Farwell

Time has went by quickly these last few weeks. I have gained so much from this class be reading everyone's blogs and discussion. I plan on taking some of this new information back into the classroom and use. I have enjoyed meeting everyone in the class and hope to continue to share some classes with some of you later on down the road. I want to wish each and everyone the best in their journey to complete their degrees. I have quite a few more classes to go before I finish but my experiece with Walden has been great. Best of Luck to all my classmates!!

Adjourning!!!!

When I think about adjouning I think about this stage as being essential to teamwork because I feel that it allows for some closure in certain situations that we may face in our everyday lives as well as in the workplace. Thinking about this I would have to say the hardest good-byes are the ones where everyone has worked as a team. I also feel that it may be difficult to leave the high performing groups because those are the groups you have worked together especially in my workplace to acheive the goals we have set for your families and children this school term. I feel that at the end of each school year we have our end of the year gathering with families and childreon, we pack our classrooms up and turn in all of our reports to center manager and we prepare for the next school year to come. Having to say those good-byes even though it is only for 3 short months it seems hard, especially when you work with co-workers who work real close together and set goals to acheive throughout the year with you children and you work hard to make sure those goals are acheived before May comes. I feel that adjouning is a essential stage of teamwork because as we finsih one task we prepare to move on to the next one. Also as I leave Walden in the end of my journey I feel it being hard to do because along the way we have formed a mutual respect for each other online. We have formed and stormed in building with our peers online. I wish everyone the best in whatever they do. Best of Luck to all!!!!!

Conflict Resolution

Recently at work we have had some conflicts that have come about. Alot of the conflict issues are due to stress in getting ready for this quality rating observation of our center. It has been alot of work in the long run and alot of ideas and words have been passed among workers. We have all been under alot of stress and this has brought alot of conflict among each of us. We have been more snappy and getting on each other nerves more. We don't agree and see eye to eye on alot of the issues that are involved in this process. We all are having to work on the many issues we are facing but at the end of the day we usually have apologized to each other as we now this is a very stressful time for us. I see the NVC stragies working during this time because as we know nonviolent communication works and needs to be become a part of helping us in situations on the workforce or whereever we need it. As time has passed with this process we are getting ready to face we co-workers are beginning to learn how to deal with the tension and stress better each day.

Commuicator

This week assignment I really enjoyed. It gave me a better understadning as to who I am as a communicator. I also like having two other people evaluate me. My listening style profile showed I and my other evaluators rated as a people-oriented. I do find this true as I do try every hard to treat people in the way I want to be treated. I try to be understanding and listen to them. I do find myself showing empathy and concerned with emotion of others and I do use my listening sytle to build relationship with others. On the commuication anxiety inventory and verbal aggressiveness scale my rate and one of my evalators were close in range. I was moderate in the verbal aggressiveness scale and I do find that I maintain a balance between respect and consideration for others and I beleive in being fair. I was also moderate in communication anxiety inventory and I do feel somewhat uncomfortable about some communication contexts. I do not do well in public and I do not like to speak in small groups or public. I kind of sit back and listen and keep to myself. Again, I did enjoy doing ths application this week. I do know I need to work on being more open in group settings and not be so shy. I do plan to work on this in the future.

Cultural Diversity in Communication

I find myself sometimes saying what others may feel sometimes. If you come into my world you should learn my language and our customs. I know this is wrong to feel this way but this goes to show that at some point and time we all have faced cultural myopia. Working with Head Start over the years I have began to have a better understanding for those from other cultures. When we serve families from other cultures I take the time to get to know them by taking the time to read about them through family service worker interview. I meet with them during parent orientation and ask quesiton of concerns I may have. As an educator I need to make sure that I make them feel comfortable and not an outcast because we are a team working together to give their child the best learning experience possible. Each person deserves to be respected regardless of their culture. Working with Head Start has given me an opportunity to overcome judging someone from another culture and I know that with every new culutre I am exposed to that it is a new learning experience with me.

Communication- Verbal/Non-verbal

I choose to watch "The Big Bang Theory". I haven't watched the show but my children record it and watch often so I decided I would check it out. The show starts off with friends all in a comic book store. They are all talking and I witness many facial expression among them. The guy at the counter says something and you can immediately see the excitement in the others face because they all run to the counter. The group of guys look as if they are fussing about something. As the show moves on it shows one of the guys girlfriend come into scene and she has this confused look on her face about what has been said to her by her boyfriend. He is laughing and carry on but she is not. As I continue to watch this show I see many facial expression among the cast and I really do not seem to understand what is going on with them all. Watching the show with sound on gave me a better understanding of what was happening. The show takes place in a comic book store where the friends are discussing a famous author coming to visit the bookstore and everyone is getting excited. One of the friends is a huge fan and is getting really excited about meeting this person. They are not at all fussing they were all just excited about meeting someone they admire. When watching the scence with the girlfriend the reason she has the confused look is that she does not know who this famous person is that her boyfriend is talking about so she is confused and he is excited. Again, there is alot of body language and facial expression in this show. I don't know if I would assumed all of the charcters roles correctly if I watched this show often. This is one of those shows that I can not get into. There is alot of different scences going on in this show for me to understand. I guess it is a show made for the younger generation and not the older like me. Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.

Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers..

Brown, Les
Quote from Quote Cosmos

Effective Communicator

Thinking about an effective communicator in my workplace I have to give the credit to my center manager. She is always there to listen to us when we have complaints to suggestions. She makes sure she has weekly meetings with staff to discuss any issues or concerns we may have. She is not only our center manager but also our family service worker. She helps us if we are having concerns about a child in our classroom,she will get invovled in discussing concerns with parents and getting back with teacher to discuss any information we should be aware of. When it comes to getting memo's from our central office she makes copies of memo and gives to each staff. Each staff is required to sign a slip stating that they have receiveda copy of memo. This is giving her doucumentation to let her boss know that she communicates with staff and staff are aware of anything going on. Communication is important and it is a part of everything we do in our daily lives. The only way we will learn from each other is to communicate. I would have to say that with the communication skills that our center manager uses makes our job easier and we all as a staff get along well. Communication is important.