personal leadership

TEACHER MENTOR PROMOTION

Francis H. HodgesEDL/500 Personal Leadership

October 8, 2012Dr. Thomas Ashley

CONTENT

Introduction

Supporting Evidence

Conclusion

References

WHAT IS A LEADER

A leader is a person who motivates people to carry out the mission and vision of any organization (Blankstein, 2004). Effective leaders have the qualities to mentor and inspire others.

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” 

-John Quincy Adams

According to the StrengthsFinder 2.0 evaluation, my strengths are as follow:LearnerRestorativeBeliefAchieverContext

PERSONAL STRENGTHS

STRENGTHS

Learner Loves to learn Always drawn to the process of learning Want to continuously improve

Restorative Adapt at dealing with problems Good at figuring out want is wrong and

resolving it

STRENGTHS CONT’D

Belief Have certain core values that are

unchanging Has a defined purpose for their life

Achiever Great deal of stamina Hard worker Has great satisfaction from being busy and

productive

STRENGTHS CONT’D

Context Enjoys thinking about the past Understands the present by researching its

history

Each individual strength compliments the others.

Learner

Restorative

AchieveBelief

Context

COMPETENCY TO LEAD

Effective verbal and written communication skills

Competent in classroom technology Versatile

PERSONAL LEADERHIP STYLE

Democratic/People –oriented (Primary) Includes team members in process Helps develop people skills Encourages creativity

Autocratic (Secondary) Task oriented Micro-manage Rigid

CONCLUSION

My personal strengths and my leadership styles will be effective in being a efficient leader/teacher mentor. My strengths will lead me to becoming a efficient and effective leader. It can help me build positive relationships and help me reach my goals and assist others in reaching their goals. My leadership styles will help in mentoring and inspiring others to develop their strengths and take on difficult task.

Developing my strengths is only a small part of becoming an effective leader, I must also develop my weaknesses into possible strengths.

REFERENCES

Blankstein, A. (2004). Failure is not an option. Corwin Press.

 Rath, T. (2007). Strengths finder 2.0. New York: Gallup Press.