1. TEACHER MENTOR PROMOTION
Francis H. Hodges
EDL/500 Personal Leadership
October 8, 2012
Dr. Thomas Ashley

2. CONTENT
 Introduction
 Supporting Evidence
 Conclusion
 References

3. WHAT IS A LEADER
A leader is a person who motivates people to
carry out the mission and vision of any
organization (Blankstein, 2004). Effective
leaders have the qualities to mentor and inspire
others.
“If your actions inspire others to dream
more, learn more, do more and become
more, you are a leader.”
-John Quincy Adams

4. PERSONAL STRENGTHS
According to the StrengthsFinder 2.0 evaluation, my strengths are as
follow:
Learner
Restorative
Belief
Achiever
Context

5. STRENGTHS
 Learner
 Loves to learn
 Always drawn to the process of learning
 Want to continuously improve
 Restorative
 Adaptat dealing with problems
 Good at figuring out want is wrong and resolving
it

6. STRENGTHS CONT’D
 Belief
 Have certain core values that are unchanging
 Has a defined purpose for their life
 Achiever
 Great deal of stamina
 Hard worker
 Has great satisfaction from being busy and
productive

7. STRENGTHS CONT’D
 Context
 Enjoys thinking about the past
 Understands the present by researching its
history

8. Each individual
Learner
strength
compliments the
others.
Context Restorative
Belief Achieve

9. COMPETENCY TO LEAD
 Effective verbal and written communication
skills
 Competent in classroom technology
 Versatile

10. PERSONAL LEADERHIP STYLE
 Democratic/People –oriented (Primary)
 Includesteam members in process
 Helps develop people skills
 Encourages creativity
 Autocratic (Secondary)
 Task oriented
 Micro-manage
 Rigid

11. CONCLUSION
My personal strengths and my leadership styles will be
effective in being a efficient leader/teacher mentor.
My strengths will lead me to becoming a efficient and
effective leader. It can help me build positive
relationships and help me reach my goals and assist
others in reaching their goals. My leadership styles
will help in mentoring and inspiring others to develop
their strengths and take on difficult task.
Developing my strengths is only a small part of
becoming an effective leader, I must also develop my
weaknesses into possible strengths.

12. REFERENCES
 Blankstein, A. (2004). Failure is not an
option. Corwin Press.
 Rath, T. (2007). Strengths finder 2.0. New
York: Gallup Press.