Disagreements or Conflicts My Experiences

 

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Disagreement or Conflicts

    A time that I could remember of a pretty intense disagreement within the classroom with my co-teacher. I am a lead and I had an assistant that did not understand the responsibilities that a lead teacher has. I hate saying that but, I make sure that whoever is working with me feel very comfortable and their ideas are represented within the classroom and lesson plan. We had a disagreement over how to handle a difficult child and their parents. 

    My co-teacher at the time did not understand how much work goes into being a lead it is just not completing lesson plans, assestments, documentation or even meetings with the Partnership for Children. There were many hours spent off the clock at home gathering information and resources to implement within the classroom or provide families.I don't think that she fully understand the program that we are in, the program is an at-risk program so therefore the families already has a challenge. It may be financial, lack of housing, or transportation. 

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            The way that we came to an understanding, was to bring a mediator in. We talked about our goals for the classroom and the responsibilties that we each share. So when reading the article "An Introduction to Nonviolent Communication (NVC),it mentions 2 Ways of Moving Toward Connection (Basileia, LLC. 2007). Honestly express your own feelings & needs and Empathically listen to each other's feelings & needs (Basileia, LLC, 2007). When looking over these two ways of moving forward I have noticed that these are what we used to come to an understanding.

Reference

Center for Nonviolent Communication, (n.d.),NVC instruction guide. https://cnvc.org/sites/default/files/NVCInstructionGuide_Jiva_.pdf