Garinger High SchoolCareer and College Promise

Orientation – August 6, 201310:00 – 12:00

Media Center - Lower Level

Renee Bell, Career Development Coordinator

The Garinger Career Center Website – Google: Garinger Career Center

AgendaParking Lot and AppointmentsContract reviewDrop/Add and withdrawalCPCC grades and report cardsYour CPCC scheduleOnline orientationCMS calendarYour Garinger schedule Success strategiesDrop/Add and withdrawalCampus mapEarly Release in first 10 daysEarly release, signing out, ID card

Final exam proceduresSuccess strategiesTextbook cardsCTE fundingReceiptsTranscriptsParking Lot QuestionsVisualizationReflecting on What You’ve

LearnedGroup Picture

CCP Contract ReviewLook at your contract:

EligibilityGrading

AttendanceFees and Expenses

Continuation RequirementsSignatures

Program Areas

Your CPCC Schedule

Online Orientation

CMS Calendar

Your Garinger ScheduleIf your schedule is incorrect:

Make appointment with counselor before

school begins

Honors CreditThe University of North Carolina General Administration

and the North Carolina Community College System Office govern weighting of college courses.

Career and College Promise students in any pathway (College Transfer and Career & Technical education) who complete a community college course that is listed on the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA) shall receive one extra quality point (honors-level weighting) for that course. In the CPCC catalog:

“This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement, general education core requirement in…”

Success Strategies Establish Goals

Manage Your Time WiselyAttend Class Regularly

Determine Your Learning Style

Good Times Chill Later

12:00 Appointment

Hold and appointment with someone across the room and share with them:

2 strategies you are willing to incorporate into your daily college life.

Drop and AddAdd Classes - Classes can be added at any point in

the registration cycle from the beginning of the published registration period through the first 2 weekdays of the term or session.

Drop Classes - Classes can be dropped through the 10% date of the class and will not appear on the student's record. Classes dropped after the 10% date of the class will be recorded as withdrawals and will appear on transcripts.

http://www.cpcc.edu/admissions/registration/semesters/prefall?searchterm=2013+fall+add+drop

Withdrawal WITHDRAWAL INFORMATION: When a student determines that he/she will be unable to complete

courses in which he/she is currently enrolled, it is the student’s responsibility to initiate procedures leading to a formal withdrawal in order to avoid a failing grade. To receive a “W” grade, a student must withdraw before the first 35% of the class.

To find the 35% withdrawal deadline date for your class, check the online syllabus or talk with your instructor.

YOU MUST NOTIFY MS. BELL AND YOUR COUNSELOR IMMEDIATELY (on the date you withdraw). $50.00 financial obligation per class

http://www.cpcc.edu/admissions/registration/semesters/prefall

CPCC Central Campus Map

http://www.cpcc.edu/college-security/maps-parking/college-security-maps

Early Release, Signing Out and Your CPCC ID Card

• Taking three 3 hours classes – 8:45• Taking two 3 hour classes – 10:21• Taking one 3 hour class – 12:39

Taking one 2 hour and one 1 hour class – 12:39

Sign out every day in the attendance office, even on days when you don’t have class –

10 minutes to leave campus Must have CPCC ID card available at all

times

CPCC Final Exam ProceduresFinal Exam may not be at your scheduled class timeThursday, December 5 – Wednesday, December

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For and excused absence:Bring in a note prior to the examName, ID number, Name of class

Date and time of examSigned by your parents

Submit to the attendance secretaryOnline exam – can take at any time

Success Strategies

Take Systematic Lecture NotesRead to Understand

Exam Preparation Begins The First Day of Class

Regard Test taking as an Opportunity

Never Read Easy Options

3:00 Appointment

Hold and appointment with someone across the room and share with them:

2 additional strategies you are willing to incorporate into your daily college life.

TransportationGaringer High School is

unable to provide transportation.

SOLUTIONS…

Textbook Debit Card(s)One card per 3 hour class

$50.00 financial obligation, per class, if

you with draw from class

Additional Funding

Submit Scholarship Application

Information sent via email

Information can be found online

Receipts

KEEP ALL RECEIPTS

Transcripts

Questions and Answers

Parking Lot QuestionsGreat Times Chill Later Never Read Easy Options

Visualization

LifesaverReflect on other strategies that can promote

success in college…

ReflectionsWas this orientation helpful? Why?

What did you learn and how are you going to use it?