Scholar Resources

As a BBCC TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Scholar, you now have access to various resources/platforms that are only available for TRIO students! If you need assistance accessing any of these resources, please contact a TRIO SSS staff member.

iGrad

iGrad is a financial wellness platform for TRIO SSS students. On this platform you can access up-to-date scholarship resources, financial education courses, and more!

We highly encourage you to learn about these financial topics in year one of our program. In year two we encourage these additional financial topics.

Hot topic iGrad courses/tools

Courses	Tools
Creating a budget (and sticking to it)	Set up my budget
Setting up an emergency fund	Set up my emergency budget
Finding a scholarship to help pay for school	Scholarship search tool
Understanding credit reports and scores	Estimate your credit score tool

Sign into iGrad here!

If you need assistance logging in, contact a TRIO staff member.

Pathful explore

Pathful explore is an interactive career exploration platform for TRIO SSS students with over 3,000 professionally produced job shadowing and career advice videos. Use the site to explore careers from a range of industries and fields, take career assessments, research and compare colleges, find scholarships and/or jobs (through Indeed.com), and more!

Top careers TRIO SSS students research on Pathful explore

Nurse
Engineer (civil, mechanical, aerospace, and more)
Dental Hygienist
Software developer (computer science)
Social worker
Attorney

Life Skills Videos Topics

First jobs
Financial literacy
Health & fitness
Job preparation
Leadership
Networking
Overcoming obstacles
Soft skills

Sign into Pathful explore here!

If you need assistance logging in, contact a TRIO staff member.

Pear Deck Tutor

Pear Deck Tutor is a 24/7 1:1 online tutoring platform for a multitude of subjects paid by the TRIO SSS Program for active TRIO SSS students. An active TRIO SSS student can access 2 hours of FREE tutoring per week (Monday 12:00AM- Sunday 11:59pm) paid for by the program. If additional time is needed, student can contact TRIO SSS Director to make that request.

Highlights of the platform:

Top-Notch Tutors

Pear Deck tutors has a thriving community of tutors includes thousands of certified teachers, professionals, advanced-degree holders, and other subject matter experts – all of whom have been thoroughly vetted by the Pear Deck Tutor team. Continuous evaluation of tutors also occurs via student feedback and revision of tutoring sessions.

Personalized Learning Support

Pear Deck Tutor award-winning Lesson Space (virtual classroom) which replicates all the best parts of in-person learning: audio/video and text-based chat interaction, dynamic whiteboard, text editor, Google Doc(s) upload, screen sharing, and much!

Paper and Essay Review

Pear Deck Tutor also has access to paper and essay review services through the Pear Deck Tutor Writing Lab. Pear Deck Tutor’s community of writing tutors delivers prompt, detailed feedback on submissions within 12 hours (or less), helping students’ polish papers and hone in their writing skills for future assignments.

Picture of Pear Deck Learning whiteboard

Sign into Pear Deck Tutor here!

If you need assistance logging in, contact a TRIO staff member.

CliftonStrengths for Students

Over 22 million people have taken CliftonStrengths for Students (formerly StrengthsQuest). This assessment measures 34 research-validated talent themes (organized into 4 themes*) and then guides the development of those talents into strengths with resources tailored for students.

Through CliftonStrengths learn more about what makes you uniquely you! To take the assessment you will need an access code. Ask your TRIO Advisor for a code! Additionally, please note – you will need 45 – 60 minutes of uninterrupted time to complete this assessment.

Strengths of TRIO SSS Team

Astrid	Includer	Relator	Achiever	Connectedness	Positivity
Elizabeth (Liz)	Learner	Includer	Arranger	Developer	Restorative
Jasmine	Connectedness	Individualization	Deliberative	Ideation	Empathy
Veronica	Deliberative	Developer	Relator	Connectedness	Achiever
Taylor	Woo	Positivity	Individualization	Ideation	Communication

Themes*:

Executing
Influencing
Relationship building
Strategic thinking

Take CliftonStrengths here

If you need help, contact a TRIO staff member.

LASSI

The Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) is 60-item assessment designed to gather information on learning, study practices, and attitudes. The focus is on both covert and overt thoughts, behaviors, attitudes and beliefs that relate to successful learning.

LASSI assessment measures

Anxiety
Attitude
Concentration
Information Processing
Motivation
Selecting Main Ideas
Self Testing
Testing Strategies
Time Management
Using Academic Resources

Then, through the platform’s educational interventions (prescriptions), learn strategies and skills you can use to modify and expand your current set of learning strategies.

Ask your TRIO advisor today about how to get started!

Take the LASSI assessment here

Access the LASSI Prescription here

If you need any help, contact a TRIO staff member.

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