Thanks to All!

I would like to thank everyone that has posted on my discussion and blogs.  It is always great to get encouraging words or new insight from others viewpoint.  As we all continue our journey I hope to see future blogs of new information, ideas, or even advice from everyone.  I plan to continue posting blogs throughout my degree program and after I have finished my degree. Thanks too all and hope to see familiar names in the next class.

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Team Development - Adjourning

This week I read about the 5 stages of team development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning.  I am considering my adjourning phase which is how we all went our separate ways when the group work was complete.  Therefore I was thinking did I have a hard time with saying good-bye to leave the group and move on.  Thinking back with all the groups I have been involved in, I can’t say any of the groups were hard to say good-bye. 

Most groups except one, I was not sad to see them go but with all my classes that we had to do group work we always had some type of end of the year celebration relating to what the group was working on.  I can think of a group of classmates that I was involved in during the last few classes to finish our Bachelor degree, that we did not say good-bye, we said see you around.  We did adjourn the group but we still meat up today for lunch or dinner to talk about old times, what is going on in everyone’s life now, and talk about all the changes that keep going on for preschool education. 

Understanding what adjourning means to a group and why it is part of team development, allowed me to understand that it is an essential stage of teamwork.  Moving on from a group and saying good-bye is a great thing because you may never want to work with those in your group again.  At the same time you may not want to say good-bye because you may in the future have to work with the same group again.  With any group that is a great group you may want to stay in contact because you built a friendship with that group and later down the road you may want to stay in touch to get new ideas for your work.  One person can come up with several ideas and every year especially a teacher wants to have new fresh ideas instead of using the same ones.  Therefore, developing a friendship out of your groups is a great way to brainstorm new ideas to teach. 

Conflict Resolution Skill...

Recently my 21 year old son has moved back into my home and we had a big disagreement over his money.  When I realized things were getting heated up and I did not want my son to feel he had to leave the house.  I told him calmly that we needed to talk about an issue that was bothering me and I only want to help; therefore, I told him after he was done running his errands we will talk.  While he was gone I evaluated the information I found out and was thinking how I was going to talk to him without yelling at him.  So when he came back I stated what the issue was, why I was upset, and how I wanted to help get him back on track.  I laid out some solutions that would help him manage his money and save some so he can get his own place to live.  We talked for an hour coming up with solutions to help him and he was willing to try one of the solutions.  The solution he decided to go with was leaving his bank card with me and I would lock it up. Then he would only keep $30 cash on him and the rest will go in the bank and he will not touch it.  He also was willing to give me his password so that I can check to make sure he was putting the money in his account. 

I thought about the NVC skills when I was decided to talk with my son about his spending habits.  I evaluated myself and how I would react to him by yelling at him for not saving money and blowing it on whatever he wanted to buy.  I also thought about my feelings on this issue and his feelings how he would take me yelling at him, which was never turned out good when he was younger either.  I try to understanding why he was not saving but was buying stuff he did not need and then realized he was buying some clothes along with other things he did not need.  Then when we talked, I clearly laid out the solutions to help him save money for his own place. 

For those that have children old enough to be on their own and are living at home with you again, can you see any other way I could have handle this issue that would help me become a better communicator.