Farewell

I had obtained a wealth of knowledge while taking this course. I have learned so many things from all of you as classmates and I have learned that we all share the passion. I encourage everyone to keep pushing, despite the obstacles that may occur we all have to keep our goals in line. Thank you for sharing all that you have. You have allowed me to be aprt of your work world as well as your personal world. If any of you would like to keeep in touch my personal email is mzkharisma@gmail.com. Please feel free to contact me about anything .May God continue to bless each of you.

Adjourning Relationships

The adjourning phase can be difficult. I often think about how it will be when I leave my current job to excel in my career. I believe that it would be very hard not only to leave my colleagues but steer away from the environment in which I performed the best. Leaving my current job will be my first real job that I have to leave. I have thought about taking the professional way out by letting my principle know when its time to report if we would like to keep our position for next year. Adjourning from my colleagues will be a difficult task because I have developed personal relationships with them.

To adjourn from my colleagues that I have been working with will be difficult but a rewarding experience. I say this because by us adjourning from each other, we will have the opportunity to advance in our careers and take all that we have offered each other along on our journey. It will be difficult because we will no longer be able to view each other’s insights or share personal stories that contribute to our growth. I have overall had a rewarding experience with working as a team with my colleagues.

Conflict Strategies

In the beginning of the current school year, I encountered a small colleague on my job that I had difficulty overcoming. I have an assistant as well as a one to one mentor with me in my classroom. There was a lot of mix up because it was confusion about “roles”. The mentor was completing assistant duties and my assistant began to get upset which caused horrible tension in the room. I can honestly say that I was in a difficult position. When it began to affect my students and the atmosphere of the classroom, I knew that something had to be done. I took it upon myself to reach out to both parties and come u with a compromise. This action took a few weeks to complete. Slowly but surely things began to work themselves out. I started to be specific when I needed certain things to be done. I started to figure out ways to not let them figure decisions out because they were both headstrong. As soon as I began to implement tactics to reduce confusion, everything fell into place. I often used the Escapist Strategy. Avoiding direct conflict was perfect. I began not to care to listen to the comments they made about each other, and they noticed, so they would stop. I also found that Cooperative Strategies also worked. Whenever something positive would happen, I would be sure to praise them both as well as include them in on the situation. This created a better atmosphere most of the time. My situation has improved tremendously and through reading the course materials, I have found more ways to implement conflict resolution strategies.