Unit 2 Arts Leadership - Silver Arts Award Unit 2 Part D: working effectively with others

PLANNING WITH KERRY MY ARTS AWARD MENTOR

Why were you working/communicating with them?
She has the skills to help and advise me, since she has had past experiences.

What did you want to achieve? Did you manage to achieve it?
I wanted to achieve leadership skills, and so we planned and assessed my leadership skills, to improve them. I achieved this.

Did you have to resolve any issues you hadn’t previously thought about?
I didn't think about trial runs. However, I did one, where I followed my own tutorial, so I can ensure that it works well as I wrote it.

TEACHING PEOPLE THE SKILL

Why were you working/communicating with them?
Because they wanted to improve their art skills.

What did you want to achieve? Did you manage to achieve it?
I wanted to achieve better leadership skills, and confidence in my skillset to teach others. I believe I achieved this.

I used a feedback form to assess how the participants felt about my teaching style. I got very good feedback.

Did you have to resolve any issues you hadn’t previously thought about?
Yes, the participants talked a lot, I had to ensure that they were listening. They were just enjoying themselves but I had to ask them to be quiet so that they could hear my instructions. Once I asked them to be quiet they did focus more.

Also, one participant had a hand tremor and this taught me to always consider the different abilities of participants when planning a teaching session, or similar.

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