CTP Skill Center

Hello hello and welcome to my Month Three Monday blog post! I feel pleased with my efforts on shift today. I took the quiz of orientation four times because the first question kept floating me in circles. It honestly had me in my head rolling on the floor laughing. Mainly because the answer that I, for some reason avoided, was the answer it needed to be. I originally felt it was the answer and in my head I thought “naah T, don’t trick yourself,” and I did exactly that! lol

The rest of class was fun; I do love to edit materials. It felt like a positive team catch on the first assignment with my fellow Bootcamp Alumni, Alex and Sam. Thank you Mike for the confirmation of the catch!

Another Monday, and this time we are in Month 3. I had completed my Percipio Skillsoft on Friday on Agile methodology called Agile For All. There’s a series of these courses on Skillsoft and so I will see about maybe doing another one in the series.

For classwork, we introduced the PRO course to new students and we were in combined class with CTT. We took a quiz on the orientation presentation. Then, we had an assignment on Meeting Deadlines, where we e-mailed the instructor with our 3 go-to reminder methods for turning everything in on time. Over the course of 2 months, I have had plenty of practice adding things to my calendar or planner.

Next, we did a formatting exercise that was very similar to the exercise on Page Numbers, Section Breaks, and Table of Contents that we did for BerkMart last month. Some of the sample instructions left something to be desired, and choosing the correct headings and reinserting the table of contents took multiple attempts.

Finally, for the last hour of class, we worked on sample e-mail letters that contained formatting errors that needed to be corrected. It had been awhile since I looked at official guidance on Letterhead or Memorandum format, but I learned a little bit how to make these sample documents look as neat as could be after making the edits.

Today I did a couple of Google Docs assignments (Formatting and Fix These Letters). It was good practice in professional writing style.

8 31 2026

Today in class, we did more Google Docs practice on creating a table of contents, using headings to differentiate sections in the first document, and adding page breaks to separate pages into different subjects. The second document had more practice with Google Docs and formatting and changing fonts to make it more business-professional letters.

August 31, 2026: On the last day of August 2026, the staff went over the orientation for a new student. After the orientation quiz, I did two proofreading assignments. There were quite a lot of errors to correct.

As it was my first day in this program, I went through an orientation and took a quiz to make sure I understand what was covered. Then I went into a breakout room with Jose for an additional orientation. We then began laying all of the foundational software I need to succeed in CTT like a separate Chrome profile, Homebase, Slack, WordPress, etc. It’s a lot but it’s to be expected of an onboarding. And now I’ve taken my first step to be on the same page with the rest of the team. Which, after thinking further, is a nice little learning experience/review. In a real workplace, not everyone is going to have the exact same first day. It’s very easy to fall into the trap of thinking it like school.

Today I listened to the Core Training Orientation, took a quiz, and then got split into another breakout room with the CTT group. We reviewed online accounts, browser profiles, extensions, and bookmarks. It was a lot of information.

I enjoyed SHPT today as the last time I took it, it wasn’t as informational and direct. The last time also did not focus much in LGBTQ+ or under 18 employees- mainly in the systemic understanding of gender and sexuality. It was so wonderful to see our world actually being creative and changing from control and locking us all into categories. I hope this isn’t too much. I also really enjoyed interviewing with everyone, especially the confidence boosters. As always our graduates will be missed in class but happy to see y’all in the 10 min pre class interactions!

Today I completed a sexual harassment training. The re-enactments were cringe, but that’s to be expected. It’s really important to do these things in workplaces. I also did the usual interview practice, which was pretty good. I need to remember to believe in what I’m saying and speak more confidently about myself.

We started the day by watching a presentation on sexual harassment. One that the State of California provided. I have seen it before, but it is always a good reminder. Afterward, we worked on our resume and got some individualized help. I appreciated that, because I was just thinking, what could I do to make my resume better? We then had practice interview questions. We had extra time and got asked what we would teach in a on hte fly ted talk show. It was quite interesting to hear the answers from the others. I got to see an inside of them you normally do not see.