The Comeback Kid Strikes Again

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

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 o...

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...

There were few differences and more similarities between how I evaluated myself as a communicator and how others evaluated me. The one thing that surprised me the most was my listening skill, because, I have been told how good a listener I am from friends, family, and colleagues and I was surprised to see some evidence of it. Other insights I gained this week were not to jump to conclusions about people just by looking at them. It does not matter if they are in a picture, on television, or in person “you cannot judge a book by its cover.” Knowing this will help me with building relationships with children and their families professionally, and with people I meet and do not know in my personal life. My other insight was how communicating and collaboration go hand- in- hand. If you have good communication skills than you have a better chance of mutual satisfaction for both parties, which would be good sign of competent communication. Good communication skills work well professionally...

Where there is life, there is “culture.” From the beginning of mankind there has been culture. A certain way groups of people do things and live. Thinking about the cultural diversity I see, I do find myself at times communicating differently with people from different groups and cultures. Since I started in this program, I have a willingness to advocate for more “cultural competency” taught in the classroom. This would be one of my first strategies to communicate effectively with the children and their families, and for myself.  I feel some way or another there would be “mutual satisfaction,” from communicating competently to the children and their families... If you can reach and teach cultural diversity at an early age, I feel the chances of all children having biases, prejudice and stereotypes, would not be so great, I they learn and can identify cultural diversity. The second strategy I would use to communicate effectively would be to be “other oriented.” How could it hurt ...

I watched an episode of “Modern Family” and the guys seemed to be happy to talk. All the couples were happy. They were standing close to one another. When they were upset arms were crossed and they would not have much face to face time. When there was conflict one character would say some words, then the other person would walk or look away. Aha moments with the sound on, was when one guy realized his partner’s family really likes the “EX” and they are still in contact with him. I did not know what the second was looking for until the sound came on. They were looking for their son’s backpack. I have learned you really do not know a person’s true intentions by first impressions, whether verbal or non-verbal  communications  are involved. 

     I feel as though our present President of the United States, Barack Obama demonstrates competent communications because, since he took office his whole context of communicating to the American public, Congress, and the House has been helping this nation rebound from the financial disaster, and becoming a strong economic country again. His behaviors are patience and his willingness to find mutual satisfaction (in reference to “competent communication,”) not only with people who agree with him, but those who disagree with him too. He is careful “what he says, and how he says it.” I think this makes him very effective. I would like to model myself him because, if I am going to advocate for early childhood education I need to be effective in my communications, so I can get successful results and mutual satisfaction.