How to Build A Team

The hardest good-bye from a group was my High School basketball team. I wish I could play with those girls for the rest of my life. A closing ritual I experience was the last game we played together. We really enjoyed each other as we traveled to the playoffs. It was the first year as a four time varsity player that I made it to the playoffs.

I imagine adjourning from the group of colleagues I have formed working on my master’s  degree in the Early Childhood field by taking their comments, work ethics, and wisdom with me. I have learned a lot of different things from my colleagues such as, job positions, ideas, and insights. Adjourning is an essential stage of teamwork because it reflects on the accomplishments and failures as well as determining if the group will take on another task. It’s the stage when most people have a dinner, say good bye or thank you.   

Conflicts

Think about any disagreements, or conflicts, you have recently experienced or are currently experiencing at work with a supervisor or colleague, or someone in your personal life. Share at least two strategies you have learned about that might help you manage or resolve the conflict more productively, and why these strategies might be effective. For example, could you suggest a compromise? Could you look for a broader range of solutions to your disagreement? Could you use some of the principles of nonviolent communication or the 3 R's to better help you resolve this conflict?

A disagreement I have had with a co worker was about the three year old teacher being lazy and not wanting to potty train children. I was trying to explain to the toddler teacher that the two year old classroom is a room set up for potty training. I explained to her why the three year old children needed to be potty trained before they could transition to the three year old classroom. The toddler teacher continued to say that the three year old teacher was just lazy and did not want to do any work. Not considering that three year olds still have accidents and the teacher has to help the children change their clothes when they have accidents. The two strategies that I learned this week and would use in this situation is challenging strategies and escapist strategies. Challenging strategies is when a person will stand up for what they believe is right without worrying about anxiety, guilt or embarrassment. Escapist strategies is when a person will prevent or avoid direct conflict because it my hurt the other person or the relationship. I chose these two strategies because I believe in standing up for what is right but I also don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. Understanding a knowing an individual you can see when the disagreement or conflict needs to be avoided. I could use the principles of nonviolent communication and the 3 R’s to help resolve the solution. I could try to explain the reasoning behind the potty training in the two year old classroom instead of the three year old classroom and hopefully we both can come to some agreement. If not, I will respect her thoughts about her issues with no potty training not being in the three year old classroom.