Shout to Tristan for reaching out and letting me know his questions!
Shout to
Dyreek for reaching out and letting me know his questions!
Week 3 continues and is due on Friday.
As I posted in yesterday's announcement, I did not send grade reports to parents last week as I originally planned because so many of you got a late start due to weather or other circumstances. I will be sending one this week to parents as well as to schools. For missing work, I will be using zeros as placeholders -- once you turn in the missing Week 1 or Week 2 work, I will replace the zero with your earned grade. As promised, I will not count Week 1 or 2 work as late.
Starting in Week 4, I will leave 3 weeks open at a time -- the previous week, the current week, and the upcoming week. All other weeks will be closed so be sure to use your time wisely while weeks are open!
Lots of reposts came in yesterday -- so glad you are embracing the concept of practice makes permanent! Here are a few tips to maintain your work ethic:
- Quality work means you answer the question, you offer a thorough explanation, and you give an example that shows your understanding. Showing your understanding includes using the text, weekly vocabulary (found at the beginning of each module), and your experience in your posts.
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Be sure you refer to the text in your posts. Although some of the questions can be answered without reading the texts (not reading means not growing), your job as a student is to read the text and to understand it. Your answers should be complete and should show that you clearly understand what you are reading. State your answer and then explain it with examples from the reading as well as your life. See the attachment for a quick overview of how to read and use text. If you need more detail and explanation, review the resource below for tips on how to read and clearly understand text:
- Embrace the feedback -- it is just as important to your leadership journey as the activities. Use the information to help you improve. Take the time to explore the resources shared as well. Learning does not stop when the activity is turned in and graded.
- When in doubt, read. Read the weekly lessons, read the articles, and read the syllabus -- our course has been designed with students in mind and includes what past students have said they needed for success. When reading does not answer your questions, contact me.
This week you have explored your current leadership style. Now that you know your style(s), you need to explore how your style affects your future. Ultimately all of you will be in the workforce. Why do you need to be a leader in the workforce? How will your experience in this leadership course help you respond to the demands of the workplace?
Working with others is a necessary skill in today's workplace. No matter the job, you will have to work with someone at some point. However, working with others is defined differently today than it was in the past:
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...CEO Christie Pedra...suggested...that the concept of teamwork today is very different than it was twenty years ago. “Technology has allowed for virtual teams,” she explained. “The way some engineering projects in our company are set up is that you are part of a virtual team. We have teams working on major infrastructure projects that are all over the U.S. On other projects, you’re working with people all around the world on solving a software problem. They don’t work in the same room, they don’t come to the same office, but every week they’re on a variety of conference calls; they’re doing web casts; they’re doing net meetings.” Mike Summers, who is Vice President for Global Talent Management at Dell Computers, said that his greatest concern was young people’s lack of leadership skills. “Kids just out of school have an amazing lack of preparedness in general leadership skills and collaborative skills,” he explained, “They lack the ability to influence versus direct and command.”
- from Tony Wagner,
http://www.hosa.org/emag/articles/advisors_corner_oct08_pg2_5.pdf
How will you prepare for the workplace of tomorrow?
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