-: Psychology, right?
Psychology is always that piece.
I earned my bachelor's degree in psychology
and I always tell people that's the underpinning.
Every day, I reference Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
So there's no way that you can kinda get around that.
Every day when I think about
the integrated theoretical framework
or those those theoretical underpinnings,
I'm talking Tinto and Aston,
and I'm quoting myself, right,
with my own theory that I proposed
about the whole student engagement piece.
I guess for students, if they find this work
to be interesting, the key regardless of
if it's higher education or if it's K-12,
get involved as early as possible.
So I was a resident assistant here.
I was a paraeducator.
I did just about everything
that a student could do at the institution
that gave me added insight across the board.
So who best, but me, to go out
and be able to sell the institution
and sell my experience, which was a positive one.
So Career Services.
You don't connect with them on your way out the door,
you connect with the on your way through the door.
And so forget the resume, without forgetting the resume.
The resume is what gets you a look.
But it's can you pass the care test, right?
Are you teachable?
Do you have a teachable spirit?
Are you coachable?
But most importantly is can you pass the care test, period.
And then all of the positions
that I hire for, I'm hiring now.
So I prepped the hiring committee, like okay,
listen, what I need, some self-starters,
people who can work autonomously
because I'm not a micromanager,
but more specifically, someone who can
kinda take an idea and a concept
and bring it to fruition and who's coachable
and can take some feedback.
But can they pass the care test?