Directions on Journal 2, reflecting on a leadership experience Your second journ

Directions on Journal 2, reflecting on a leadership experience
Your second journal submission will focus on a leadership experience you have directly observed, and/or participated in. Your journal entry can be reflective of a positive experience, a negative experience or a learning experience that has caused you to contemplate or challenge your ideas about leadership. For example, have you had a really great unit manager? What about their leadership skills do you admire? Alternately, have you had a manager that you felt wasn’t a particularly good leader? What might you have taken away from that experience? You can consider managers you’ve had, teachers, professors etc. You might also consider team coordinators, group leaders (perhaps from a group assignment at Centennial, or another college), or anybody you’ve directly encountered in a leadership position. You may also reflect on a time when YOU were in a leadership role. Contact your course professor for clarification if you have any questions or concerns. Don’t forget, that your focus for this journal must include documentation on your interpretation of the described event, with a strong connection on how the experience has impacted you.
General directions
Format/ APA
Cover Page: Must follow APA guidelines, and include due date, student name, course name/ numerical identifier, program, section, and professor. Do NOT include your student number. Review the APA resources that have been made available to you on the course shell. You can see examples of APA 7th edition cover pages under the APA resources tab. Each reflective journal assignment must be between 500 and 750 words (no more, no less), not including the cover page and/or references, if applicable. Spelling and grammar must also reflect a professional document and composition appropriate to the level of a college student. Journal assignments must include the topic headings of ‘Introduction’ and ‘Documentation of Insight.’ Your journals must be double-spaced for the entire document. Areas containing more than double spacing count as 1 APA error for each occurrence. The font must be Times New Roman, at 12 points. 2 or more significant APA errors may result in a grade of zero for this assignment (see rubric). Make sure you avoid the “extra spaces” issue. Review content on the course shell on how to address and correct this.
Introduction
(Don’t forget to include “Introduction “as a heading for this section!)
In this first section, (make sure that you have entitled this section with the subheading “Introduction.” You will briefly outline the circumstances you would like to base your reflective leadership journal on. Keep in mind, if you are sharing a work/professional situation, confidentiality is critical. Avoid identifying patients/clients and peers/colleagues by name. If you are sharing a personal situation, remember that it must be related to, and relevant to your role as a student and/or care provider etc. Keep your description brief but include relevant detail to allow the reader to understand why this situation is appropriate for a reflective journal. Your journal must also be based on a personal, hands-on experience. This means, you directly witnessed the occurrence yourself, or participated in it.
Documentation of Insight
(Don’t forget to include “Documentation of Insight “as a heading for this section!)
Describe how/why this occurrence has meaning for you. What specifically about the event has caused you to reflect, learn, change how you typically approach things, re-consider a habit, identify a value etc. If appropriate, you may include researched references if you include content from outside sources – this is not mandatory, however. You must be able to connect the described occurrence that has been documented in the Introduction to the meaning you’ve identified for yourself AND what actual, possible or potential reflection, changes etc. that might have occurred for you, as a result. Keep the overall word count in mind as you compose your journal, and do not exceed the maximum of 750. The word count includes the “Introduction” and the “Documentation of Insight” section. Generally, the “Introduction” should be approximately 1 paragraph, while the “Documentation of Insight” makes up the remainder.
Rubric
Review the rubric attached to the assignment folder on the course shell. Review it before and while you are working on this assignment, then review it again prior to submission. This is a good practice for all submitted assignments.