I believe that I communicate differently with different
groups of people.
If I am talking to family, I feel more open and probably talk
with more slang. When talking with a family, you are able to express yourself
through words and emotions. The conversation is more casual too. With family, I feel like I can talk about anything and talk freely.
If I am
talking to a parent or colleagues, I try to be more professional. I take time to
think before talking. With my colleagues, I can use terminology related to
early childhood and know that they will understand what I am saying. I tend to draw a line about talking about my personal life while at work. When I walk in the door each morning, I leave my personal life outside.
With
parents, I try not to use jargon they would not understand. When I speak with parents, I ask about what is going on in their life and how things were the night before. Also, I believe that I need to emphasize the positives before the negatives. If an issue arises with a child. I believe that the parents are entitled to a private conversation or conference. I do not believe in saying anything negative about a child in front of the child.
The last group I
would work with is children. When talking to children, I still want to be professional,
but I need to adapt my communication style. Working with young children, you
need to be very positive and encouraging. I promote the use of “please” and “thank
you”, and I role model these actions when speaking to them and other teachers
in the classroom.
Hello Tanya
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog this week. I feel the same way as you do when I am communicate with others that might be different from me. When I am around my family I feel my open and is free to be myself, but when I get around parents and coworkers I work with I talk a different way. When I am dealing with parents who may be from another culture I am very careful how I communicating with them because I don’t want to hurt anyone feeling or making anyone feel uncomfortable. It is vital when communicating with others that we are always being respectful towards others. I will agree with you as you mentioned above.I also agree with you as you mentioned that we have to be very positive and encouraging when working with children is key because children learn what they see an as you mentioned we need to be role model and promote the word please and thank you.Thanks for sharing your post this week with us very insightful.
Temika McCann 6165
Tanya,
ReplyDeleteYou had mentioned that you do not like to discuss anything negative to a parent in front of their child, i think that this is so important. I feel that i am caught in between... sometimes when teachers discuss and talk about hitting to parents while the child is listening then the parent shows dissatisfaction and an upset face towards the child will make the child aware that what he/she is doing is wrong and that mommy and daddy are not happy. But at the same time, when the teacher talks to the parent about a tantrum and that their child is having a hard time and the parent contributes back by explaining that they are having a hard time at home with tantrums and their child being difficult is not a great way to discuss in front of the child. I believe this type of conversation should be done in private cause as we know children throw tantrums because they cannot express what they want fully in words and emotions and therefore we shouldn't make them feel that they are making mommy, daddy, and teacher upset.
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteHi Tanya, I agree with you when you say professionalism at work includes NOT talking about your personal life. We had a student teacher last year that sat in the staff room at lunch time and talked about her wild drinking exploits from the previous weekend.This happened on a regular basis. I have to say, I wasn't impressed. As an administrator, I'm afraid that might influence my decision to not hire her over another candidate. I always tell my staff to be careful about talking about school in public. You never know who might be standing within earshot.
ReplyDeleteI do change my communication style to adapt to my surroundings. There have been times when I have felt insecure because of my lack of "professional verbage" regarding this industry. I wish I could feel more comfortable in my own skin when it comes to communicating with others. Do you have any suggestions?
ReplyDelete