Personal Narrative: My Leadership At The Henderson County 4-Home

My most important 4-H accomplishments include joining the Illinois State 4-H Youth Leadership Team (YLT), being chosen to serve on the Illinois Farm Bureau Youth in Education in Agriculture Committee 4-H representative (YEA), and county awards I have earned. Serving on YLT was a goal of mine ever since I went to the Junior Leadership Conference (JLC) my 7th and 8th grade years. On the team I have met some of the best people I now can call friends while representing 4-H across the state and impacting 4-H members too. Being apart of the team I have helped plan and execute two JLCs assisted with SFI-4-H training, worked at the Illinois State Fair, and represented 4-H at the University of Illinois Salute to Ag Day tailgate and football game. As

One of the more important skills students will learn outside the classroom is teamwork. This quality can not be taught it must be learned by experience. Members will be on teams to compete in competitions. Students must learn the limits and strengths of their team member if they wish to succeed. This skill prepares students for the team work assignments which will be required in classes, as well as in everyday

In many aspects of life, it is essential that you work with other individuals as a team. You can work in a team whether it is school, work, or your personal life. This year I started working for Inner City Education Foundation public charter schools, specifically ICEF Inglewood Elementary Academy. The school has approximately 40 staff members that were all placed together by the director of the school. There are multiple classifications at my job such as instructional assistants, teachers, office staff, intervention specialists, operations, and janitors, but we all operate as one unit. Through the five stages of team development, our team developed and continues to develop into a successful team.

It was very satisfying to able to get the kids to understand the importance of some of the attributes mentioned before, especially the teenaged girls. Majority of the team are females, and it warmed our hearts to see the little but helpful impact we made on them. It is crucial for teenage girls to understand the importance of teamwork and confidence in this day and age. Society teaches girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. Girls are raised to see each other as competitors for the attention of men, not for jobs or accomplishments. It is up to us as women to see the girls of younger generations, that we should not see each other as competitors in any way shape or form. We must have the confidence in ourselves and each other, to be able to work together in the workplace and to see each other has

I learned how to make things from banana bread to a blanket to a wood planter box. The projects that I made and entered at the fair helped me become a well-rounded person and I am so thankful for that. Not only did making the projects shape my life, but learning to talk with the judges and tell them about my project was a great experience for me also. I was also taught how to learn from my mistakes and receive constructive criticism from the judges. I did not always receive a blue ribbon and I would have to learn from that and how to make my project better the next time. The things 4-H and my projects taught me growing up is

Teamwork is one of the greatest skills I’ve learned here at WWTC, I have learned to trust others as well as myself, I have learned to depend on others as well as allow others to depend on me.

Throughout high school, I’ve been involved in multiple clubs and extracurricular activities. Of all the activities I’ve been a part of, 4-H has by far been the most influential. Being a 4-H teen leader has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. It has provided me opportunities to improve my leadership skills, sense of responsibility, kindness toward others, and social skills.

Track & Field: I was involved my Freshman and Sophomore year. My positions were long jumps and the 100 m. I learned how to build teamwork with others in such a team-oriented sport and also learned to be involved with school activities.

I am involved in 4H. I’m second year president of the Howard Center Stars 4H Club. I stared 4H over six years as way to advance my artistic skills and to help the community. Now as club president, I am directly involved with planning our club community projects. In the past year I have organized and participated in two club community projects; making malts for Cresco’s 150th town celebration and a canned food drive for the local food pantry. It’s a wonderful feeling to be able to give back to your community and encourage others to do the same as well. I also use my position as president to help and encourage younger members to participate in several 4H activities and to develop their interests through project areas. I have developed my interest

For the past eight years, I have been apart of the First Town Veterinary Science 4-H Club. In this club I have held leadership positions such as reporter, secretary, treasurer, vice president, president and junior club advisor. A major take away I have from participating in 4-H is community service and learning how to feel confident in myself. By having leadership roles and being an active member in the club, I was able to feel comfortable speaking in front of others and showing off my abilities through public speaking, projects and essays. As I went through high school I was able to do presentations in front of the class, present a concussion project in front of 100 plus coaches, run for shad derby queen which included speeches in front of

In the summer camp environment there was a group which I was assigned to, and in that group we were assigned a task to complete as a team. The task delegated to us was a physical task that required precise coordination between each individual

One day my mother told me about the Bethel Neighborhood Center, likely as church, but they also have many different programs like ESL for adults, classes for children, and more. She said, she heard from her friends, and it is a nice place to go. I didn’t believed her, and I thought it’s all they doing was trying to getting more people and get money from government. But my mother forced me to go there. It was my first day in the Bethel Neighborhood Center, I had the same thought I had before about them. But I was totally wrong. The way I thought about them was undesirable. I learned this when I spend one day in there. The fact that this is the place where I can gets plenty of helps without any costs. I liked the way they loves us, help us,

My youth group leader; Mr. Deitrick, is the one who inspired me to get closer with God and establish my relationship further. It first started when I was in 8th grade, and has just developed from there.

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” In our class trip to the Pine Lake Challenge Course, my group had to do this. At the trip, we had to get through the course using our balance, trust, agility, perseverance, and leadership skills, but most importantly teamwork and communication. Placed with “strangers”, my group had to work together to tackle the challenges, despite our differences.

This academic year, I participated in the Academy of Notre Dame robotics team, The Sparks. We are a member of the FIRST organization as an FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team and participated in three Pennsylvania qualifying tournaments and the Pennsylvania State Championship in York, Pennsylvania. Every year, FTC announces a game which each team must design a robot to play and compete against other robots in. However, at any given competition, each team has an alliance member that is completely new for each round of the tournament. On the team, I am the Engineering Notebook Coordinator and Outreach Captain. Most of that simply entails writing a descriptive journal about the engineering process the team makes and organize new educational and informational projects for the team. For example, I organized a workshop for a local Girl Scouts troop and designed our own badge for them after they completed the workshop.