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Carol shares her thoughts on education, life skills and success.

Administrator — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:44:55 +0000

Carol Carter Blogs About Educational Development and Life Skills

Spanish Version of Study Skills for High School Students Released

Administrator — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:58:34 +0000

Students at Lincoln High School will begin using the new Spanish version of Study Skills for High School Students in August of 2008.

The new book is also available for purchase.

LifeBound’s Carol Carter in the news

Administrator — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:50:12 +0000

LifeBound founder Carol J. Carter has appeared in a variety of news shows to discuss success skills. Here are a few clips.

Transferable Skills: From classroom to the world of work

Carol Carter discusses real-life work skills on ABC News in Chicago.

Successful Intelligence

In this FOX news interview, Carol talks about the concept of “successful intelligence.”

A Dialogue on Internships

Carol Carter discusses internships on FOX news in Chicago.

Parenting

Carol talks about how to be a successful parent in this interview with NBC Denver.

Tips for College Freshmen

What’s the best way to ensure your first year at college is a success? Watch this video and find out.

Webinar Segments

Administrator — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:28:31 +0000

Check out clips from Carol Carter’s most recent Magna webinar.

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Speaking Events - 2008

Administrator — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:24:17 +0000

February 8th - Nevada School Counselor’s Association Conference Keynote - Successful Intelligence and the New Global Competition for Talent - Las Vegas, NV

February 28th - NADE Pre-Conference Institute - Successful Intelligence and the New Global Competition for Talent - Boston, MA

March 7th - Coaching Skills Session/Faculty Training - Seminole Community College - Seminole County, FL

March 14th - Coaching Skills Session/Faculty Training - Aurora Community College - Aurora, CO

April 3rd - VSCA Conference Keynote - Counselors as Coaches Becoming Champions of Change - Richmond, VA

April 9th - NTA Conference Ending Keynote - Coaching Skills - Dallas, TX

May 1st - Gear Up Awards Banquet Keynote - Wyoming Central College - Riverton, WY

May 19th - Midwest Tri-state Councelors Conference Keynote - Counselors as Coaches: Working with Emotional and Social Intelligence - Madison, WI

June 18th - Academic Coaches Training - Denver, CO

July 14th, 15th and 16th - Academic Coaches Training - Denver, CO

July 29th and 30th - Keys to Success Workshop - Denver, CO

December 1st, 2nd and 3rd - Academic Coaches Training - Denver, CO

NTA, a LifeBound partner, sponsers TutorPalooza

Administrator — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:12:56 +0000

Busy day of training ends in peer tutor certification for 500 students at TutorPalooza

by Jessica Bobula
Oct 16, 2007

TutorPalooza tü-tər-pə-lüz-zə (n.) 1. an all-day certification extravaganza held at Wheeling High School for about 500 student instructors.

Sponsored by the National Tutoring Association, TutorPalooza kicked off the association’s Peer Tutoring Initiative with the one-day training and certification event. The free event concluded National Tutoring Week, and each participant received a Level 1 Basic certification.

Most of the trainees attend suburban Chicago high schools, but some traveled from as far as Detroit to participate on Saturday. Even a few college students from the University of St. Francis in Joliet joined the group.

Taking advantage of the high school’s broadcast studio, small groups of tutors and their trainers gathered in classrooms throughout the school to view a live feed of the day’s training lessons.

Linda Stevens Hjorth, a professor at DeVry University in Addison and member of the association, led a few sessions from the broadcast studio. Hjorth ran a tutoring ethics exercise, presenting the case of a hypothetical student who tells his tutor that his teacher had said he could ask his tutor for answers to an assignment. The tutors-in-training wrote their responses, which were conveyed to Hjorth in the studio. Many trainees wrote that doing work for students is unethical.

“Many of your responses were appropriate,” Hjorth said, “because tutors can never give answers.”

Hjorth advised the students that the best tutors always consider ethics, integrity, wisdom and respect.

“Think about ethics on a daily basis,” Hjorth said.

At the end of the day, the tutors gathered in the auditorium to hear Sandi Ayaz, executive director of the National Tutoring Associaton. Ayaz said they should be proud of their tutoring efforts.

“You’ll never be anything more than you are right now,” Ayaz said, “because what you are (going to be), you already are. You just don’t know it yet.

“And that’s why it is so extraordinary what you get to do,” she said. “Because what the students you help are (going to be), they already are. They just don’t know it yet.”

An important aspect of the relationship between student and tutor is the benefits both parties reap, Ayaz said. Studies show that tutors’ grades and test scores increase, and both students and tutors are gratified when their work ends in success, she said.

Though they were newly certified, some tutors had already experienced those benefits.

“Thank you for allowing me to have the opportunity to work with students,” said Linette Rayahin, a student at Maine West High School in Des Plaines and a recipient of one of four scholarships given at the event, “I couldn’t write such a good essay as this if it weren’t for my experience tutoring.”

