IBEST 47 - BTAC Success for TS 5

Credits: 3-10
A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for BTAC where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

Enrollment Requirement: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor consent.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the BTAC text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine the central idea of written course materials for BTAC; provide an objective summary of the text.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a BTAC text.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibility and dynamically.
Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess credibility and accuracy of each source, and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Identify relevant mathematical resources, such as a calculator or digital content located on a website, and use them to pose or solve problems.
Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.
Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
Generate and analyze patterns.

Program Outcomes
Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

College-wide Outcomes

Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.