Foundations for Success

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Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. This mantra by Michael Jordan, Hall of Fame professional basketball player, serves as a foundation for success. This course explores the power of caring mentors to shape an individual's future. In this course we explore how education improves humanity. Amazing people don't just happen! Students will learn how to develop a growth mindset and, through a process called critical inquiry, reflect on themselves and learn how to secure good mentors in their lives to partner in their future success. Using teaching and coaching as a framework, students will also recognize the pedagogical techniques used in their classes and how all students can best respond to those techniques to be successful in college. The course is open to all students and not intended as an introduction to a major course.