Category: Teamwork & Leadership

InnovatED – Leadership and Effective Communication

Georgia Dolley

This semester in InnovatED, I was apart of the documentary team. Our team had a big responsibility to carry out an effective and engaging video explaining what we had achieved, despite the circumstances and how the other groups performed. I chose to highlight Leadership and effective communication because we had a very special way of showing leadership and an interesting time trying to effectively communicate.

Our leadership wasn’t based on only one person, it was based on what the circumstances were. For example, we would be all working collaboratively then an issue would arise and so one person would take the lead to explain to everybody, then we would go back to being equal.

Effective communication was an interesting point for us. Although we were collaborating together we weren’t communicating properly. For example, I would be working on sorting the videos and so organising who else was helping and what they were doing, then suddenly all my videos would be disappearing because somebody had already sorted them. If we had more time I feel as if we would be able to overcome this issue and work both collaboratively and have good communication.

 

Demo video

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Class Representation and Service Councilor

Georgia Dolley

In 2019 I  had the pleasure of representing my class and College service partners as a Class Representative (Semester 1) and a Service Councilor (Semester 2).  When I first put my hand up for class representative, I was quite nervous. I was new to the College and not many people knew me. I took this as an opportunity to make an attention-grabbing speech. Instead of the old boring read in front of the class, I wrote my speech out on big pieces of card and got the class to read it for me. All while I was dancing to prepared music. Then for my service role, I used my experience and the positive approach to fuel my application. Applying for Service Councilor 2020 was an easy decision for me as I had a blast being able to help on the service team last year. In the image I am in the Chapel, receiving my Service Councilor badge. The Class Representative was also an amazing opportunity and the next chance I get I will be going for that as well.

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Year 7 Week-long Camp

Georgia Dolley

Year 7 camp was something I was told to look forward to. I remember being super nervous to find out my group and my dorm, I treated it like it was the end of the world if I didn’t have my friends in that group. Looking back now, I think that it was good that I didn’t have many of my friends in my group as I got to extend my friends and learn to get along and fit in with anybody, on top of the physical challenges we experienced. I was pushed on the overnight camp as you had to walk there. This involved walking over ant nests and under electric fences which was an exhilarating experience. We had to use all different capabilities throughout the whole camp, resilience on the pamper pole, problem-solving in the dorms, collaboration when cooking our food, inquisitive about new experiences and leadership in the variety of activities. I am very excited about the Year 8 camp with my house, especially if Year 7 is anything to go by.

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A Week in the Life of a Year 7

Georgia Dolley

In 2019, Mr. Port (Head of ICT Integration at All Saints’ College) and Mr. Dahlstrom (Head of Marketing and Community Relations for All Saints’ College) approached me and asked me to film a week in the life of a Year 7. That experience was my first experience working with The Agency (the employment agency for ASC) and the technology and promotion side of anything! Bringing a GoPro around with me everywhere was an amazing task yet challenging as people don’t often behave the same when there is a camera on them. Nevertheless, I still watch back the video with a smile as I remember how much fun it was to film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfVATwxfpp8

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Cooking for the Homeless

Georgia Dolley

Throughout the term, All Saints offers the opportunity to come into the school and cook around 200 meals for the homeless. On either a Saturday or a Sunday, you spend around 4 hours preparing stews, soups and other easily bulked food items. I am passionate about the problems of homelessness and so I enjoyed being able to put my little addition in.

During my recent school excursion to the Salvation Army headquarters, we were able to see where all our prepared meals were stored. During this, you use the capabilities of problem-solving, leadership and organization. You used problem-solving because you are cooking and when you cook there a problems that sometimes arise such as measurement of ingredients and collaborating with others. This opportunity also gives me a chance to develop my leadership skills. I have a target and method, and, in these situations, there is always a leader. I love using effective leadership and, in this situation, I strive to be an effective leader.

The organization, if you don’t have the correct ingredients or equipment can mean the process won’t run as smoothly as expected and it could be a challenging 4 hours. Sometimes, you just get exhausted trying to cook for this long, but remembering that what we do feeds over 100 people is really good motivation. Cooking for the homeless is such a great experience and one that I continue to take part in at All Saints’.

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