May

Senior presentation done! It was easier than I thought though I was still stressed until moments right before the presentation.
I am so grateful everything went according to plan.

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Senior project

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
 I was most proud of how fluid my presentation went. Everything that I worked hard to do just worked. 

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?

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b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

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(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

I had so much help from my mentors and the teachers were always there for questions. 

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?

I would have done my exit interview differently and explain more. I would have also tried harder on my I search essay.

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.

The senior project helped me understand the importance of doing everything parts like when we tried to come up with our answers. It also taught me the importance and difficulties of coming up with research.  

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blog 21 Mentorship

Content:

LIA Response to blog:

    Literal

·     Contact Name and Mentorship Place

Joan Pleta, Kaiser Permanente Pediatrics D.M 

    Interpretive

     What is the most important thing you gained from this experience?

 I learned so much about life skills but also about how to take all this data and use it to apply to other things.This project allowed me to learn how to really apply data from one place to the other to best suit my needs.

   Applied

     How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ?  Please explain.

Joan has been an indispensable asset to help answer my EQ because she allowed me to run things by her and she really put the time to explain things in which I didn't understand in the first place.    

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March

THE YEARBOOK IS DONE!
   I want to thanks the academy. After all the work done the book was finally finished  last Friday at 3.
      I don't know whether I am relived, happy, or sad. It hasn't been easy but my 4 years in yearbook have been memorable, for sure.    I want to thank my editors and my staff for their hard work that made this book possible. They were willing to take on this project with me to hopefully create a good book. Like everything, I'm sad it is coming to a close as I have made many friendships. At least, all the weekend meetings are over! right?  I want to thank Mimi and Strand for putting up with us. Juniors! You better create a book even more amazing than this one!

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Blog 20: Exit Interview

Content:

(1) What is your essential question and answers?  What is your best answer and why?

 

How can an editor-in-chief of a yearbook maximize the potential of their team to best meet deadlines? 

The 3 answers I chose was leadership, teamwork/bonding, and communication. I decided that team bonding would be my best answer because by having good team work you are more likely to improve your leadership and communication more naturally.   

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

I thought carefully and spent time talking in detail with my mentor Joan to come with this conclusion.

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

Some problems I faced in general is remembering to apply everything back to yearbook and making everything make sense. I had to conform my answers so everything applied back to yearbook . The nice thing is that yearbook is like a company so if you just forget that it is student run and that we don't make any profit then everything is essentially the same. 

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

The most Significant source has   to be Joan she was indispensable in helping me complete this project as she gave me time to help analyze and apply her work to my work. The next best thing was The Communication Problem Solver: Simple Tools and Techniques for Busy Managers because it helped be early on to help me find the rest of my answers.  

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Blog 19: Independent Component 2

Content:  

LITERAL
(a)  “I, Stacy Peralta, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
 
(b)  EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY 2012 from the northwestern Michigan college, and the EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY 2009 from REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA STATE STATISTICAL OFFICE.Assessment survey from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and a leadership survey from UC San Diego Health System. 

 
(d)I conducted a survey on leadership in yearbook where I talked to at least 21 different people from different schools to help prove that my answers made sense 

  
INTERPRETIVE 

The survey forced me to Talk to many different people that go to different schools that have different yearbook cultures . By going to all these schools I realized how different but how similar all these programs are. 
link to survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pEmu8tS19ksQ8Ab9Nkqd2L6Xz0eGAvGxxDYr3dX1JRo/viewform?usp=send_form
Data chart:

Question	Most popular	Avg.	Least popular
What type of leadership does this class have?	teachers (with student involvement)	student (editors)	Teachers (with no student input)
I am ...	student (editor)	teacher	student (editor in chief )
How do you turn in the information in yearbook?			Wait until they're ready to speak up.
Your group is having trouble getting started. You have tried to make everyone feel comfortable. You have allowed time to get acquainted. Everyone seems interested and cooperative, but reluctant to speak up.	Make some specific assignments to different people and help them complete their assignments	Suggest that the group vote on what to do next.	Wait until they're ready to speak up.
The group is operating extremely well. Members get along well with each other. Discussion is lively. Everyone is contributing to the group. You want to insure tha t this continues.	Be sure agreement is reached on each point before proceeding	Keep the group firmly under your control or the group will lose its momentum	Reduce your leadership. Let group members lead the group as much as possible.
T he group has been very productive. Two or three members have done most of the talking and all of the work. Everyone seems happy, but you would like to make some changes so that more members will get involved.	Propose the changes. Explain why they are needed, then let the group decide what will be done.	Tell it like it is. Outline the changes and see that they are made	Don't do anything that might threaten group productivity
The group is working well and relations among members are very positi ve. You feel somewhat unsure about your lack of direction of the group.	Slowly assert yourself to give the group more direction	Ask the group if you should provide more direction, then comply with their wishes	Leave the group alone
T he group was going great, but now it is falling apart. Members are beginning to bicker. It is hard to stay on the subject. Someone has just suggested that maybe the group should take a recess for two or three months.	Propose a new course of action for the group. If no one strongly disagrees, make assignments and see that they are carried out	Let everyone have their say. Don't get involved	Take a vote on the suggested recess
Your group has completed an excellent discussion of a top ic they chose, but no one wants to take any action although several activities would be appropriate and each activity has been discussed.	Choose an activity for the group and make assignments	Suggest that the group move on to another topic. If no one disagrees, list possible topics	Just keep quiet until the group arrives at a decision.

