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Leadership
Presenting on leadership
Left: Here is a PDF of a presentation I did with fellow editor Janie Ripps. I got this information from a conference I attended at the National Scholastic Press Association in 2023. Janie and I then updated it and perfected it to fit our staff better. This shows my leadership through both the creation of this presentation and presenting it to our class and answering their questions. I liked presenting to my class and my next goal is to present at an actual conference for those attendees.
I pride myself on my leadership. I set a tone in the room through my can-do attitude and productivity when it's time to work. As I progress through my program I see myself growing as a leader so that I can lead my peers in a firm but loving way.
Right: In this PDF is a document that has an agenda and some constructed response prompts for a Leadership Seminar I attended recently. These seminars are a time for the ODYSSEY and iliad Editorial Boards to work together and reflect as leaders. I have learned a lot about being a leader from these seminars which has helped me in my position. A couple of things I have learned are, how to work with our advisor, how-to conference, and how I want to lead. These lessons have been great to implement into my day-to-day life and have impacted me greatly.
Leadership seminars
Ambassador at CMS
Right: In these pictures are two separate times I went to one of our feeder middle schools, Clarke Middle School, as an ambassador for ODYSSEY. The image on top was for CMS' literacy night, which welcomes parents and families to meet the library and other groups. During this event, I ran the ODYSSEY side of the OMG table and talked to famlies about the ODYSSEY. I used my public speech skills and confidence as a leader in the ODYSSEY to communicate with the community members who attended. The image on the bottom was from when I went to CMS to give a presentation on the ODYSSEY to 8th graders for recruitment. On January 16th and 17th, I lead a group of ODYSSEY and iliad representatives to present to the eighth graders at CMS about our program. I enjoyed speaking to the next generation of gladiators, and it taught me a lot about the core heart of ODYSSEY: community. It felt great to connect with more CCSD community members and speak about my experience.
Editor's journal examples
Left: Here are two examples of Editor's Journal I have written in my time in the ODYSSEY. In these journals, I write about myself and my staff from the last month to reflect on our progress and improvements. These are great ways to just sit down and analyze the last month so you can learn from it. One way I have grown as a leader from these journals was through the inspection of my own work as a leader. These journals have helped me vent, ask for help, celebrate success, and let me put into words what I want to change about my leadership techniques.
Notes on leadership
Right: Here is a PDF of a document that has notes I took on two different sessions on leadership at the 2024 fall National Scholastic Press Conference. The first session was my pre-con on editorial leadership, and that workshop inspired me to approach my staff leadership in a new way. The second session was with Aaron Manfull who I know through his Media Now emails, and I learned more ways to organize my work. As a freshman, I was very awkward and unconfident in my leadership, now, as a junior, I feel stronger. Some more tangible things I learned on leadership is posting calendars, radical candor, and a keep-stop-change approach to improving your publication.
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