Thank You

Wow!! 8 weeks already this class went by very fast. During the last couple of weeks we have accomplished so much and learned a lot. I want to thank all of my colleagues for their support they have given me during this class. Thank you for your awesome feed backs and your wonderful post. Many of us have been in classes together prior so I look forward to continuing my experience at Walden with you guys. Good Luck to you all with you future courses continue to strive for the best!!!!

Communication

Before I excepted a perminate position at my center I was a Director in Training. Whith this position I had to float to different centers very often. My longest position was at a center for 6 months. I had a great group of employees, children, and parents. I formed such a tight bond with everyone very fast. When I received the notice after 1 year the director was coming back and I was going to another center. It changed the atmospher very fast. Everyone was very sad and some even cried. They felt that I listened to them, and helped them the best way I could. A lot of them wanted to leave their center to join me. It was the hardes seperation for me because we all grew close. Til this day I go and visit them as often as I can, and the love and vibe is always the same. Working on my Masters Degree at Walden I really feel I have connected well with my colleagues because we all have the same mission. All of us are attending Walden to better ourself in our careers and within ourself. There is always so many positive thoughts and comments from one another. It is very interesting to see how much we all have in common. Someone I have never meet I can relate so much too. It's an amazing thing and I enjoy doing my weekly blogs and discussions so I can collaborate with everyone. It's always hard to say good-bye to someone weather it's expected or not. Adjourning allows you to take a break and resume at a later time. It's a better way to get some type of closer knowing it's not the end

Disagreement Communication

Being a childcare director there are a lot of responsibilities that come with it. I am in charge of 26 staff members and 102 children and their families. After doing this weeks assignments I knew I had something to blog about. Before I got my current position I was a teacher in the classroom. The director I had at the time was very negative towards us and never had anything positive to say. This really hindered our performance as teachers because we felt there was nothing that we could do to satisfy her. When I became the director I knew I always wanted to communicate with my staff in a way that will be positive and stern. I always let them know when they are not doing things the right way, but I always follow up with something positive. This gives them the courage to continue to do better, but work on whatever needs adjustments. I have always found that having great communication is the key. You get more respect and your product that is given to the parents and the child works. My staff will always tell me they enjoy my thoughts, ideas, and concerns because it helps them mature and grow as teachers.

Self Evaluation

For this week’s assignment I asked for my husband and my coworker to evaluate me the best way they could. I choose these two because they are who I spend majority of my time with. I am a good commuincator with people oriented listening style

This week I have learned something new about myself after doing this week readings

Self- actualization- the feeling and thoughts you get when you know that you have negotiated a communication situation as well as you possibly could. For me I have to do this daily with parents and my cooperate office. Because I am in charge of running a business I often have to use my own views and thoughts to manage the daycare successfully. So I often have to persuade others my ideas if I am feeling strong about something.

Self- denigration- is criticizing or attacking yourself. I am very guilty of this because if something goes wrong that I did not intend to go a certain way I immediately start thinking of what I could have done differently to make things better. Even if it is out of my control I still tend to be very hard on myself.

Culture Diversity Communication

Being an educator we take on so many roles other than just teaching. We are the face and the voice for the parents and the children. Often times we encounter families that are from a different culture than what we are familiar with. Children will start to ask questions if they have friends that are different from them. We have to provide them with the resources to understand who they are and their peers. 1.) Dramatic Play Area- The dramatic play center provides you with one of the greatest opportunities to integrate multicultural props in natural ways. 2.) Music and books- Select those that showcase people from all walks of life and cultures living their lives. Make sure that you have books that feature children of many cultures, in non-stereotypical ways. Play music from different styles, genres, and cultures that you can use for movement and music experiences. 3.) Relationships- As with all aspects of early childhood, the most important learning comes in the relationships we build with children and their families.

TV Communication

This week I choose to watch Super Nanny as my communication episode. It started out with a family for 5 Mom, Dad, one sister she looked to be two, and a set of twins who looked like they were three. In the beginning of the show it showed the child at home in their basement playing with each other, but no one was able to get along. Every toy the sister had both boys would come a take it from her. This would make the little girl fall to the floor and cry. Dad intervened and placed both boys into time out, but that did not last long at all. They would run away as soon as dad turned his back and as he placed them back in they who throw the worst temper tantrum every. The parents took them to the grocery store and placed all three of the children into a shopping the children were trying to climb out of the cart fight each other and they were throwing things out of the cart that the parents put in. Just by watching with no sound it showed the parents getting frustrated with the child and not disciplining them because they were getting so frustrated. It is not a lot of positive communication just a lot of crying and yelling towards one and other. Once I did turn the volume on the show that is one of the concerns Supper Nanny brought up. She was telling the parents not to yell at the children, but to get down to their level and let them know you are in charge. With them yelling and you yelling at them just causes everyone screaming at one and other not getting a point across.

My first assumption with the show was the parents were having a hard time getting their point across to the children, and to each other. The children seemed to be angry with one another at all times. With the children being as old as they were none of them had the right words to express themselves. This is where the parents were taught to work diligently with the children to try to get them to use their words when they need something other than to cry and scream.

Communication

I have a young lady who stands out to me to be one of the best communicators I know. She is one of my colleagues, and to me she has it all down packed when it comes to communication. She knows how to be professional and polite when talking with parents, and they really can come to her about anything. If there is something you do not understand she knows how to put things into prospective so before you leave her presents you will know exactly what she meant. We have yearly trainings and everyone always ask if she can be the trainer because she keeps you engaged the whole time she is talking. She keeps her audience focused and uses a lot of interactions and participations. I really look up to her and when I need help with something I know I can always go to her for the answers.