Good Luck on your journey

Good Luck on your Journey

This class Communicating and Collaborating in the Early Childhood field has helped me to grow tremendously. I have taken the time to self-reflect and examine me in order to become a better communicator. This has been an exciting journey as I have managed to push through the last 8 weeks with my busy schedule. I understand now why some people do not have jobs while pursuing their Master's Degree. This is hard work. Kudos to all of you and I hope that you all are successful as we continue our journey and move into our specialty. I have appreciated reading all of your posts and comments. Your insight and wisdom has helped me along the way. We can do this!!! My email is veledacox62@gmail.com and I am also on FB.

Communication and Culture

Communication and Culture

I absolutely love people of all races and I have no problem communicating with them as long as they are pleasant. I have very high self-esteem which makes me very confident in my interpersonal relationships. I think that the interaction appearance theory helps explain my perceptions about people and how I begin to treat them differently once their attitude changes towards me and they present themselves as mean people. I do not like being treated wrongly, either verbally or in action. I am quite the rebel. I often shy away from people that are racist, prejudice and narrow minded because I think these people are followers and only think like other people tell them to think. They don’t know how to think on their own or maybe they don’t have the courage, especially if it is generational.

The first strategy that I could use to help me communicate more effectively with people is self-monitoring. I need to learn how to watch or discern my environment and people in it for signals of how to present myself in a particular situation. If I notice people’s body language changing in an environment, that could mean that something is not right and to be aware. The second strategy that I could use to help me communicate more effectively with people is self-disclosure. Self-disclosure is something that I struggle with because I don’t trust people. So I will only disclose so much. I do not know how to let myself be vulnerable and therefore struggle with networking and building relationships outside of my family members. The third strategy that I could use to help me communicate more effectively with people is self-presentation. I need to practice more on how to boast about myself and the work accomplished and the ideas that I have brought to my agency that had fantastic outcomes.

Reference

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

Five Stages of Team Development - Adjournment

Five Stages of Team Development - Adjournment


The five stages of team development consist of forming a team, developing that team and beginning the work as an effective team. Then the team begins to function at a very high level and afterwards the project has to come to an end and the team members begin moving into a new direction. The adjourning phase of groups can be the most difficult especially for a high performing group that has established clear norms, goals and a vision that has been carried out.

The team that I was involved with concerning early child education and literacy came to an effective end and the adjournment ended in a celebration. Our goal was to get books into the community and into every child's hand and the goal was accomplished. Our team leader made sure to help us to capture our best practices used throughout the project so we can use them in the future. It was a great team.

The adjournment of my school group is highly anticipated because I cant wait to graduate; but also I will take everything that I have learned and experienced with me and will use it in the field.

Conflict in communication

Conflict in communication

The conflict that I had this week was concerning my son and grandson. I gave my son advice on how to discipline my grandson because my grandson was really acting out in school and at home.  However, this is not the first time that I have brought some of my grandsons bad behavior to the attention of my son. In the past my son sort of brushed it off like it did not mean that much or was of little importance. Now it is massive because it was not dealt with beforehand.

In telling my son all of this I sensed he was getting defensive and I had to stop talking and begin listening. I immediately apologized for being harsh and lacking compassion for his situation and making him feel like he was less than as a parent. I begin using nonviolent communication. When I became compassionate something broke and my son begin to receive what I was saying. Hindsight is 20/20 but it is the way we express it that will make it significant to others.