The Personal Development programme enables students to discover their unique assets and talents in order to shape meaningful futures – for themselves and the world at large.
Personal development is an overarching objective of Forward College, relying on a holistic development of the full range of the five intelligences, and with reference to the Social Model of Leadership. It is one of the building blocks of the Bachelor in Business & Leadership degree.
Personal development is focused on building human intelligences that prepare students with skills and mindsets for adaptive futures.
Students develop high self-awareness and resilience, cultural competency, and an approach to leadership that is impact-oriented, practical, empathetic, and collaborative.
Students will focus on adapting and thriving so that they transition to independence within a healthy and collaborative learning community.
Students will explore their motivations and decisions to live, intentionally, with authenticity.
Students are prepared so that they successfully transition to their post-Forward College career plans.
Personal coaching is part of our approach to holistic development for students. Its purpose is to make sure our students become the authors of their own development at Forward College and beyond throughout their life.
It begins in their first year with a 360 Assessment where the students get evaluative feedback on their cognitive (i.e. academic), social, emotional and practical intelligences. All these intelligences and skills are developed by our academic and leadership programmes.
The students get feedback from team mates, teachers, friends, project partners, even family with whom they interact.
Students meet their coach twice in the year (45min sessions) to 1) help them interpret the results of the 360 ; 2) offer guidance on their development strategy: what skills do they wish to focus on? How to develop these skills? The 360 coaching sessions take place on an annual basis.
