Essay On Debate Captain
I would like to be a Speech and Debate captain because I feel that I am committed to working, I yearn to teach, and I am capable of leading. In addition to the skills that I think I can offer, I also seek help benefit the team in more tangible fashions, such as through providing assistance to the new coach and giving afterschool practices more direction. Specifically, I think that as a captain I would be able to provide assistance to the new debate coach, Mike, through recruiting prospective students that Mike would otherwise have no prior connection with. Furthermore, I could also help to teach new recruits the basics and etiquette of debate and the general terminology so that they can acquire the most knowledge out of their lessons with Mike.
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First, I would advocate for the Kent team to establish an official youtube channel strictly for instructional and informational purposes. By this I mean that each event could have videos displaying recruitment material and samplings of what the events do. This portion could be to entice parents and new students. Then, there could be videos produced that show skill building techniques and perhaps digital practice methods so that even if you can’t acquire a coveted practice time slot or if you miss a debate practice, there are ways to fully take advantage of the prowess of the veteran members of the team. Next, I would initiate thursday meetings so that, at least for the debate side, assignments and lesson plans could be confirmed and delivered in accordance with the debate class so that both after school and in class students are caught up and on roughly the same page. For speech, this time could be used for speech only captain meetings to discuss the team dinner plans, assembly performance ideas or any other pressing matters that merit their
First, I would advocate for the Kent team to establish an official youtube channel strictly for instructional and informational purposes. By this I mean that each event could have videos displaying recruitment material and samplings of what the events do. This portion could be to entice parents and new students. Then, there could be videos produced that show skill building techniques and perhaps digital practice methods so that even if you can’t acquire a coveted practice time slot or if you miss a debate practice, there are ways to fully take advantage of the prowess of the veteran members of the team. Next, I would initiate thursday meetings so that, at least for the debate side, assignments and lesson plans could be confirmed and delivered in accordance with the debate class so that both after school and in class students are caught up and on roughly the same page. For speech, this time could be used for speech only captain meetings to discuss the team dinner plans, assembly performance ideas or any other pressing matters that merit their