Reflecting on Communication in the Early Childhood Field

I would like to say that I have worked with the best of the best in accomplishing my hopes of becoming an Early Childhood professional.  I have enjoyed reading your insightful information on your experiences and your continued growth in early childhood field.  I always look forward to having class with all of you.  Most of you have been in all of my classes since I started this journey.  I wish everyone much success and I hope that we all achieve our dreams. 

Again, a special thank you to all my colleagues for being supportive throughout this class and my previous classes.  And, I cannot let it be unknown that I think we had a terrific instructor that made learning about communication and collaboration very interesting and fun.  My contact information is: allison.jones@waldenu.edu  please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.

Good luck and much success!!!

Team Building and Collaboration

My high school graduating class was the hardest group that I had to leave.  The majority of my class was together from elementary through high school, so we had a special bond that existed amongst us.  We were a small class of about eighty-seven people because I grew up in a small town.  So, throughout school we were a group that worked together toward accomplishing our goal of graduation.  We grew together as young adults, as well as, having gone through the learning stages of development together.

I would say that high-performing groups are the hardest to leave behind because you started out individually, then, you were first introduced to each other and realized that you share a vision together.  We learned how each person functioned within the group and we came together as a team taking on our roles with the designated responsibilities and achieved the intended goal. 

Some rituals that we have experienced are we had a couple of class reunions.  We communicate with each other now on facebook and we meet at home for homecoming games.  Upon adjourning from my colleagues while working toward receiving my master’s degree I hope to exchange email addresses so that we can chat from time to time about how our career is going with our new accomplishment.

Adjourning is an essential stage of teamwork because it let’s you know that you have completed the goal you set out to accomplish.  You came together and did what was needed collectively.  Now that the goal is accomplished it is time for us to go our separate ways and achieve our goals individually.  It is a sad time for departing, but a happy time in the sense of accomplishment.

Reference

Abudi, G. (2010).  The Five Stages of Team Development: A Case Study. Retrieved from

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