Leadership Skills for Tutoring
Ever feel that way about a friend, a coworker, your teacher, teammate/coach or even a fellow tutor?
Based on the philosophy of the Native American Medicine Wheel, "The Leadership Compass" is an innovative walk through the variety of personalities and mindsets we take with us into the classroom, workplace, afternoon activity, dorm room, sports field, the writing center and more.
The Compass will help you recall and discover a spectrum of leadership approaches, styles of interaction, and their many strengths and challenges.
Recall the handout as the information below is listed rather than personified in a wheel, which carries many connotations. In brief:
North/Winter/The Warrior/Buffalo
Group Strength: drive and leadership.
Personality perspective: likes to be in control of relationships; quick to act; fast track; probes and pressures at resistance; expresses urgency to others. This type can also be autocratic, defensive, can push others beyond limits, and may not be aware of others' feelings.
South/Summer/Artist/Mouse
Group Strength: process and relationships.
Personality perspectives: supports and trusts others; invites others in; accepting of others at face value; allows others to feel important; concerned with process; establishes relationships to accomplish task. This type also has trouble with saying "no"; assumes blame, can be easily disappointed if relationships are second to task and can be easily taken advantage of.
East/Spring/Visionary/Eagle
Group Strength: able to create and see the big picture.
Personality perspective: idea orientated; future focused; spiritually aware; develops solutions creatively; divergent thinker. This type also loses energy on task, can have his/her head in the clouds, is not detailed orientated, lacks dependability, feels overwhelmed and has difficult with time boundaries.
West/Autumn/Judge/Bear
Group Strength: evaluation monitoring and follow up.
Personality perspective: These folks are thinkers, enjoy keeping traditions, rely heavily on data and logic, are thorough as well as methodical, and follow systems and procedures. They can be stubborn, entrenched in a position, indecisive; they can collect unnecessary information; withdrawn and watchful; resist change and emotional pleas.
http://www.jwhresources.com/assessment.htm
Understanding your preferred learning style will help you study more efficiently and effectively.
Great link: http://ess.caff.cwru.edu/onepg/style.htm
Vision Quest: The Native American Medicine Wheel
The Native American's used the Medicine Wheel as a model to encourage people to change and grow; to be open to the lessons provided on their life's path. Using the wheel as a method for discussion allows people to make connections without moving anything but their minds and hearts. The wheel provides a path to self-knowledge. The more one is willing to learn, the further they can travel around this "magic circle". Self knowledge gives individuals the ability to "come from all directions" or to experience and speak from all points of view. A personal appreciation for all perspectives empowers employees to offer more holistic solutions to a pressing issue, situation, or question.
http://www.hiddenassets.cc/services/jff.html#vq
Great link with multiple links to other medicine wheels:
http://www.spiritualnetwork.net/native/medicine_wheel.htm