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<br />Tri.City Newsletter - March/April, 1985 - Page 21
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<br />Project to examine chemical
<br />use in high schools pla.nned
<br />
<br />. The University of Min-
<br />nesota's Division of Epi-
<br />demiology and School Dis-
<br />trict 11 are once again spon-.
<br />soring the health education
<br />program called the Youth
<br />Health Promotion Project
<br />(YH PP). This project has been
<br />funded by the National In-
<br />stitute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
<br />.and is designed to deter
<br />chemical use among adoles- .
<br />cents.
<br />This spring the project will
<br />screen all 11th and 12th grade
<br />students at Coon Rapids,
<br />Anoka and Blaine Senior High
<br />Schools. Parental permission
<br />will be requested and all
<br />
<br />parents will be informed.
<br />Students will be asked to
<br />complete a questionnaire on
<br />the students' behavior and at-
<br />titudes related to tobacco,
<br />alcohol and marijuana.and to
<br />provide an expired air sample.
<br />The air sample will be used to
<br />confirm the levels of tobacco,
<br />alcohol and marijuana use. All
<br />procedures are absoloutely
<br />voluntary and students and/or
<br />parents will have the right to
<br />decline any part or all of the
<br />survey. All individual informa-
<br />tion collected will remain
<br />strictly confidential and none
<br />will be released to any stu-
<br />dent, parent, teacher or
<br />
<br />school official. Summary
<br />reports will be compiled and
<br />made available to district ad-
<br />ministration to provide data to
<br />be used in curriculum revision
<br />and.program improvements in
<br />the health 'area. ~
<br />If you would like more infor-
<br />mation about this program,
<br />you may contact the Project
<br />Director, Dr. David Murray, at
<br />376-6966; the Project Coor-
<br />dinator, Jan Whitbeck, at
<br />373-3586; or Ms. Eloise Miller
<br />at the District Office at
<br />755-8220. They will be happy
<br />to speak with interested
<br />members of the community.
<br />
<br />
<br />New~word
<br />processing
<br />machines
<br />purchased
<br />for Anoka A VTI
<br />
<br />Four new Lanier LBP word
<br />processing machines were
<br />purchased recently for use by
<br />office occupations students
<br />at Anoka A VTI.
<br />TheA VTI also plans to pur-
<br />chase a number of microcom-
<br />puters for the office occupa-.
<br />tions division, which includes
<br />clerical/secretarial, legal/-
<br />secretarial, and medical/-
<br />office programs.
<br />"The employment outlook
<br />in office occupations appears
<br />to be very bright, and we ex-
<br />pect our placement to remain
<br />high in the future," said Jerry
<br />Arzdorf, A VTI counselor.
<br />Placement in office occupa-
<br />tions fields is currently 93%
<br />for Anoka A VTI graduates, ac-
<br />cording to Arzdorf.
<br />A typewriting prerequisite
<br />is required for all students
<br />entering office occupations
<br />programs. Students in
<br />clerical/secretarial should
<br />type. 35 words per minute;
<br />those in legal secretary, 50
<br />words per minute; and those
<br />in medical/s'ecretarial and
<br />medical/office assistants, 45
<br />words per minute.
<br />Students are encouraged to
<br />have some background in
<br />business mathematics, ac-
<br />counting, and English prior to
<br />enrollment.
<br />For more informati6n about'
<br />office occupations, contact
<br />Arzdorf at the AVTI, 427-1880,
<br />ext. 213.
<br />
<br />Parenting
<br />classes
<br />available
<br />
<br />In order to make parents
<br />aware of the many courses
<br />available to them, new
<br />parents leaving area hospitals
<br />with their babies are given
<br />certificates good for a 10 per-
<br />cent discount on any child
<br />development for parent/family
<br />classes offered through
<br />Anoka AVTI Vocational Exten-
<br />sion Division or Anoka-
<br />Hennepin District 11 Com-
<br />munity Education.
<br />For more information con-
<br />tact Anoka AVTI, 427-1880,
<br />ext. 204 or Anoka-Hennepin
<br />District 11 Community
<br />Education, 755-8220, ext. 310.
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<br />Medical
<br />Record
<br />Technician
<br />Program
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<br />Dynamic Leo Hauser
<br />featured--at Anoka
<br />A VTI staff ~- ~
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<br />All 12 Anoka AVTI students
<br />who took the national ac-
<br />creditation examination for
<br />medical record techpician not
<br />only passed the test but have
<br />secured jObs as medical
<br />records technicians in the
<br />Twin Cities area.
