who sincerely wish to become more positive and more motivated individuals. This class will deal with topics including the following: eliminating bad habits and acquiring good ones, improving your relationship with others, setting and achieving goals, gaining self confidence, and learning to communicate more effectively. Within each of us is a better person. This course will help you discover that individual.
SELF-IMAGE The significance of a healthy self-image
Its relationship to performance
The universality of a poor self-image
Tip-offs for a poor self-image
Causes of a poor self-image
Cures for poor self-image
Dealing with Guilt
RELATIONSHIPS A study of friendship levels
Improving communication skills
Improving listening skills
Overcoming shyness
Making a good first impression
Dealing with different types of people
Male-Female differences
Different temperament types
Rebuilding relationships
What real love is and isn’t
Poor reasons for getting married
Characteristics of a healthy relationship
The role of forgiveness
The role of honesty
DEALING WITH DIFFICULTIES AND DIFFICULT TIMES “The seasons of life”
Handling grief
Combating depression
Dealing with stress
Overcoming worry
Identifying and overcoming fears
Stages in going through a crisis
Suicide prevention
GOALS Value clarification
A study of how advertising attempts to shape goals
Goal setting and constructing a goal board
THE ROLE OF ATTITUDE The nature of the subconscious mind
“Reprogramming”
Acting vs. Reacting
Changing- how, when, why
A study of “winners and losers”
A study of “how to fail”
Habit formation- overcoming bad habits and establishing good ones
Dealing with and overcoming anger
The role of acceptance
A STUDY OF SUCCESS PLANS A four step success plan
A success cycle
What success is and isn’t (the nature of success)
A study of successful people
MOTIVATION Fear Motivation
Reward motivation
Self-motivation
WORK Choosing a career and forming a career plan
Going the extra mile
The role of desire
The role of faith
Strategy is a one semester elective for high school seniors and juniors. As a prerequisite, psychology would be helpful but is not required.
The grading system for strategy is based on four factors:
1) Quizzes (approximately 10) including a triple weight final 25%
2) Papers and projects 25%
3) Compiling of a class notebook 25%
4) Class participation, attitude, and attendance 25%
Life Management Course Outline
Annie Kellogg
Email: [email protected]
This is a one semester course offered for seniors or juniors who sincerely wish to become more positive and more motivated individuals. This class will deal with topics including the following: eliminating bad habits and acquiring good ones, improving your relationship with others, setting and achieving goals, gaining self confidence, and learning to communicate more effectively. Within each of us is a better person. This course will help you discover that individual.
SELF-IMAGE The significance of a healthy self-image
Its relationship to performance
The universality of a poor self-image
Tip-offs for a poor self-image
Causes of a poor self-image
Cures for poor self-image
Dealing with Guilt
RELATIONSHIPS A study of friendship levels
Improving communication skills
Improving listening skills
Overcoming shyness
Making a good first impression
Dealing with different types of people
Male-Female differences
Different temperament types
Rebuilding relationships
What real love is and isn’t
Poor reasons for getting married
Characteristics of a healthy relationship
The role of forgiveness
The role of honesty
DEALING WITH DIFFICULTIES AND DIFFICULT TIMES “The seasons of life”
Handling grief
Combating depression
Dealing with stress
Overcoming worry
Identifying and overcoming fears
Stages in going through a crisis
Suicide prevention
GOALS Value clarification
A study of how advertising attempts to shape goals
Goal setting and constructing a goal board
THE ROLE OF ATTITUDE The nature of the subconscious mind
“Reprogramming”
Acting vs. Reacting
Changing- how, when, why
A study of “winners and losers”
A study of “how to fail”
Habit formation- overcoming bad habits and establishing good ones
Dealing with and overcoming anger
The role of acceptance
A STUDY OF SUCCESS PLANS A four step success plan
A success cycle
What success is and isn’t (the nature of success)
A study of successful people
MOTIVATION Fear Motivation
Reward motivation
Self-motivation
WORK Choosing a career and forming a career plan
Going the extra mile
The role of desire
The role of faith
Strategy is a one semester elective for high school seniors and juniors. As a prerequisite, psychology would be helpful but is not required.
The grading system for strategy is based on four factors:
1) Quizzes (approximately 10) including a triple weight final 25%
2) Papers and projects 25%
3) Compiling of a class notebook 25%
4) Class participation, attitude, and attendance 25%