Immigrant Placement Program

Newcomer center of Peel is a large agency with various departments offering various services for the newcomer in Canada. The department I am at is called Immigrant Settlement and Adaptation Program (ISAP). Including me there are 5 placement students doing their field placement at ISAP. This week we were all asked to organize the Help Yourself Room. Help Yourself Room, is a room that consists of gently used and new items for everyone in the community. In the past, I have organized the Help Yourself Room, because of which I am familiar with the room and know where everything belongs. This week, I had an opportunity to have 4 more people to work with. I personally do not like telling people what to do or how to do something, but at the same time, I get irritated when someone is not doing something the right …show more content…
Therefore, when we were all organizing the room, I was a little hesitant to tell everyone what needs to be done; and if something was not in the right place, I just shifted it myself without telling the person who placed it wrongly. Shifting and moving things continued for about two hours and then I got tired of it, me trying to place the items at their designated spot without telling everyone made organizing a long and difficult process. I noticed not much was getting done; hence, this made me realize that maybe it would be better if I tell everyone what needs to be done and how the staff likes it. After I told everyone what we should do, we all worked as a team and finished everything in 4 hours. I was really proud of everyone, and happy about how efficiently we could all work together. This made me realize that telling someone something you know is basically spreading your knowledge and not bossing