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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