What have you learned?
I have learned that communication is very important. Also it is important to be assertive with people and to protect your rights when interacting with people. The ability to be assertive is a learned skill for many people and requires practice to get really good at it.
What I also learned was that sometimes it is hard to stay on task when working in a group of people. Sometimes when a group of women get in the same room discussing things, it can make it hard to stick to what you are supposed to do. I learned how to keep people on the right path and redirect them when they get distracted.
What did you like? What didn’t you like?
I liked learning about conflict resolution in our classes. I didn’t realize that the …show more content…
It was hard to give each person time to contribute, when they wanted to, in the time allotted for the activity. When all of the members of our group were in class, it was hard to get everyone’s ideas on the whiteboard. It might be better to split a group our size up and give us two whiteboards. This would be possible because some of the students had their own log-in accounts for Centra.
How can you use this experience to benefit your future work as an ECE? Be specific.
During my career working as an Early Childhood Educator, there are many teams that I will be a part of. My teammates may include my teaching partner, other professionals in the community that I will partner with to address concerns about specific children’s development, other staff members and parents whose children are in my classroom.
All of these teams will be absolutely necessary for the healthy development of the children that are in my care. In order to work well with other people, I will need to be able to solve conflicts, motivate others, support others when they are having difficulties and sometimes do more than my share of the work in order to get things done. The experience of working in our learning communities has helped me gain some of the skills that I need in order to be an effective team member and a team
I have learned that communication is very important. Also it is important to be assertive with people and to protect your rights when interacting with people. The ability to be assertive is a learned skill for many people and requires practice to get really good at it.
What I also learned was that sometimes it is hard to stay on task when working in a group of people. Sometimes when a group of women get in the same room discussing things, it can make it hard to stick to what you are supposed to do. I learned how to keep people on the right path and redirect them when they get distracted.
What did you like? What didn’t you like?
I liked learning about conflict resolution in our classes. I didn’t realize that the …show more content…
It was hard to give each person time to contribute, when they wanted to, in the time allotted for the activity. When all of the members of our group were in class, it was hard to get everyone’s ideas on the whiteboard. It might be better to split a group our size up and give us two whiteboards. This would be possible because some of the students had their own log-in accounts for Centra.
How can you use this experience to benefit your future work as an ECE? Be specific.
During my career working as an Early Childhood Educator, there are many teams that I will be a part of. My teammates may include my teaching partner, other professionals in the community that I will partner with to address concerns about specific children’s development, other staff members and parents whose children are in my classroom.
All of these teams will be absolutely necessary for the healthy development of the children that are in my care. In order to work well with other people, I will need to be able to solve conflicts, motivate others, support others when they are having difficulties and sometimes do more than my share of the work in order to get things done. The experience of working in our learning communities has helped me gain some of the skills that I need in order to be an effective team member and a team