ESSENTIAL LEARNING SKILLS

FOR COLLEGE FRESHMEN

#COE Bridging Course

Preliminary Period
K TO 12 GRADUATES: READY TO FACE LIFE’S CHALLENGES

An Overview
 Preparedness of Senior High School
Graduates:
1. In Skills development:
What middle-level skills/competencies are
developed in you? In what productive means
can such skills be put into
practice/application?
2. For employment:
What jobs are you prepared for?
3. For entrepreneurship:
What small-scale businesses can you put up?
 Jobs available for Senior High School graduates
• Animator * Call Center Agent
• Web Developer and Web Designer. ... * Service Crew
• Photographer or Videographer. ... * Warehouse Staff
• Content Writer. ... * Executive Assistant
• Customer Service Rep (CSR) * Cashier
• Technical Support Representative. ... * Room Attendant
(TSR) * Store Manager
• Search Engine Optimization * Store Clerk
(SEO) . ... * Data Encoder
• Graphic Artist. ... * Sales Agent
• Programmer. * Sales clerk
• Sales Assistant/Associate * Liaison Officer
• Office Assistant * Sales Field Work
• Domestic Helper * Classroom Attendant
• Kitchen Staff * Teacher Aide
• Library Assistant * Store Helper
• Messenger * Production Helper
•
 Small/Middle Scale Businesses for
Senior High School Graduates
• Cell phone Loading * Buy-and-Sell
• On-Line Business * Network Marketing
• Real Estate Agency * Sari-Sari Store
• Palamig Business * Computer Shop/Internet Café
• Poultry Raising * Water Station
• Pet Shop/Pet Caretaking * Web Developing
• Accessories Making/Marketing * Martial Arts Training
• Laundry Services * Dance/Recreation Studio
• Ghost Writing * Bakery/Cake Making
• Model/Social Graces Training * T-shirt/Tarpaulin Printing
• Sewing/Mending/Repairing * Renting
• Party Needs Making * Candle/Soap/etc. Making
• Gardening/Landscaping * Tutoring
4. For higher education:
What made you choose to continue to higher
education?
What did you consider in choosing the programs you
are enrolled in?
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• What skills do you possess to make you succeed
in the different endeavors ( the four areas)?
• What possible difficulties/problems do you
foresee in the pursuit of the said endeavors?
• What interventions may help you to address the
said difficulties/problems?
 1. Effective Communication Skills
The Communication Process:
Stages in the Cycle of Communication:
1. thinking 2. Symbolizing 3. Expressing
4. transmitting 5. receiving 6. Decoding
7. feeding back 8. Monitoring

Communication may be oral or written.

Q 1: How does the process apply for oral? Written?

Q 2: When is oral/written communication said to be

correct? effective? Interesting?
The most basic functions of communication are
to inform, to convince, to persuade.

Activity: Choose specific situations – home,

school, community - apply the stages and
role-play the said functions.
( groups of 3 or 4 students)
2. Information, Media, and Technology Skills
 Questions for discussion:
1. What technology devices/social media
(CIT)applications are you using?
2. What use and benefits do they serve?
3. What problems are faced as regards
the use of media?
4. How may those problems be solved?
Activity:
Present/Demonstrate CIT use for:
– recreation
– education
– profession
3.
 Effective Communication Skills

• Interactive communication

• Teaming, collaboration and interpersonal

skills

• Personal, social and civic responsibility

In addition to the skills you gain in the classroom, there
are many ways that you can obtain learning and
innovation skills outside of the classroom. Some of
these ways include:
• Joining one of many campus clubs or starting your
own
• Working on-campus as a work-study or student
assistant
• Working off-campus in an internship or at a job
• Volunteering in a non-profit organization (NGO)
• Becoming a Peer-to-Peer Mentor
• Attending our many on-campus cultural events
• Participate in talk time with non-native English
speakers
 Activity:
1. Work in groups of 3 or 5.
2. Plan a community improvement project.
3. Present the plan in class.
4.
 Social and Personal Skills Life and Career Skills
*Oral communication skills * Listens/follows directions
*Critical thinking skills * Solves problems
*Time management skills * Organizes time
*Organizational skills * Organizes materials
*Presentation skills * Able to establish rapport
*Personal development * Takes responsibility for actions
*Interpersonal skills * Respects others
*Leadership skills * Works cooperatively in a group
Question: How are the Social and Personal Development at the left column
related with Life and Career skills at the right column?

Activity: Group work with 5-7 members in one group

Instructions:
1. Make a list of personal/social skills you already possess.
2. Write equivalent learning targets across each skill needed for life and
for career
3. Present the group output to the class.
Culminating Activity for the Preliminary Period:
Holistic development of K to 12 graduates means the development
of intellectual, social, emotional, and personal attributes such as those
graphically represented below. Let us identify them.
Students’ Tasks:
1. In a scale of 5, to what extent do these skills
apply to you? Accomplish the checklist using the
following legend: 4 = Very High Extent; 3 = Great
Extent; 2 = Moderate Extent;. 1 = Least Extent
• Answer the following questions at the back of the
checklist:
– How are these skills manifested in your personal life?
Family life? School life?
– In what way/s will these skills help you in your
professional life as a teacher?
– What other skills do you think you also have not
mentioned here?
 SKILL 4 3 2 1
1.Communication Skills
2.Collaboration
3.Agility & Adaptability
4.Grit & Determination
5.Resilience
6.Empathy & Global Stewardship
7.Vision
8.Self-Regulation
9.Hope & Optimism
10.Curiosity & Imagination
11.Initiative & Entrepreneuralism
12.Critical Thinking &
Problem Solving