The Leader in Me!
Response to http://matterofprinciple901.blogspot.com/2016/09/blog-due-on-friday-october-7-2016_30.html
Leadership Observed
An effective teacher and a good leader are similar because they both possess the traits that are needed to conduct group discussions and lead a group of people, like confidence, and good speaking as well as listening skills. The actions that a teacher uses are hand gestures, and movements that keep the class' eyes on them. They try to make themselves the center of attention. The activities are group discussions, group debates, group participation's and more. My old U.S. History teacher always taught history like it was a story, increasing words he said to keep the class interested. He also was always walking around and would join in to a group discussion if a group wasn´t talking with one another, getting them to break out of their shell and start talking about the topic. Another teacher that had good leadership qualities is my AVID teacher. She always joins in philosophical chairs or our Socratic seminars helping us stay on topic and continue to speak about things we have yet to bring up.
My Leadership in Action
I will improve my own leadership skills by watching how others conduct themselves in front of people and learning what I can from the way they are when it comes to group discussions. I am in Harry Potter club and AVID. Harry Potter helps me with my leadership skills because I have to suggest ideas for what we can do, since we do not have much people who are willing to speak up in there. AVID helps me with my leadership skills by having students go up in front of groups of other students and speaking out about a problem they have in one of their academic classes. As well as help students discuss a topic in a civil manner with out getting violent or start yelling. Some organizations that focus on leadership are High on Life, and Theatre. High on Life can help by teaching that to be a leader you have to stand up for what yo believe in and theatre can help by putting you on stage, in front of an audience and acting as a different person out of a certain play.