LifeBound Events

Administrator — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:44:19 +0000

LifeBound events

Carol Carter and Magna Publications collaborate to present an online seminar.
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New Online Coaching Skills Seminar

Administrator — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:10:32 +0000

Coaching to Increase First-Year Success

You may already know of Carol Carter, if your first-year learners are among the 200,000 students who use her book Keys to Success (Prentice Hall) in their First Year Experience class. In an email interview, Carter shared a few thoughts with Recruitment & Retention in Higher Education on what she asserts is one of the major retention roadblocks students face – a disconnect between themselves and the staff and faculty who work with them.

RR: Why does this disconnect exist?

Carter: Today’s students speak digital as a first language. They are often in a hurry, multitasking, and indirect. Many have been coddled by their parents and don’t know how to function on their own. Others lack basic skills in the areas of academic, emotional and social intelligence. Contrast this with the styles and personalities of most of the faculty on your campus.

RR: What’s the solution?

Carter: Many schools are putting faculty, advisers, and tutors through coaching classes to help them understand emotional intelligence—how to connect with students beyond the subject matter. If students come in to get help understanding quadratic equations from a teacher or tutor, but they don’t feel motivated to come back next week and the week after that, they are missing the chance to develop valuable discipline. Teachers and tutors can keep them accountable with interest, motivation, and drive.

We invite you to join us as Ms. Carter explores these coaching skills during her upcoming Magna Online Seminar. It promises to be an enlightening session, full of suggestions you can apply right away — and just in time for the beginning of the new school year!

Coaching Skills that Promote First-Year Success
(includes streaming video)
with Carol Carter
Date: 08/21/07
Time: 12:00-1:30 PM CDT
Cost: $259.00
Phone: 800-433-0499
Email: custserv@magnapubs.com

By participating, you’ll learn:

More about the complexity of today’s students and be more realistic about their positive and negative traits
The most common roadblocks to first-year students’ persistence
How to become more versatile serving students’ needs
How to engage students’ interest, motivation, and drive
How to coach students in ways that will increase their chances of persisting through their first year

Cost: $259.00

Visit our website to learn more!

Questions about our online seminars? Click here for our Frequently Asked Questions or contact our Customer Service Department at 800-433-0499 or custserv@magnapubs.com

Recruitment & Retention offers exciting new ideas for recruitment strategies…analyses of current enrollment trends…ideas for improving diversity on campus… and new and effective ways to help your at-risk students succeed. This resource helps administrators attract students to campus and provide them the services they need to succeed. Typical topics: Minority recruitment, marketing, customer service, special curriculum, non-traditional student services.

Pricing and subscription term: $247 for 12 issues per year—Discounts for multiple copy subscriptions—Available in print or online delivery. Click here for a free trial!

Speaking Events - 2007

Administrator — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:20:06 +0000

Student Success Workshop- Friday, October 5th
Be the Change: Successful Intelligence and the New Global Competition for Talent - Middlesex Community College - Middleton, CT

Parent Session - Wednesday, October 10th
Kent Denver School - Denver, CO

Coaching Skills Session - Friday, October 19th
Golden West College - Huntington Beach, CA

National Conference on Student Leadership Keynote - Saturday, October 20th - Anaheim, CA

Parent Session - Monday, October 22th
Estes Park School District #R-3 - Estes Park, CO
CRLA-Wednesday, October 31st
Coaching and the Habits of Mind - Portland, OR

MCI Conference Keynote - Friday, November 9th - Virginia Beach, VA

KADE Conference Keynote - Friday, November 9th, 6pm - Bowling Green, KY

National Conference on Student Leadership Keynote - Saturday, November 17th - Orlando, FL

Parent Session - Monday, November 26th
Estes Park School District #R-3 - Estes Park, CO

Academic Coaches Training and Certification- December 3-5
Denver, CO

Reviews: Majoring in the Rest of Your Life

Administrator — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:19:29 +0000

Reviewer: Adeline Azrack, Public Health student/Youth Worker, Stanford University
“Carol Carter’s Majoring in the Rest of Your Life should be on every college student’s required reading list. The tremendous energy and concrete skills that fill the pages of this book promise to alleviate the fears many students have about finding a meaningful career upon graduation. Perhaps more importantly, this book places the college experience in the context of one’s greater educational and professional journey, helping students see the long-term applications of the skills they are learning in the classroom.”

Reviewer: Suzy Kellett, CPCC; mother of 28-year-old quadruplets and Certified Life Coach
“When I faced the daunting task of putting quadruplets into college I knew I could not do it alone. I reached out for any resources that could help me. Carol Carter probably does not know that she became my “literary” support system by helping the kids and I understand what lay ahead and offering tools to optimize the college experience and their years in starter-adulthood.”

Reviewer: Dr. Joe Martin, National Motivational Speaker, Real World University
“Majoring in the Rest of Your Life is your guide to connecting with who you are and what you want in life. In simple, straightforward language, Carol Carter takes the guesswork out of pursuing, reaching and achieving your goals both in and out of college.”

Reviewer: June A. Brown Attorney/Entrepreneur & Professor, Olive Harvey College- City Colleges of Chicago
“Carol Carter has produced a synergistic, reflective, thought-provoking work that is a path to enlightenment for students, parents, educators, and anyone who wants to do more with their life. She shares her journey with us, while teaching us how to experience our own journey. A MUST READ for everyone who wants to succeed, indeed excel, in the real world.”