Personal Narrative: My Experience At The COO Leadership Program

Through student government and class council, I gained a lot of skills in organization and planning. It was of upmost importance to keep all notes, correspondence, and suggestions tidy in order to effectively plan my speeches and any events I had to plan. For Class Council, we planned events like our Junior and Senior Proms and class trips. This took both a lot of individual planning with different companies and partners as well as collaboration with other members of the committee. The best community engagement experience that I’ve had so far was coincidentally PennCORP. The program was so important to me because it taught me all of the fundamentals of community engagement and reinforced the reasons why I should care about the community and people around me. The most prominent lessons I took from PennCORP were that to be understood, you must understand and that there is no shame in vulnerability and education. I feel that because of the program, I am better suited to working with the Civic House and working with the West Philadelphia community. I’ve also learned to love the type of group discussions and workshops that PennCORP facilitated. It is so necessary to listen to the experiences of others and then sharing your

In high school, I was in this program called buildOn, which is an international non-profit organization that offers afterschool programs for high school students to encourage them to do service in their community and build schools in developing countries. I felt inspired by how I could become an agent of change in my community and engage other students

Communication is key to the success and failure of most everything that we do, and that

Over the past two summers I have done quite a bit. In the summer of 2013-14 I went to the Summer leadership Academy. SLA is a one week boot camp for AFJROTC cadets. With approximately 10 schools including Dickinson high school. I was appointed guidon bearer. We woke up at 0430 and went to the field for PT, and had breakfast at 0600.throughout the rest of the day we did several activities from navigation class to the marksmanship course. At the end of boot camp I was awarded the Spirit award and Distinguished graduate award. In the summer of 2014-15 I stayed home to help my cousin in his home repairs. From redoing some of his deck to building a shed. We also worked on his car changing the oil, brakes, rotors, spark plugs

During my Educational leadership Program I have gain so much new knowledge about school administration, laws, and situations that I have kept myself looking for additional information which helps me on a daily base in y work as an aspiring leader in my worksite. I have learn to ask the necessary questions and to make suggestions about daily challenges that could be overcome with a different approach.

For the past 3 summers I have been a part of a Leadership in Training summer Camp run by the YMCA. It is a two week event, the first week is your “Training”. This is where you play team building games, and learn to solve problems as a group. The second week, your skills get put to the test. On the first day of the second week you get assigned to a group. The groups are sorted by age, the ages range from preschool to 5th grade.( I normally request the preschoolers). There is normally 1-2 counselors per group. You assist the counselors along with help the kids do fun activities such as fishing, canoeing, archery, and arts and crafts. A lot of patience is needed for this, along with the ability to say “no” sometimes.

’m the first one to be born And it’s my responsibility To leave traces For others to follow I have to be cautious Or I might step into The wrong ground Letting the roots swallow me up There’s so much pressure in me

Sure. I am working on a detail with Eastern States Office as a part of my Emerging Leader Program 2016. I am looking to be in DC this summer. I am also open in moving to DC office for political, legislative and overall DC experiences. I am interested in mineral focused areas especially in areas of mining.

For the duration of this Intermediate Leadership Experience (ILE) the five concepts that stood out to me most are the dehumanized climate from Interpersonal Communication, the Contemporary Motivation Model from Leader Influence, Ethical Dilemmas used in Military Ethics from Leadership and Followership, Discipline Model (DM) Arena 1- Prevention from Leader Influence on Subordinate Behavior, and from Effective Negotiations the Who, Stakes, and Situation concept. These concepts standing out lets me know that I am still developing as a leader. To define myself as specific leader or with a specific style, I would say that I’m adaptable. These concepts also let me know that regardless of what I already know there is always something to learn

Imagine a young seventh grade student sitting in front of a massive room full of unfamiliar faces. Today her hair looks much nicer than usual, and she is wearing clothing with price tags that are freshly removed. Her breathing becomes uneasy and her hands shake. A deep breath escapes her shallow chest, she folds her hands delicately in her lap, and the questions begin. That was me. The interviews for Leadership Academy seemed daunting; I just wanted to become one of the fortunate students that would get the opportunity to excel for one week over the summer. At the conclusion of the interview process, I longed to see my name on the list hanging in the hall. Finally, at the bottom of the list, there sat my name. However, I never knew the impact Leadership Academy would have on my life. Now, as a senior in high school, I truly understand the positive impression attending Leadership Academy left on me. Personally, two examples bring me pride when referring to my skills as a leader.

One experience that made me glad that I did this internship is that I was really touched when a lady was saying goodbye to me after I drop her off at her home. She told me to take care of myself and to be a good girl. This experience touched me as someone I just met gave me some good blessing.

I am actually very interested in the Leadership Rotational Program. I understand that the application deadline was mid-October, but I was wondering if the recruiting process for this program was still ongoing. If there is any chance that there are still opportunities for this program, I would be thrilled to be considered.

In my high school career, I was a member of the Lakeville DECA chapter, a business club for students interested in marketing, management, entrepreneurship, and finance. I received first place honors at the district level and qualified for the state competition two consecutive years. This organization allowed me to expand my knowledge and interest of the business sector. I also had the opportunity to be involved in volunteering at Feed My Starving Children and local nursing homes. Those experiences educated me on how vital volunteering is to build one’s character. Additionally, I lead a small group for a youth program at Hosanna Church in Lakeville, which helped further develop my leadership skills.

I find qualified for this excellent opportunity in one of the world leading organization like VA medical center , I have effective verbal and written communication skills ,possess sound judgment and objectivity in decision making. Demonstrates proficiency in guidance and support to OR personnel. I do establish and maintains effective interpersonal relationships. Demonstrates incentive and is able to function independently as well as interdependently. I have Knowledge of multiple intra- operative equipment and devices, Implants, thermal regulation equipment, Positioning devices, Thrombolytic agents and endovascular devices used in vascular surgeries, coagulation agents and sealants, fibrillates, Argon gas and spray and know to operate various

The Health Promotion Social Media Campaign activity we did in class. Gave me an idea and experience that how to use our knowledge to influence people in our community and society. The process of developing a campaign to send out a message to other people was kind of exciting and also requiring to work as a team because I feel like people can’t just do things like this on their own or it’s too much for a single person to deal with. I feel great to be a part of the group to do a project like this.