Reflective Log #2 - Leadership

  

Highlight your top seven strengths and top seven areas of improvement from your self-assessment. How do they correlate with student achievement?

 

Write a summary of your self-assessment, specifically as it relates to the areas of student academic achievement. How do your strengths and improvement areas align with the correlation with student achievement?

As I took the self assessment, I looked at each descriptor and reflected on it individually. When I went back to find my strengths and areas of improvement, I was not surprised to find that many of my strengths had to do with interactions with people. I feel that relationships in the workplace are vitally important to the success of the team as well as the individuals. It makes sense to me that the correlations for these types of descriptors may be somewhat lower than others in relation to student achievement. They don't necessarily impact the learning process, but they certainly impact the attitude of the teachers. I hope that I can continue to build strong, trusting relationships with people as I move into more leadership roles.

When I reviewed my areas that need improvement, I noticed that some of them are areas that I have not had an opportunity to focus on in the positions I have held. for example, monitoring, evaluating, outreach and order are things that I will need to focus on as I work on developing strong leadership skills. I believe that I will have the opportunity to strengthen these as I do my internship work. I also believe that I will be more confident with the areas of intellectual stimulation and focus as I learn more from this coursework and my classmates. I look forward to revisiting this assessment after I spend time in a leadership role to see if my strengths and areas of improvement have changed.