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Week 8

I have  enjoyed  and appreciated my colleagues in this course. I would like to thank all of them for communicating and collaborating with me. Thanks

Adjourning

Who Said All Good Things Must Come to an End? Answer, “the person who said that all good things must come to an end was Geoffrey Chaucer in the year 1374. He is known as the father of English literature and a poet of the middle ages. It spread to the United States in around 1680 where it became altered with addition of some words in the United States around 1680”  (Ask, 2013) . Adjourning tells a group it is time to go our separate ways. I believe the high-performing groups were the hardest to leave, because, they were the ones who really put a lot of time and effort into the event. We closed with a buffet breakfast for everyone in the group, as we do every year after the event. I think I will adjourn from the group of colleagues I have formed while working on my master’s degree in this program, with anticipation for myself and colleagues. I imagine I will stay in touch with my colleagues and look forward to working with them on future endeavors. Adjourning is an essential stage of te

Disagreements and Conflicts

There are always two adults the classroom, including myself and another teacher. Recently, since the beginning of this school year, I have been doing most of the manual duties in the classroom. This person’s motivation to do the necessary manual tasks was not evident even after the children left from school. I waited until the right time to confront the person and tell them how I felt about it. I did not approach the person in an aggressive way and my tone was pleasant and calm. I was implementing the nonviolent communication strategy that I have learned.  After we talked about it and they knew how I felt, we started considering options and alternatives to work better as a team. We resolved the conflict and we decided the outcome would be to compromise taking turns doing the duties. It was not “random selection” outcome, it was a “Win-Win” outcome, because, when both of us share the manual task equally, then we can respond better to the children more effectively. If anyone else has