IRE Attributes

IRE students have created the list of attributes. The reason for these attributes is to have a constant reminder of where we want to drive towards at graduation and to think about how each of the activities undertaken on a daily basis contribute to developing the attributes. Below are these attributes as well as definitions developed by students:

IRE Students are:

Motivated

• Ambitious
• Determined
• Has vision
• Is Driven
• Innovative

Team Oriented

• Responsible
• Communicative
• Flexible
• Organized
• Timely

Self-directed

• Organized
• Knows when to ask for help and when to solve problem on own
• Has follow through
• Time manager

Excellent Communicator

• Articulate
• Uses proper grammar
• Concise
• Good listener
• Willing to share thoughts and ideas
• Uses eye contact

Reflective Practitioner

• Identify Learning Approach
• Monitor Learning
• Evaluate Quality of Learning
• Improve Learning
• Document all of the above processes

Independent, Advanced Learners

• Motivated
• Resourceful
• Invested
• Reflective
• Adaptable
• Persistent

Professional

• Engaged in work
• High quality work
• Dedicated
• Prompt
• Respectful
• Good communicator
• Ethical

Prepared

• Practices presentations 
• Always has pen and paper
• Organized
• Uses to do lists
• Comes with questions
• "10 minutes early is on time"

Curious/Innovative/Creative

• Explore and generate possible solutions
• Stays up to date on contemporary issue
• Constantly improves self
• Thinks outside the box
• Involved in the arts

Helping out Hibbing Community and Technical College

Starting on Thursday (7-26) the IRE Interns have been helping out with moving the equipment and classroom supplies for the customized training program, at the Hibbing Community and Technical College. On Thursday we showed-up at 8:00am and started moving the equipment from the room that the two week course was previously held to a room on the other side of the building for temporary storage.

Figure 1— Birds eye view

Figure 2— Original room before and after 

Figure 3— equipment in temporary storage

Then on Friday we painted the walls of three of the four rooms that the class would be held in,

Figure 4— Painting the walls

and on Monday we painted the walls of the fourth room and about half of the floor in the smallest room to test the paint and see what it would look like when it dried. Then on Tuesday two of us went to paint the rest of the floors, which is what we thought would be the last thing that we would be doing in regards to this project, but we found out that they wanted us to strip and wax the floor in the “Classroom” which is the room that we didn’t paint the floors of because they decided to keep the original tile.

Figure 5— painting the floors