My Leadershape Experience

One major experience that has shaped me as a person would be the decision to join FFA my freshman year. FFA has allowed me many incredible opportunities and experiences these past four years.

I believe that my past personal and professional leadership experiences make me a quality candidate for this position because I have 8 years of experience working in an elementary school as a 6,7, and 8th-grade teacher and 2 years of experience working as English Learner (EL) Program Lead in a high school setting. These experiences have afforded me the opportunity to take on many leadership roles. For example, that of instructional leader and coach, science department chair, English Language Learner department chair, English language learner program lead teacher (ELPT), test coordinator, and facilitated scheduling and programming of EL students, MTSS coordinator, and a union delegate.

Throughout life one will encounter many experiences and there is a lesson in each experience. I have embraced the experiences, learned from them and will use them to show others that there is life after drug abuse and incarceration.

An experience that has made a profound impact on my life was when I directed and completed a community service project to fulfill a requirement for the Eagle Scout Award in the Boy Scouts of America. In order to competently act as coordinator for this service project, I had to develop both my interpersonal communication and leadership capabilities to a proficient level. Besides improving my professional skills, this project gave me the opportunity gain hands on experience working with groups of people who had varying skill levels. So, not only did these skills allow me to complete the project successfully, they have also proven incredibly useful throughout my academic career.

An experience that has provided me with the most growth as a person is my involvement in mentoring an at-risk teen in Athens, GA for 3 years. Mentoring has improved my leadership and interpersonal skills. It kept me accountable to living at a higher standard in order to be a positive role model for another person. I also developed a greater appreciation for diversity from spending time with a person from a culture much different from my own. Overall this experience instilled a passion for all people regardless of race, ethnicity, social status, gender, or age. A genuine interest for others motivates me to learn more about human behaviors and pursue a career in counseling. Another experience I have that has provided me with opportunities to grow and improve is my experience as an intern at Jay’s Hope Foundation. The Jay’s Hope Foundation offers many different avenues of support to children diagnosed with cancer and their families. I was able to be in direct contact with families facing life-threatening situations. It was a very emotionally heavy internship, but I learned so much and was encouraged by the resiliency of the children and families. At Jay’s Hope, I learned the importance of teamwork, I developed flexibility, I became more organized, and I gained more confidence in my ability to

Attended the MESA Student Leadership Retreat in Santa Cruz, developing leadership skills by self-discovery through talk reflections. In addition, I was part of the COS chemistry team which earned first medal in the chemistry competition in qualitative analysis.

SPC Williamson achieved the XVIII Airborne Corps Noncommissioned Officer Basic Leader Course graduation requirements with an overall 94.22 grade point average. He communicated with confidence and credibility throughout the Basic Leader Course. He demonstrated excellence in the core leader competencies and attributes, at a level seen in more experienced leaders by keeping the class involved and engaged. SPC Williamson exhibited exceptional active listening skills and two-way communication to express thoughts and ideas. He set the example in teamwork; a leader who takes action; displayed Army values and the whole soldier concept throughout the entire course. His research abilities was consistent in classroom environment scoring superior

I think my most two memorable experiences would have to be my position in the Eigenmann Student Government and the IFS program. My Eigenmann Student Government (ESG) position has really made me learn how to balance a leadership role while also working on my schoolwork as well. I think that this program has helped me with working with a group of individuals in order to make changes for a mass group of residents. This position has made me think about the things that I would want to happen and think about it from many possible perspectives in order to appeal to not just one group of individuals but to multiple. I also think that my IFS experience was a meaningful part to starting my college career off in a good way. I think that my IFS experience

For example, one of the more exciting and new experiences was working with other classmates on our group project. It was, as stated, not as terrifying as I thought it was going to be. I learned more than I ever expected about social media use in libraries, and I feel like this knowledge will be useful information in the future. Also, it was simply fun working and collaborating with a group online.

Leading has a great impact in the world today. Its hard to find a good leader today simple because you have so many people out here that a fack. Leadership has had a great impact on many different people lives here in the world today. I like the leaders that are around me. People in the world today look for leaders when it comes to directions, guides and motivations. The leaders that impact my life were people in ministry.

Throughout life one will encounter many experiences and there is a lesson within each of those experiences. Right now as an activity aide in a nursing home my passion is to make sure each and every resident gets some sort of enjoyment out of their day whether it’s from reading the newspaper, having coffee outside or its getting their nails painted. I just want to make sure their day has some activity that they enjoy. My dream job after graduation is to work in a hospital in the palliative care/hospice as a social worker. In this setting I will still get to make

An experience that taught me about myself and the world around me was my involvement in Girl Guides of Canada. I learned so much about a range of subjects and gained a deeper understanding of myself. I worked to earn badges in subjects like science, nature, and arts. There were two large events that impacted me the most. The first when I was 11, and the second when I was 13. In my final year of being a guide, I travelled with other girls to Agassiz, B.C. to attend a week long camp called S.O.A.R.. At this camp, I took part in activities that contributed to the local community, learned how to screen print and learned to build a small robot. Girls from all over the world attended, and meeting them opened my eyes to different cultures and broadened

I was a PFO teen from 2011-2013 during my junior and senior years in high school. When in PFO, I was a co-chair of the Winter Ball Committee, the Concert Committee, and was a Small Group Leader. My experiences in PFO made up a huge part of my high school experience that allowed me to make awesome friends, step out of my comfort zone, and grow as a leader.

Describe a specific example(s) of your personal growth and development through your leadership experiences in college. See the help text for additional direction.

My leadership outlook is collectively designed from my life experiences, ascertainments, achievements, and failures. I see leadership as an excursion simultaneously taken by leaders and followers to a mutual destination. Great leaders have clear core values, a course of action, an organized, suitable, and effective team, and unambiguous communication that will lead their team to this common goal. The best leaders have definitive vision and mission statements. They often refine these statements to ensure the requirements needed to successfully accomplish the vision and mission of every area of their lives including their family, their organization, and their unit is feasible.