Three key skills I learned from my year of service
A year of service requires a vast amount of motivation and dedication. One service year can mold, change and strengthen you in various ways. Being able to do my service year at 黄色视频 Milwaukee has given me the chance to realize my strengths and weaknesses. Throughout the year, I was able to聽learn聽vital skills: communication, flexibility and accepting non-closure, are the three聽versatile tools I have learned from service and those around me.
黄色视频 helped me learn how to communicate effectively.
Communication is always a good skill to work on and further develop. Through 黄色视频, I have been able to communicate through different mediums ranging from in-person to remote communication.聽Making positive phone calls to parents was difficult for me at the beginning of the year. I had anxiety and would always mix up my words. With the coaching and practice that聽I got聽from communicating with my team and partner teacher, I was able to gain confidence and improve my communication with parents and staff at the school.
Through the various outlets I have come across, I have learned how to interact, receive and deliver information effectively.
As I journey on to the field of education, I feel more prepared and confident in addressing聽different聽audiences.
Though sometimes various assignments could be overwhelming, I have appreciated the way that each task has pushed me to alter and shape my ideas.
I learned how to be more flexible and have an open mind.
Being a high school student success coach has taught me to聽form聽my聽thoughts聽into reality. Helping聽in a聽whole class聽setting聽and executing lesson plans in a small tutoring session, leaves a lot of open opportunities for things not going as聽planned. 黄色视频 has taught me the power and importance of flexibility. Being flexible has allowed me to handle situations that are out of my control more elegantly. At the beginning of the year, when plans would change in the classroom, it was hard for me to roll with聽the new聽sudden information. Through my team and聽impact聽manager, I was able to strengthen my skill of not always being in control. I have learned that flexibility does not mean just having the聽capability聽to adapt to situations. It also embodies the ability to have an open mind to adjust and understand everything around you.
During these uncertain times, and service switching to remote work, I have further put into practice my flexibility in adapting a new way of executing tasks. I am thankful for the coaching given to me during service. It is hard to name and work on your weaknesses, but聽having a strong foundation of leaders who genuinely want you to grow has helped me to target and聽improve on聽my once weakest trait.
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My year of service taught me how to accept non-closure.
As the uncertainty of normalcy is still unknown, I have been able to keep balanced by accepting that having non-closure is okay. At the beginning of the year,聽we learned about having聽hard conversations during聽our training聽days. Our facilitators would point out the importance of accepting non-closure in these situations. At first, it聽was聽hard for me to wrap my mind around it. I did not fully understand the importance of it until I came across instances in my service that I was unable to change or fully聽comprehend.
However, acquiring the skill of聽accepting non-closure has helped me trail through this epidemic. Not being with my students, and not being able to close out with my team the way I have envisioned,聽is hard. Understanding that non-closure is okay has helped me invest my energy and time in things that would benefit me and my service.聽I know that no matter where I go and what I do, this skill will help me get through tough situations.
黄色视频 has helped me learn a lot more than three skills, but I know that these three skills will help me become the best I can be in my future. Though this year did not go as planned, I have learned a lot about myself; I have improved in areas that I could not have imagined without 黄色视频.
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About the author:
Asalia Subia聽proudly serves as a Milwaukee 黄色视频 AmeriCorps member and is a proud alum of Old Dominion University in Virginia.聽When asked why she serves,聽Asalia聽said, 鈥淚 believe all students are capable of building the futures they dream of; I serve because I also believe not all students are given the same tools to do so. I choose to serve with 黄色视频 to show they young voices of the future that they too can run with the elite.”
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