Catch-Up Week Day 3 - Thursday, October 11 EARLY

Catch-up Week continues through Monday.  A few things to keep in mind...

• Modules 1-8 are open.
• NCVPS Late Work Policy does not apply to any work missed due to Hurricane Florence.  Remember that anything beats a zero. 
• You do not have a midterm in our course, but you are midway through the course. Since your final exam includes a multiple choice test, take time this week to review what you have learned in Modules 1-8. 

Use your time this week to do the following:

• Complete any missing assignments.
• Redo any assignments for which you did not receive full credit.  Remember to send me an inbox message or a text if you add replies to classmates to any discussion board. 
• Review the content from Modules 1-8.  Look at your guided notes or take a few minutes to run through the notes (which all work at this time!). You can also look back at Monday announcements where I post content reviews before you take your post-assessments.
• Work ahead on Module 9.  You will still have a normal week to work on this module in addition to this week.  Let me know if you have questions about the assignments.  

Here is a recommended schedule for dividing the modules in order to make-up, redo and/or review Modules 1-8:

• Thursday - Modules 5-6
• Friday - Modules 7-8
• Monday - Start Module 9 

Important Dates

• Catch-Up Week October 9-15
• Progress Report October 18
• Module 9 Obstacles in Leadership Due October 22
• Module 10 Disciplined Leadership Due October 29
• Progress Report November 1
• Module 11 Visionary Leadership Due November 5
• Module 12 Committing to Lead Due November 13 

Got Resources?  NCPVS provides lots of resources outside of our course to support you.  For virtual help from a peer, go to the Peer Tutoring Center. For technology issues, issue a help desk ticket with the Virtual Support Center. To learn more about the world around you, attend a Culture Cafe session. Click on the visual below to explore all of the resources NCVPS provides to you:

An important skill for leaders and for students is to be able to study.  Sound strange? Leaders study their organization's concepts and students study their class' content. Leaders must be able to see details and the big picture in order to solve problems and grow...students must do the same to grow and to do well on assessments. So how do you get started with studying a large set of material?  One way to start studying is to create your own study guide.  Follow the steps below to do so.

Step 1:  Gather information from your notes, your assignments, and your assessments. 

Step 2:  Choose a format for organizing the information.  Whether you are a verbal, visual, or kinesthetic learner, creating a study guide will help you. Making lists is the best way to manage a large amount of material.  To list your material, consider making outlines, flashcards, concept maps, or following the format you have been using already for guided notes (2-column notes). Remember not to overdo it.  Focus on big ideas and content you do not understand and/or remember.  No study guide will have everything so let the study guide be personalized for what you need it to be.

Step 3:  Review your study guide daily.  Keep in mind that reviewing any material means you review it often and over several days.  The longer you review, the more you will retain.  That means making a study guide needs to happen well in advance of taking an exam. (*This reason is one of the main reasons for catch-up week...let you digest the first half of the course before moving into the second.)

Step 4:  Quiz yourself and/or have someone quiz you.  You can also work with other students (face-to-face or virtually) to review the content.

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