Final+Course+Reflection

Throughout this course, I have learned a great deal about myself. The self-assessments allowed me to evaluate myself and my current practices. The purpose of this self-assessment was to give me a starting point to use in the process of becoming (or remaining) an exceptional leader.Career management begins with knowing your self and what you want from your career. Selfassessment is a process that includes exploring who you are, what you want, where you want to go and how you can get there. As the foundation of career management, selfassessment encourages you to identify and explore your values, personality, interests and skills. The more insight gained from selfassessment, the more informed and focused your career decisions will be. It has allowed me reflect on changes that I need to make and concepts that I need to learn. I am quite sure that while I fulfill my intern plan, I will become more competent on those skills that I lacked upon. The blogs and wikis have opened my eyes to a whole other world of technology. I do see the purpose of it all though. It allows me to integrate technology and share with my peers. I love the fact that blogs facilitate communication between my peers and me. I can write about whatever is interesting to me and in any writing style that is suitable to me. My peers can leave comments and/or start up a discussion thread similar to that of a forum. The comments are instantly made accessible to all of my followers. I didn't realize the power of blogs until this course. Wikis are still incredibly new to me. I am constantly trying to learn new things about wikis. It does allow for group collaboration. During my district leader interview, I learned a lot about Dr. Thomas. He is extremely intelligent and knowledgeable about everything that is going on in the district. I left that interview with some very valuable information. The highlight of the interview was when he told me not to ever become complacent. I will forever remember that advice. While developing the comprehensive intern plan, I realized that this entails a great deal of work. I am glad that we have a year to complete it. I am very excited and look forward to working with all of the individuals involved. I also like the fact that is a working document and allows room for change and suggestions. I look forward to this new endeavor in my life. I will take all of the knowledge gathered during this course and use it to become a great intern. The collaboration that is required is very helpful. My peers have been a great asset during this course.