Personal Narrative: Using My Leadership Skills At Carrollton High School

Over my short yet extensive career in both the healthcare, local government, non-profit areas I’ve had several experiences that triggered some form of leadership development. One instance would be as follows; several years ago when I was just a councilmen I firmly believed in saying what I thought was true as long as I could backup and acquisitions with facts. I was the person who tended to ignite the discussion since I said what no one else wanted to say. After running and getting re-elected to my second term I realized I could do more if I stopped being the ignition for discussion and switch to the shaper of the flame. I decided to run for Council President so I could take the discussion that came up and shape it into a workable solution for everyone. Becoming Council President stopped my ways of looking at things from my point of view. It lead me to

I have demonstrated leadership in a several different ways. During middle school, I was a member of the National Junior Honor Society. In fact, I gave up a majority of my study halls to help out the advisor. I am currently a captain of my fall sport. Because I hold this position, I help the underclassmen during games, encourage them, and resolve conflicts. In addition to that, I used to be a teacher’s assistant to a second grade religious education class. Next year, I plan to join student government and maintain leadership positions.

Leadership has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I have always found myself taking on leadership roles, whether it be by volunteering or coordinating different projects for the benefit of my school or community. Taking on leadership positions has allowed me to develop skills in communication, delegation, and managing multiple tasks and deadlines. As a member of National Honor Society and an officer of Student Council, I am presented with various opportunities to show my leadership skills. For example, I have been in charge of planning multiple pep assemblies for my school. Helping coordinate blood and canned food drives, angel trees, as well as organize an abundance of fundraising events has created a sense of reliability

I have shown leadership many times while working in a group project or in an activity. I assign parts of the project to others and myself and share my ideas in the group. I try my very best to include everyone and try to incorporate their brilliant ideas in the project or activity as well. I make sure that everyone has a contribution

My first leadership opportunity was to teach a cosmetology course at my high school. I focused on teaching the girls the aspects of cosmetology that they find appealing while still getting them to learn the less exciting aspects of the course. This allowed me to create a trip to the local senior center so that the girls could learn first hand how to do certain skills and to really perfect their abilities in a controlled environment. I currently teach cosmetology 15, 25 and 35.

Throughout Middle School and High School, I have won multiple Academic Honors and was able to partake in a Leadership Group/Camp. In Middle School, I was Honored as the best student in Reading, won many A-Honor Rolls, a few A/B-Honor rolls, and multiple Perfect Attendance Awards. In 8th grade, I was chosen along with many other students to help mentor the 6th graders moving up to the middle school and from there on I became part of a group called “Michigan Middle Leadership Initiative (MMLI)”, where only 10 students were selected to join. Currently, I have maintained a GPA of 3.89 or higher and I’m taking an Advanced Placement course for Environmental Science. Overall, I have a good attendance record and have never been tardy for class before. At the most, I’ll miss about 2 days of school in a trimester if I become ill.

My specific leaders did one TECON in early January then in May we had our nationwide but after that nothing. They send me packages I complete and send them back. I go weeks without talking to them and when I do it is for something not related to the job.

As a teenager, I can’t recount many leadership instances in my life as they’re mostly insignificant. Although I guess there’s just one notable moment: early this year in my culinary arts class, my teacher instructed the students to self-organize themselves by sitting in alphabetical order. Us being awkward Freshman

According to Hans Urs von Balthasar “a vocation is something lived, something enacted and a concrete life story” (Contino, 2004, p. 85). My vocational life story has developed over the past forty years with my first job at twelve babysitting six children to where I stand today teaching home economics at Chowchilla high school. “I build my own life story through the decisions of projects I undertake” and the choices I have made regarding my career path (Contino, 2004, p. 85). Someone looking from the outside at my wandering path might believe of my career changes seem a bit radical. Moving bicoastal, leaving a stable career of twenty five plus years to go back to college, take a pay cut and joining the unstable labor market of Home

An example of my leadership experience in which I have positively influenced others was in a club I have been attending for this past school year of 2017-2018 called Link Crew. This club is about helping the new incoming freshman get through their first year of high school and let them know that high school is not as scary as they think it is. We encourage them to give it their all and join as many extracurricular's as possible. It is also required of us to contact them throughout the school year as well to see how they are doing in their classes and give them a few suggestions on what to do during any kind of situation they may be in even if it may be some kind of personal issues. I see me and all the other Link Leaders and role models to

I learned a lot at Saint Lawrence, and one thing that will help me is the amount of activity we do with others. One stands out, though, the one subject that makes me think about the difference I can make in the world. And that is my leadership class which I take for elective, it really helps me with connecting with others. My teacher for math, Mr. Wheeler really helps me with this. At the end, it all helps me to become a whole and active community member.

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

A strong example of my leadership experience is my senior season of football. Following the 2016-2017 academic year, our head coach resigned on short notice and lacked any coach to fill the position. Because he left on such short notice, we didn’t have a coach for the first two weeks of the preseason, a crucial developing point in the season. However, a small group of other seniors and I were able to schedule workouts until we got a new coach. This established our group as team leaders and allowed us to lead the team to success in the regular season. I was later named a team captain for my leadership on and off the field. This gave me the ability further lead by example as well as keep the team’s morale up in the face of adversity. I ran extra

My school has a similar idea to “the Common Good.” We call it SAS Ethos. Helping others and creating a “common good” for myself has always been something I have made an effort to do, especially since I am more fortunate than other people on this planet. At St. Andrews I have experienced a community where giving back is something everyone tries to incorporate within their daily life. In middle school, I believed I was the one giving when I worked at a soup kitchen. I now understand that I am receiving as much as giving when I do “community service.” One of my favorite activities I do at St. Andrews is working with the Delaware Special Olympics. The festivals we throw at our school are definitely a great experience for the athletes with "special

Leadership/Group Work: Give an example of your leadership within the context of a group activity. Focus on your specific contribution to the group, particularly noting how you were able to influence or motivate others especially when conflicts arose.