Early in our OT school career, we were asked to make a "glyph" of ourselves based on our views of leadership, and we just recently made another of the same glyph to determine if our view of leadership has changed while being in school. Some examples of the meanings of the shapes were pointy eyebrows if you see yourself as a behind-the-scenes leader vs. curved eyebrows if you see yourself as an out-in-front leader and round ears if you think technology is often an important part of leadership vs. pointy ears if you do not.
As you can see, both of my pictures are pretty similar. The two things that changed were the addition of glasses and an accessory to my more recent glyph. The meaning of the glasses is that I now think I have had more leadership positions than others my age, while I did not believe so at the beginning of OT school. Over the past year and a half I have taken on quite a few new leadership positions, both in school and outside of school. One in-school position I have taken on is a family liaison for Go Baby Go, a program where physical and occupational therapy students and engineering students modify toy electric cars for children who may not typically be able to use them. This position has helped me grow my communication skills tremendously, both between the parents of the children and other students and professors.
Having an accessory in the drawing shows that I see myself as a leader. I have definitely pushed myself to be more involved in OT school and I am so glad that I have! I know that these opportunities are helping me become a better person and future occupational therapist; I am so grateful for being in a program that gives students so many areas to be involved with the school and community.
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