Leadership Development

Through my volunteering experience, I continue to develop my leadership skills that I can use throughout my educational and professional career. I volunteer for a youth program that runs throughout the year, but I devote most of my time volunteering during the summer time. There is a six hour long summer program that consists of more kids that are usually present during the school year and this requires more staff and volunteers to be present to help organize and facilitate activities.

I am part of the teens that help facilitate the program and if necessary, run my own group of kids. We often have an uneven staff to camper ratio and when this occurs, it often requires teens to help step in and take charge of our own group of children for different activities. I’ve done this multiple times whenever we are short of staff and I feel comfortable and confident in doing so. There have also been times when there are a few of the younger teens who don’t feel as confident in leading groups, and I accompany them in their groups so that they can adjust to this role.

Through these opportunities, I feel that I am able to continue developing my leadership skills so that they may be useful in a professional setting. I also use opportunities in my classes to develop my leadership skills through the forms of group projects or group presentations. Through such opportunities, I work alongside my peers as we work together towards the same goal and accomplish our tasks as efficiently as possible through teamwork.

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