Bye, Bye

For many this might have been a long journey to complete but I see it as a way to help the days, months, and year go by a little fast.  It has been one amazing journey for me during these last pass 8 weeks and throughout this whole master program.  I have learned and accomplished many things that I thought I would never be able to do.  Through this course and the other I have developed and learned skills that I thought I would never do.  I have enjoyed the comments, insights, suggest, and even the inspiration that my colleagues have share throughout my discussion boards and blogs.  Without have such wonderful and smart to share their outlook on things I would probably look at the world from just my view.  However, understandings that other people might view things differently or even think differently about things have broadened my thinking.  As we come to the stage of adjourning, it saddens me that I have to depart from my wonderful group of people.  I have really enjoyed working with each and every one.  I wish everyone great luck and hope the best for each and every one.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone and hope to see some familiar face comes the new year!!!

I would also like to ask for a few pointers about starting up my own Head Start Program or my own day care center?  If there are any suggests please let me know.  I am very interested in opening up my own day care center and starting a Head Start Program.  Thanks!!! You can contact me at 7062488686 or s.fetowler@gmail.com.       

Five Stages of Team Development: Adjourning

A time where it was hard to say was my high school basketball team and senior year and my senior year in college playing basketball as well. These were the hardest time to say good bye because of our bond we shared.  Not only we shared the same goals but we prayed together creating a spiritual bond as well especially in college.  
I would consider playing basketball college as high performance groups because of the outcome of the goals. Yes I do think they are the hardest to leave because as a team we have accomplish something together that we all wanted.  Some of the person in the groups did the something as other with made a strong bond.  After a game or when it was someone birthday or just wanted to hang out we partied.    College basketball was the hardest to leave because of the type of people I met and enjoyed being around.  Everyone was supportive of each other and when we needed something or someone, they was there to help.    The different sorts of closing rituals I experienced were praying together before and after a game.  Going to chapel on Wednesday together and to church on Sundays.  

To adjourn from the group of colleagues I have formed while working on my master's degree in this program is to try to stay in touch with everyone to get ideas from my colleagues and to questions about things I am stuck on. It will be hard to adjourn from this group of people just about everyone has begin there since the beginning of the master's program.     Adjourning is an essential stage of teamwork because that's when you know true relationships has been formed. 

Resolving Conflict

There are several conflicts I have within the professional work place and in my personal life.  Within the work place I think several of the teachers would agree with me on this, which is how the company schedule holiday and teachers work day.  However the company asks for our input about planning, time management, and things we need to be compliance with everything. One thing we suggested were teacher work days without children, training, or half of a day but a full day of just teachers working in our room to clean, go through files, catch up on paper and etc.  I know several teachers have asked for days like this and yet we have received them.  I think throughout this company there is a lack of communication from the owner all the way down to the teachers and parents.  With that been said I do not even know if my colleagues and I will have a job next year due to the lack of communicate with the owner of the building we are renting and the company I work for.  Yet the company has not came forth to tell its employees at this particular center that we will be moving in July 2013, no one has set aside a meeting to inform us of this move.  All we have been hearing is he say and she say, and everyone is worried whether we will be out of work.  Lack of communication skills, communicating to it employees will clear up everything and it will tell us if we need to start looking for another job or not. 

 Now in my personal life my fiancé and I always seem to have problems about how much money goes out and what it’s been spent on.  What I tell him is that the bills are paid on time and we have a saving that’s what counts.  The extra money can be used however he or I want to use it.  I am always buying stuff for our kids and myself.  At one point he called me selfish because the only people I think about is me and my kids.  He has other outside children and I feel that they are not my responsibility to provide for them.   So there are times I get upset and say things that are not needed to be said.  At one point I told him that it seems like I am the only one providing for three kids.  And the conflict took off from there.  After yelling and screaming for a few minutes we decide that this was not getting us anywhere and compromise on how we can solve this problem.  One way we decide to work through this problem is to communicate more often when I am buying things for our kids so it wants seem like I am always buying thing for the kids.