Conflicts and disagreements
In the being of the school year new children transition in
my classroom. Now management have make a
new decision to change the time when new children transition in classroom now
time 9:00 before in was 8:30 am when the
another children came it. The conflict
that I am have is that management made this decision without talking to the
teachers. At 9:00 I am in transition mold.
I am changing diapers, tooth brushing, and clean up from breakfast. I cannot
talk to a new parents while doing all these things. I have tried the strategy
of listening to my new parents but sometime I cannot respond to question. So I have decide talk to management about
this new decision by used the conflict tool I learn this week. I also will write down my concern about the
new time and how it affect my job. I would welcome any suggestion from my colleagues.
Raejean,
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of you writing down your concerns and how it affects your job. By having it in writing, you can review it and not forget something. It is technique I learned to do when I had a supervisor who liked to go off on tangents and I would forget things. In the meeting, I would approach management with the 3 Rs and NVC in mind. I would express that you had concerns but ask them why they decided to change the time. Maybe there is something happening that you do not know about. By empathizing and learning their reasons for changing the time, maybe a compromise can be made. Maybe they can look at changing the time back or sending someone in to help during that time so you can meet with the parents. I hope this helps! Good luck!
Myra
The first priority is to make sure the conversation is productive. I think sometimes as teachers or employees we see only our side and not past the managers point of view. Some things are beyond their control, but without being reciprocal behavior happening the lines of communication are closed. You respect your superior and hope they do the same for you and just as you want to be heard in this situation you want to make sure you listen and hear their response. Regardless of the answer whether in your favor or not, you want to respond in an empathetic manner. This will learn to better communication in the long run if you need to address another situation
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