Intelligent heart is composed of several elements - Self efficacy (I believe I can make a difference), focus on the school goals and purpose, student centered practice (student success), and positive influence and attitude. I personally believe that if I value my responsibilites and I am committed to excellence I will make a positive impact on my students, instructors and fellow program directors. I am not only committed to my success but also the success of everyone around me.
We will tudor the student if they need help.We also have student counsel meetings.
Thank you for this post, Frank. I look forward to reading more from you.
It is good to hear that your campus believes in the intelligent heart. What are two or three specific things your team does to demonstrate it is caring and believes in its students?
I say this school do believe in Intelligent Heart.I believe it is caring and believing is the students.
I don't think the culture is as good as it once was. With the current economic situation maybe too much emphasis is on the bottom line, not on the end product. Having said that, most of the staff do have "Intelligent Hearts". Most of us are very passionate about what we do. We try to go the extra mile to ensure our students have what they need to acomplish their dreams and encourage them do so.
Our school is definately made up of intelligent hearts. The faculty and staff greatly believe in what they do and work hard to motivate and focus the students and come to work every day with our core values in mind: respect for the individual, customer service, integrity, team work, and achievement.
Hello Jeffrey, here we have endless resources and training to educate us on being just that and all us Instructors strive very hard to make it happen.That is our culture and I feel that we are all intelligent hearts,some possibly more than others still the same we all try very hard.Earlier this week we had a guest speaker who gave a presentation and training on understanding generation why which was extremly useful in not only in understanding how to be intelligent on educating gen why but aiso how to have the heart as well to educate. What are your recommendations for educating gen why?
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Randi,
Thank you for sharing this. Your campus is fortunate to have a President that goes out of his way to interact with the faculty. That is not the case at all career colleges, though it often is in the good ones.
Jeffrey,
The university's culture is centered around intellectual hearts that comes from the President. While most Presidents do not interact with instructors, our President has an open door policy and is engaging to all of us. He truly cares for us as instructors, which sets the tone for our own intellectual hearts. We maintain a shared vision to show the students that we truly care with an understanding that if the sudents are successful so will the University succeed.
Randi
My perception of an "Intelligent heart" is when you can tell someone really cares about what they are doing, but not just in an analytical sense or with complete focus on completing a task. It's about demonstrating concern for the total picture. (ie; the task before you wouldn't need to be accomplished but for the student involved, humanizing the action.)
I am proud to say our school is in fact, comprised of many employees who possess "Intelligent Hearts." This starts with the owner of the school. I have not been at an employee meeting or in his presence when he hasn't made mention of our primary purpose: the students. (Shared vision/goal "bull's eye.") Over the years, I have held significant positions within my field (highly regulated) but never have I went through such an aggressive employment screening process as here. The reason? To insure my personality (and skills) were a match for this environment and the owner's expectations of how we treat students. Almost everyone is completely aligned. I say "almost everyone" because despite best efforts, there will be those who get through then cannot perform.
I will say, though, I disagree with some of the material. The 11 to 1 concept may work for some. Primarily for those who are unconscious saboteurs. Those who are simply negative by nature simply need to seek a different occupation. "First Break All the Rules" is a book that provided this epiphany for me. I used to work so hard to mentor, train, help, compensate for those whose nature did not support the essential function of the position. Someone who is not a people person by nature really shouldn't be working with people - at least not front-line customer service. Once I "got" this concept, it became much easier to build a team and help those who were "wired" for the job "tweak" some of their unconscious habits.
Our schools culture is centered around the student experience. We always address the following question when we make decsions. What is in the best interest of the student? I believe we have a large number of team members who have intellegent hearts within our school. This is demonstrated by the caring approach the majority of our staff take with our students. It is clear that we have room for development here as I see actions from time to time that are contrary to this characteristic. These situations readily identify coaching and mentoring opportunies for us as we continue to grow and develop as a team.
My perception of an individual possessing an "intelligent heart" is one that not only cares about their role in organization, but also has the capacity to adjust and evolve in the ever-changing culture around them while improving the quality of life for all those involved. What I am seeming to find is an overall erosion in the state of personnel at the educational level. Individuals that enter the field of education due so because they are compelled to. They have the desire to shape and mold the future, to give back to the community, and/or to follow in the footsteps of an educator that helped to influence them. Modern day is proving to these individuals that they are not appreciated by the upper level managers of the educational system. Compensatory packages are being reduced to cut costs, educational programs are being slashed to improve the bottom line, sacrifices are being demanded of all those at the lower tiers at sometimes great personal expense to those workers. It seems to me that those individuals that possess the intelligent heart are either having their spirits crushed or are moving on to find other methods of employment that will provide sustainability to their lifestyle. Wisconsin is a prime example of what I am talking about.
Thanks, Thomas.
What are one of the two most common ways your peers demonstrate "intelligent hearts?
We have many people at our campus that have intelegent harts. We all work together to help the students by understanding their dificulties and giving them guidance to help them achive their goals. We even have a Student Success Instructor that is dedicated to help these students when needed.
