Just want to take a minute to say…..

I just want to take the time to say thank you to all of you guys! I have gained so much information from all of you. I have learned so much from you guys from the experiences you all shared. It was also nice to hear what you guys got out the week and help me see things in a different way. I know I would not be able to finish these courses without you guys! You make me smile on days that I just want to cry and you believe me in when I do not even believe in myself. I will carry what I have learned from all of you throughout my years of teaching.

Thank you

Till next time

Amanda Karimi

Meeting sadly adjourned

The hardest group to leave was this math conference that I went to. Our goal was to learn more appropriate ways to teach children math and ways to explore math. We met that goal and I came out of there gaining so much information. At the beginning of the conference they stated the goal and at the end of the meeting asked if we met that goal. At the end we also talked about the glows and grows. The woman holding the conference said she wants to learn what she can do different because we are all here to make a difference with math in young children. This meeting was hard to leave and when she has another one I am going to go for sure

I would like to travel down and be there for the ceremony when we graduate. I can put faces to names. However the hardest part will be the blogs. This is the time that I can learn from all of you guys in a relax setting and I can be myself. I have learned how to approach different situations from all of you guys and how to be a better person. I thank you all for that! I believe that adjourning is important when working as a team. This is because we need to take the time to see if the goal was met and celebrate it or grow from it.

Conflict Situation

Again Happy Sunday Everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend and is safe.

There is a conflict going on at my school right now. There is a pre-k at my school where the teacher and assistant teacher do not get along. She had a meeting with the woman but before she asked me to share some of my notes with her about communicating effectively.

Here are two different strategies that I shared with here

1. Since the assistant wants to take lead then they should compromises like which areas they would like to teach. So that each other have different parts that the have to plan and teach. Compromises can be arrived through trading and one partner offers something (O’Hair, Wiemann, Mullin, & Teven, 2015).
2. The 3 R’s. The 3 R’s will help build their relationship. They both need to respect each other’s wants and needs in the classroom and respond by making a compromise.

 

Yesterday she called me to tell me what happened. She told her that she started the meeting by saying she wants to keep a safe environment that respects both of their needs. She said the minute she said that the assistant’s mood change. It became more positive talk and that they had to a chance to work out their wants and how to make their classroom move more successfully. This course has taught me about being assertive does not meant be mean. It is showing the passion in a respectful way.

 

O’Hair, D., Wiemann, M., Mullin, D. I., & Teven, J. (2015). Real communication (3rd. ed). New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s.

Chapter 8, “Managing Conflict in Relationships”