1.10 Knowledge Check
Welcome to your New Chapter at Fanshawe
College is a choice that requires commitment, focus, and effort to be successful.
Developing transferrable skills, like Fanshawe’s 7 Job Skills for the Future can help you be successful in an ever changing job market.
Fanshawe offers supports to help you with your academic, social, and wellness to help you be successful in your first year.
A commitment to Academic Integrity is expected from all students, which includes learning and following the policies to ensure a fair and honest environment.
There are written and unwritten rules you must learn to ensure your success as a student, and you will be expected to demonstrate adherence to college policies and practices by completing training and demonstrating your understanding on a daily basis.
Your academic advisor and professors are your most important partners in learning. Investing in developing a relationship with them will mean you have support when you need it.
Reflecting on your strengths and weaknesses can help you clarify your goals, prioritize what steps you need to take to achieve them and provide motivation to keep going when things get tough.
Reflective Practice
What are soft skills do you feel you have and could develop?
What are some things you should be aware of with “hidden curriculum”?
Applying Your Knowledge
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A person who supports your journey through the Fanshawe College system.
They are the experts when it comes to providing advice on dropping a course, your schedule, changing programs, how to communicate with your professors and can connect you with people to help you with your job search, questions about international visa, work permits, parking, security etc.
A phrase used to cover a wide variety of circumstances at school that can influence learning and affect your experience. Sometimes called the invisible curriculum, it varies by institution and can be thought of as a set of unwritten rules or expectations.
Essential traits looked for by employers such as interpersonal skills, communication skills, time-management, problem-solving, empathy, etc.
The types of skills you may see listed on a job posting and might include, understanding the biology, physiology and chemistry of the human body, using health-sciences and other health-related terminology, good communication skills, or good time management.
