2012 ENHS Leadership Retreat

One past event I would say that the greatest experiences of my role in a leadership position came when I was in athletics in high school. This is where I learned that each individual needs to be led in a different way for them to reach their full

I also learned a lot about people, including myself. I learned how to speak in front of large groups, how to campaign for office, and how to effectively lead. Before I attended Boys State, my perspective of 'leading' was barking orders, but now I understand that it is much more than that. Now, my perspective of leadership is that the leader is servant to the followers, representing their beliefs and desires in a constructive manner. I attribute Boys State with transforming me into someone who people can trust and follow with ease.

Dale Carnegie’s classic, “How to Win Friends & Influence People,” has been the reason for many young business men and women’s success. Filled with knowledge on how to become a more likable individual, the “how-to” improvement book is filled with lessons and experiences that support the many principles found in the book. As a Senior, fast approaching graduation and the real world, I wanted to get a sense of how to become a better person that is ready to interact and communicate with a wide range of people in the business world. One of the many problems young adults face is learning how to manage others, collaborate with peers, and work for their boss. Carnegie’s book provides many lessons on how to do so, and puts them in to many different scenarios leaving the reader feeling informed and changed for the better.

A leadership experience in what I positively influence others and helped resolve disputes was Link Crew. Link Crew is a program where we help incoming freshmen to high school and show them around school and help them out on anything they need like homework. When I was a link crew leader I helped many kids who had low grades. While I was in this program I noticed that many kids had low grades and didn't turn in work or even their homework I did my best and talked to them about how they will struggle so much to get there credits later on some kids listen and did all their work where they at least passed their classes with a D or C. I had people who I got to meet during this I communicated with many people who joined this program and helped many kids. Students who come to high school think it will be very easy like in middle school but it will get harder each year. Many times I was helping the students I feel like It influenced them to work harder and be better in school and help each other in some ways. Link Crew was such a good program that it was where others students helped other students. I showed many leadership experience by joining this program.

Throughout my High School career, I have strived to be the best version of myself possible. I have grown from a scared freshman to a confident senior. Gaining confidence and leadership skills has mainly happened through my community service opportunities and growth in school. I now believe I acquire the qualities of scholarship, character, leadership and service.

I entered the Leadership Program with a narrow mind. I thought that I knew the expectations of leadership along with everything that leadership entails. After all, how difficult could it be to persuade others to see your personal opinion and then, get them to follow your dreams? All one needed to do was be passionate about a cause and have good public speaking techniques. Little did I know, there is a lot more to being a leader than meets the eye. By participating, I was

I was shy, and had no courage to face the students and communicate my ideas to the class. Nevertheless, being in this class has taught me a lot about how to interact with others. I have been able to learn how to interact with people using the crucial communication skills required. Now I can confidently stand in front of a class and present my ideas maintaining eye contact, ensuring there is careful selection of words, organizing ideas well bearing in mind that maintaining a good flow of ideas is equally important. Communication is a key aspect in social life and thus this experience was not just for academic purpose but it equipped me with an important skill in life. Developing effective communication has raised my self-esteem, which is an essential while facing the real

During my Sixth Form, I have attended a number of courses. In March, I participated in a Leadership weekend where we were taken to unfamiliar surroundings and were allocated into groups of people whom we had never met before. This was very challenging, as I had to quickly learn to work as a team member with people I did not know. The weekend was full of mental and physical challenges in which it was adamant that we were able to work together constructively as a team to succeed in all the tasks. During this leadership weekend, I acquired skills that enabled me to hold positions of responsibility.

I developed effective communication and interpersonal skills. Open, honest and diplomatic communication helps me to establish relationships with students, parents and co-workers. As an advocate for students, with a special interest in students with disabilities, I have collaborated with families, as well as, school and district special education personnel to provide quality instruction to students with special needs.

My communication skills have been a great asset to both my personal and work life. It has strengthened my ability to work in harmony with co-workers and in group settings. Although I communicate quite effectively I do find myself to be more quiet in large group settings and dislike public speaking. My recent position in community nursing required me to take on multiple roles as an educator and helped me work on my public speaking skills.

By using my effective communication skills I made sure that I understood them and responded to the underlying emotion in this way they began to trust and open up. I also had to communicate with different people from different backgrounds. My responsibility was to talk to children parents on how they did through the day and moreover had to deal with some parents that didn’t speak English this forced me to find a way to communicate more effectively i.e. I am multilingual as I can speak Dutch, Pashto, Farsi and Urdu from this talent it was easy for me to solve this problem. I think creatively while difficulties occur to make sure that I think outside the box. Additionally I have shown competence as a maths mentor as I made sure that my students got the best possible grade, this has not only helped me but I also advanced my maths skills.

This past summer I had the chance to attend the Summer Leadership Institute at Marquette University. During this time I gained a better understanding of leadership opportunities available to me if I were to enroll there. We had the chance to volunteer at a local food pantry called Feeding America. From there we then divided into several groups at the pantry. In order for each group to be successful, there was a system developed within that group. My group was in charge of packing all sorts of food into boxes. In Eastern Wisconsin, 1 in 7 people are facing hunger. The project that I was able to take part in improved the lives of many all over Eastern Wisconsin. No student really assumed a leadership role besides the counselors, but this was

The key to success lies in the ability to collaborate with others, which requires interpersonal skills. Throughout my profession, I have maintained a positive rapport with colleagues, parents, students, and administration. I attribute these productive partnerships partly to my attitudes about and toward others. By effectively communicating, listening, and questioning, coupled with a friendly demeanor, others find me approachable and a person with whom they easily work. These traits will contribute to my achievement as a literacy coach if selected for this position.

Communication is key in a classroom full of eager learners. I am very shy when it comes to speaking to new people but through my experiences I learned to step out of my comfort zone and communicate effectively. There are going to be many things that come up during my teaching career that I don’t necessarily agree with. I have learned that when I don’t agree with something I can communicate about it professionally and effectively for a particular reason or cause. Strong leadership skills are needed to run an effective classroom. I have worked with a great deal of people during my experiences and I have learned to work well others. I can use that in my classroom to model to my students how important it is to have leadership skills that go far beyond the classroom. While working in the community I noticed a fair amount of problems are town is faced with. I hope to teach my students about their civic responsibilities as a student in my classroom and that they will be active member in our community. I want my students to believe that they can make an impact on local and state problems and are encouraged to be comfortable working with people of different background and

The Personal Leadership in the University course has been very influential for me as it helped me have a better vision of what effective leadership is like. Coming into the classroom during the first day, I had no clue that I would eventually get out of my comfort zone and explain my life to 25 people whom I never met before. In the end, it was all worth it; I made new friends, and I learned that a strengthened community leads to strengthened leadership. I have friends outside of the class who took this course before, and they also say that this course helped change them. If one of my friends were to take this course during the spring and ask me what my favorite things were, I would say that one of them would be my journey presentation. I really got to enjoy sharing some of my personal memories as a child to the class, like how I had to move with my family several times before settling to Minnesota. It was a lot of fun hearing some of my peers sharing their memories as well. The presentations helped show that even if we were all brought up differently, we were still similar to each other. We are all young adults in college who want to strive for success now and in the future. The other task that I enjoyed in class was the one where the stuffed animal was on top of the sheet and we all had to flip the sheet over without dropping or touching the animal. It was very challenging and fun, but it really taught us that collaboration is needed for strong leadership. We talked to