As part of our Lead for Ghana fellowship package, we’ll hold professional development sessions through out the 2-year period. This weekend was the first professional development (PD) session my cohort had.
The session took place all through out Ghana on different days and at different venues depending on the location you’re posted. Fo us fellows that were posted in the North, our PD session was Saturday at Mariam Hotel.
Since the session was slated to start at 8am, a lot of people had to leave from very far places to camp in Tamale a night before the session. For some people (myself included) traveling from their schools to Tamale was about a 3 hour journey. That wouldn’t be a problem except that cars in those towns don’t leave around 5am to allow you be in Tamale by 8.
Because of all the complications I just explained, a few people showed up late. Not everyone could camp in Tamale an eve to the occasion.
Anyways, I was there around 8:30am, by which time everybody else already had breakfast. So I had to do a solo breakfast. Well maybe not so solo cs I met one other person there. I couldn’t take my time to enjoy it cos I didn’t want to miss more of the session than I already did. So I hurried down to get some coffee and joined my colleagues in about 15 minutes.
When I came in, I complained about the AC about 30 minutes in and instead of our Leadership Growth Manager turning the AC off, she gave me a scarf to cover myself with.😂
You should’ve heard the comments people were passing. Some people called me a Taliban and others were talking about how “You want to go to Canada but simple AC you can’t handle”😂
I enjoyed the PD a lot. We extensively discussed professional development as applied to us as Lead for Ghana fellows, and to the students we nurture in our classrooms. We also talked about vision setting, goal planning, and tracking classroom improvements.
I was reminded of Lead for Ghana’s targeted student outcomes - AMA (Academic excellence, Mindset Growth, Access to Opportunities). As Lead for Ghana fellows, we’re not just interested in improving student academics, but nurturing their mindsets, challenging them to unlearn and relearn things they’ve been taught to believe. We’re also dedicated to guiding students in navigating their options post-high school to pursue higher education, or leverage available opportunities to make self and societal impact.
At the end of the session, we nominated and voted for our Lead for Ghana Regional Representatives. This election was the most fun part of the session if I’m being honest.
We were not pre-informed we’ll be electing our regional representatives at the session, so no one was prepared. Still, we nominated 5 candidates, gave each candidate 4 minutes to convince us they were the best person person for the role.
After our “speeches”, one of the candidates shit his pants and decided to step down, leaving 4 of us to proceed to balloting.
The first round ended in a tie between yours truly and my sister-in-law😂. I’m not even joking. My sister-in-law and I both happened to have been a part of the 2023 cohort and even more random is the fact that our schools are just one town apart.
Anyways, because of the tie, naturally we had to have a runoff voting. Again, each candidate (the two of us now) was given 2 minutes to make a stronger case on why they think they’re better suited for this role. I was thinking I’d lose this round because I thought all the girls (about 9 or so) would troop to the lady’s side along with a few crushes of my sil’s among the guys.😂
After our speeches and politics, it seems I said something that convinced people I was the chosen one cos my sister-in-law got only one extra vote against 5 more that I got! But we decided unanimously that she should be my assistant, so no bad blood.
The two guys on the left hand of the lady in the middle, Lucky(our leadership growth manager) are the elected reps of the Savannah region amd his assistant on the far end as well. With me and my sil on the right of Lucky. I was trying real hard not to laugh cos they were making fun of her and she almost cried.😂
I have a video of the election process, so maybe I’ll upload it sometime one of these days.
After everything, we had lunch, did some photo sessions and left. As always, I had to be the photographer and so didn’t get any good pictures myself. The curse of an iPhone.😂
Anyways, I’m excited to have been given that opportunity to serve. I promised them I’d do my best, but I intend on doing better. I started doing my job on Monday (yesterday). We had a different session yesterday at a different place and I’ll be sharing about that in my next post.
Haha I thought your sister in law will emerge victorious bro 😂. I guess you're the ladies man after all having convinced them all to vote for you😂. Glad to see that you won. They've got a good leader to serve.
Next time, bring me free food
Ladies man for where? Did you see the part where I said I must’ve said something to convince them?😂
It’s your brother that has excess free food. He works in a damn airport for crying out loud😂
Bro, why do you like lying? The ladies love you and that's why they sold their fellow lady out 😂. What did you promise them? I wont tell anyone 😂. MY brother said food is expensive there
Okay fine. Since you insisted, I told them “I know Yahuzah”. That must’ve been what did the trick.😂
Your brother just doesn’t want to give you free food. Food is expensive everywhere.😂
And who knows Yahuza? Absolutely no one😂. Man, but you have abundant food
Excuses
You'll just be there and see me come with my food flask
I don't like getting exposed to Ac for a long time too and it's quiet a good thing that you and your sister in law were nominated to lead the group.
Family leadership I must say.
I find that odd especially given that you’re a real estate agent. You guys are in AC almost all the time.
I think I will need to see the video to see how you convinced the ladies to vote for you. They must all be crushing.
Anyway, I know they chose you cause they believe you know what you are about.
This AC thing is really stressing me over here too. I hate feeling cold. You can see people always wrapping scarfs around. Only way I can deal with it is to wear a coat always. But this week, I’ve decided to not wear a coat throughout. My body must adjust by force😂
Unfortunately the video doesn’t cover my convincing speech😂
Yeah Canada and UK won’t get any warmer, so the earlier you start preparing for the cold, the better.😂😂😂
That cold de3, I’m prepared to endure that one that the one here😂
See how the ladies are just all over you. I have to come and mark my territory.
How can you beat your sister in law. Wicked guy.😂
My one and only president. Lead well!😂😅
I didn’t beat my sister in law. She lost. Lol
I’ll lead them to the promised land😂
She loosing is like you beating her😂
Promise land way we never see.😂
Hmmm...Let me not sha say what's on my mind. In fact, I'll try very hard not to. Lol
But anyways, I'm glad you emerged the winner and it seems to have been a lot of fun. Looking forward to more posts like these on your achievements. Well-done Zee.
I’m sure whatever is on your mind is good😂
Thanks, Tessie. I’ll do my best. Thanks for coming around:)
Yay! 🤗
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Thanks bro
You’re really doing well buddy or should I say ladies man?🤭.. congrats bro you have all the qualities of a good leader. All the best in your new found position. Can’t wait to hear the next step of this great journey..