Reading Response 2: Leadership

Vanessa Delgado                        Reading Response 2: Leadership

Leadership can mean a lot of things.  Whether it is doing the right thing, teaching someone how to choose the right path, and helping others get to their right destination.  When I say this, I mean that a leader helps guide a person to become a better student or person.  To help create a better dynamic, inspiring and exciting ways for that person.  Some ways that a tutor or SI can become a better leader is to communicate and motivate.  To also deliver visions that can help that person achieve that vision with guidance and care.  In the article “Develop Your Leadership Skills”, Adair says “But experience or practice has to be illuminated by principles or ideas.  It is when the sparks jump between the two that learning happens” (Adair 2).  Having ideas and experiences, you are able to connect more with that person and providing information for knowledge. 

Most people can become frustrated and sometimes you can’t connect with that student.  It is important that we all work together and ask for help when it is needed.  That is why teamwork is another key element to having leadership because it can be helpful in stressful situations.  A leader steps up in stressful times and is able to think and act creatively in those difficult situations.  Leaders create a social influence and can support others with students gaining personal power.  You have to be comfortable to step out of your comfort zone and taking a risk to create a reward.  When you become a leader and are able to help the student, it is a great feeling knowing that you were part of that students growing process.

 

Leadership can be beneficial to the tutors, SI’s and teachers because it teaches students great skills and to help give them the right tools to become a better student all around.  Having leadership can apply to school, work, family crisis’s etc.  It is an important asset to have because it displays motivation, communication, and values intelligence among others.  I think everyone can learn be a leader in many ways and can really help students become more independent.  Let’s all work together and gain leadership skills to better the students and ourselves! J
                                                                        Works Cited 

Adair, John Eric. Develop Your Leadership Skills. London: Kogan Page, 2007. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 29 Feb. 2016.