 

APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ? 
This survey help me concrete my answers by proving me data that I can use in the future to defend my answers. As shown on the chart above all the data just help prove my answers.  

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March

Rough draft of nathens rop spread.

Deadline 4-how did no one notice? 

This month has been bad. Our final deadline was last Monday and hardly anything was turned in. We finally turned in everything this Friday, which was reveling to say the least. One minor detail was that we never planned for page 124-125 so it was a fun call on Friday from the plant to hear that it wasn't turned in.    

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Third Answer

Content:
How can an editor in chief maximize the potential of their team to best meet deadlines?
        An editor in chief can best maximize the potential of their team by having strong leadership.

1. Planning and Setting direction

•  As a leader you have to plan how you want things to run in the class room such as making a class plan. We also have the final say in the direction we want the book to lean towards to i.e theme, color scheme, and coverage type. This also plays a part with Organizing and staffing as we have to make sure the right people are in the right places by playing with their strengths
• "Difference Between Leadership and Management: Two Sides of the Same Coin?"

2.  Decision-making and problem solving

• As a leader you have to have strong Decision-making skills because everyone is looking up to you and your the boss. Its important to look at the overall picture because most likely your staff can't see it. you also have to be able to have problem solving skills to solve issues that arise. 
• "Difference Between Leadership and Management: Two Sides of the Same Coin?"

3.   Motivating and inspiring people

•  A leader is responsible to make sure everyone is working but also that people are enjoying themselves because it has been proven that a happy employee works harder and better than one that doesn't like their task .
• "Building a Better Workplace: Boosting Morale"

Leadership is key in helping facilitate work so that the deadlines could be meet on time because it covers all the major components to completing the project.  

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Blog 17 fourth Interview Questions

Dalia Rosas - pediatric department supervisor 

1. What makes a good leader? 

2. What are some qualities you look for in a leader? 

3. What are some qualities you look for in a worker? 

4. How do you handle conflict?

5. What are some ways you team bond? 

6. Is team bonding even important?

7. What is essential in having good communication? 

8. What are some ways you could improve communication ? 

9. What are some conflicts that you have to deal with?

10. What is important in maintaining good leader in the work place? 

11. What are some ways you try to improve in leadership? 

12. How can team bonding improve work production? 

13. What is the best way to improve production? 

14. How do you apply the knowledge you have to your day to day life? 

15. What are key point to remember? 

16. In what ways could you improve how thing are run currently? 

17. What exactly is emotional itellegence? 

18. How important is staffing to a job?

19. How do you delegate work? 

20. How has your experience influenced your leadership? 

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February post

So yearbook is in full swing meaning sleepless nights and a whole lot of work. I have been working on finding a place yearbook can go to get some stress relive like rock climbing or stuff but we are so over worked we don't have time. 

The picture below is the rough draft of the senior that have been covered. As we want every senior covered. 

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Blog 16: Advisory Meeting #2

EQ

Answer #2 

One of the best ways for an editor in chief to maximize the potential of their team to best meet deadlines is by having a strong teamwork.   

3 details to support the answer 

Teamwork help facilitate work as it

have reported increased performance in work production. This group project approach has improved employee morale and increased input when managed correctly. - See more at: http://blog.rozee.pk/2010/02/03/teamwork-essence-workplace-productivity/#sthash.OY8kntZc.dpuf

has been reported it increases performance in work production. Working in groups have improved employee morale and increased input when managed correctly.

EX. 

Sharing Workload

By being in a team you have the opportunity to share the workload amongst the rest of the team members. With the work being shared no one feels the burden of taking on the whole project.  A fair work distribution ensures that every person or every working unit executes the task at hand, with the best possible efficiency. The division of work, also, ensures that the work is done on time and deadlines are not extended.

Building Mutual Associations

By working together in teams you naturally build friendships and bond with your “coworkers”. This increases the desire to go to work to do your work. This also makes goals more attainable.

 

Training

To work together successfully, your team should be trained to recognize the value of accepting new ideas and and trusting opinions from all members. Acceptance creates respect and fosters collaboration among team members instead of competition. Teams learn to focus on what they can create together from different backgrounds, skill sets and personalities. One exercise to develop trust is to blindfold team members and have their partner guide them, with verbal instructions, through an obstacle course. Once they have developed trust and respect, the team can work together productively, solving problems on a project, providing feedback and offering suggestions for improvement.

T – Together
E – Everyone
A – Achieves
M – More

T – Together
E – Everyone
A – Achieves
M – More

T – Together
E – Everyone
A – Achieves
M – More

T – Together
E – Everyone
A – Achieves
M – More

The research source (s) to support your details and answer:

http://blog.rozee.pk/2010/02/03/teamwork-essence-workplace-productivity/

http://work.chron.com/influence-teamwork-employee-productivity-20996.html

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/shawteams.shtml

Editors Handbook. Comp. Mimi Orth. N.p.: Herf Jones, 2014. N. pag. Print.

"4.1. Duties of an Editor." Duties of an Editor. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2013

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