Leadership Experience

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Sometimes you have to wait to get opportunities to lead. First I was a helper and eventually got to be a leader. I have learned that I enjoy working with children and other adoptees. So far I have had only three leadership experiences.
My first experience was at my church when I helped teach children how to cupstack. Cupstacking or also known as speed stacking or sport stacking is a sport of stacking cups. An individual or a team stack special cups in a specific sequence as fast as they can. I started helping out when Mrs. Debbie, the pastor’s wife, was looking for teens to help with cupstacking so I volunteered. For 2 years I was a helper with the teacher. The teacher would first teach the kids a stack. Afterwards the teacher would have the kids do the stack with them. Then the teacher would have the kids practice the stack. While they were practicing the stack, I would go around and observe them to see if they were cupstacking correctly. If a child was struggling I would sit with them and help them until they understood how to cupstack the stack. This year I was got the opportunity to be in charge of the whole cupstacking program in an after school activities program. Mrs. Debbie knew I had helped it for a long time and that I enjoy doing it. There also weren’t a lot of people who knew how to teach cupstacking. I taught the new kids how to cupstack and observed the kids who knew how to cupstack. When I was teaching a group how to cupstack, I would begin with the teaching them the basics. Then I would teach them the first stack. After I would let them practice it and I would observe them to see if they were cupstacking correctly. I let them practice until it was time for games. I really enjoy teaching the kids how to cupstack.
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...every month. Every other month there is either the casual chat or Chinese chat. For the Adoptee chats I make a poll for topics that the group members get to vote on. Whatever topic is most popular will then be the chat topic. I research the topic and create some questions. Whenever I do need some help generating questions I ask the CCI team for some help. During the adoptee chats I try to keep members on the topic and try to keep the chat going.
Some teachers are leaders to their students and those are the ones who make a difference in their lives. They are someone they can trust and depend on. The kids that I have worked with have learned to count on me as their teacher and leader as I hope members of the adoptee chat do as well. In order for someone to improve they must have some experience and some time. I hope to have many more opportunities to lead and teach.

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