Effective leadership can be defined in many different ways and can mean different things to people as well. From my perspective, as an agricultural educator, effective leadership is essential for success. When working with students one must be a positive role model. By positive role model I mean one must be conscious of their actions at all times, because you never know who is watching you when you do not know about it. An ag teacher has many followers, basically whoever is in their ag program and the agricultural community which they teach in. The key that I go by is being the leader that you want your students to be. As an ag teacher you are also an FFA advisor. When the chapter goes to a competition or any public place they are a representative of not only the school, but their teacher as well. So, if you are being the leader that you want your students to be than you do not have anything to worry about.
With that said this is the reason I decided to enroll in CLD 775. I want to be able to teacher leadership in an effective manner, because it is essential for my student's success. I also have the unique opportunity to use the FFA to help promote leadership. With different offices, committees, and even members that take on a leadership role it can be trial and error for what works, because not everyone is the same type of leader, but that does not mean they are not as effective. Some people lead by doing and don't say too much, while others are very boisterous and opinionated and lead by word. Whatever one's leadership style is can be used to their advantaged by playing on their strengths and using it to be as effective as possible.
I am looking forward to learning about leadership this semester and how to make it relevant to my situation!