<br />The Medical Record Tect)-
<br />nician Program is a cooper-
<br />ative effort with Anoka-Ram-
<br />sey and North Hennepin Com-
<br />munity Colleges. Students in
<br />the two-year program attend
<br />classes at the A VTI in the
<br />morning and at Ihe colleges
<br />in the afternool"
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<br />New evening course
<br />at A VTI
<br />
<br />Do you have 10 work days
<br />and wanl 10 go 10 school In
<br />the evening? Do you wanl 10
<br />work in a hospital or allied
<br />health care field and not do
<br />patient care? Would you like
<br />an. interesting and challeng-
<br />ing job? Then consider Anoka
<br />AVTI's'Health Record Coding
<br />Analyst course. This 36-week
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<br />course :>eg ns Ap" . and
<br />ends Decemoer '6. : h oe
<br />held from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
<br />Health' record coders are in
<br />demand in the Twin Cities and
<br />across the nation, due to new
<br />reimbursement regulations
<br />for Medicare patients~
<br />For more information, or to
<br />reg ister, call Anoka A VTI at
<br />427-1880, ext. 204~
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<br />
<br />If you truly enjoy your work
<br />and if you're doing what you
<br />do best, chances are you'll
<br />live a long and successful life. .
<br />This proclamation, and
<br />other encouraging words, was
<br />made by Leo Hauser, an inter-
<br />nationally known speaker and
<br />author of the book, "Five
<br />Steps to Success," who was
<br />the featured speaker at Anoka
<br />A VTl's staff day recently.
<br />Hauser presented a ses-
<br />sion on motivation, goal set-
<br />ting and using abilities to
<br />. assist students in imprOVing
<br />their self-imaQe.
<br />He recalled his childhood
<br />when his father, a post, office
<br />worker, provided non-stop en-
<br />couragement and served as,
<br />Hauser's own "personal
<br />cheering section."
<br />"My dad was a real inspira-
<br />tion. He'd always say, 'This is
<br />America, son. You can do
<br />whatever you really 'want to
<br />do. You can do it! You can do
<br />it!' And that's the kind of
<br />motivation and encourage-
<br />ment you can give to your
<br />students here at Anoka,"
<br />Hauser instructed.
<br />He outlined his Five Steps
<br />to Success, saying that those
<br />steps apply to all areas of life:
<br />personal, professional, spirit-
<br />ual, and emotional.
<br />"The first thing you've got t6
<br />do is get to know yourself."
<br />Hauser proclaimed. "You've
<br />
<br />A dynamic Leo Hauser em-
<br />phasized a point during
<br />Anoka A VTI's staff day.
<br />
<br />got to get rigflt up close and
<br />press your nose against the
<br />mirror and take a good long
<br />look at who you are. What are
<br />the things you like to do and
<br />are good at and what are the
<br />things that you don't like to
<br />do and are not good at."
<br />Once you've discovered
<br />what those thing.s are, says
<br />I:lauser, . the next step is to
<br />
<br />"pick the right opportunity"
<br />and do what you do best 80-90
<br />percent of the time.
<br />"Spend time doing what it
<br />is YOU like to do, and pretty
<br />soon you'll be getting better
<br />and better at it," he said.
<br />Hauser's third step to suc-
<br />cess is to set goals. .
<br />"Set some big, exciting
<br />goals for youself. Shoot for
<br />the' moon!" he' exclaimed,
<br />"Why not shoot for the moon?
<br />Even if you miss, you'll be
<br />among the stars!"
<br />"Don't be afraid to set really
<br />big goals," he continued. "Do
<br />you know how you can tell
<br />whether you've set your goals
<br />high enough? Just tell so-
<br />meone what your goals are,
<br />and it they're not hootin' and
<br />hollerin' and telling you
<br />you've lost your mind, then
<br />you haven't aimed high
<br />enough," Hauser said.
<br />After goals have been
<br />esta,blished, in writing, the
<br />next essential steps are to
<br />work at reaching those goals,
<br />and have fun doing it.
<br />"If you're doing what you
<br />like and you're doing it 80-90
<br />percent of the time, you'll be
<br />.having fun," Hauser smiled.
<br />The Hauser Definition of
<br />
<br />Success is "a continuing.
<br />achievement in a long term
<br />goal" and he has enjoyed
<br />such success over the years.
<br />At the age of 28 he was na-
<br />tional Product' Manager for
<br />General Mills. He then
<br />entered the securities field
<br />and purchased his own seat
<br />on the New York Stock Ex-
<br />change after five years ex-
<br />perience. At the age of 35, he
<br />sold his seat on the exchange
<br />to devote full time to helping
<br />others realize their full poten-
<br />tial in life.
<br />Hauser was elected presi-
<br />dent of the. American Society
<br />for Training and Development
<br />and president of the Interna-
<br />tional Federation of Training
<br />and Development Organiza-
<br />tions based in Geneva,
<br />Switzerland.
<br />He was appointed to the
<br />Steering Committee for the
<br />United States Department of
<br />Education Life-Long Learning
<br />Committee by President Ford,
<br />he is co-owner of a bank, and
<br />is a member of the National
<br />Speakers' Association. In ad-
<br />dition, he is editor and
<br />publiSher of Successfully
<br />Yours, a quarterly newsletter,
<br />and serves on the board of
<br />directors for four companies.
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