Channette's Early Childhood Studies Blog

  Greetings Colleagues, Thank you to each and every one of you for your participation on our journey towards achieving our master’s degree. Together we have chosen to collaborate with each other on a shared vision. Thank you for taking the time to respond to my discussions and comment on my blogs. A lot of your names have become familiar to me during my time at Walden University. I hope to someday meet at least one of you to thank you in person. A little over a year ago I embarked on a dream that I thought was going to be almost impossible. However, knowing that I share this dream with other people helps me to realize that as long as they continue to try so must I. As we continue to complete our vision, I hope that you all continue to learn how to be positive and effective childcare professionals.    

  Adjourning In 2015 I moved to Norfolk, Virginia and started my career with the United States Navy as a civilian employee that works with children in the Child and Youth Program. Since 2016 I have been apart of 5 different teams at 5 different facilities. The last team that I was associated with was in Virginia Beach. I miss working with that team for many reasons. There were many aspects of the group that made it the hardest for me to say good-bye. I liked that each of our roles were clearly defined. Everyone on the team new exactly what their responsibilities were and how to execute them. I believe this has to do with the fact that we all had over 10 years of experience working with children. In addition, we all knew the policy and procedures of the program. I do believe that high-performing groups are the hardest to leave. They are the hardest to leave because they were successful. While working at the facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia knowing that my director, parents, an...

  Conflict Resolution Strategies In my profession I often come across new colleagues. I currently work on a military installation. Everyone who works with me has a limited amount of time in which they will be here on the military installation. Typically, we are requested to stay at least three years. With people coming and going every few years disagreements or conflicts do occur because people do not know each other very well. Recently, I acquired a new director at my facility, and we had a conflict. I changed my plans and did not attend a meeting. My director was expecting me at the meeting, and I had told my regional director that I was not going to attend the meeting. I was not under the impression that I had to attend the meeting. However, my lack of attendance caused a disagreement. I am very use to working independently and not having to explain to my director where I am at all times. I believe I could use the 4 components of nonviolent communication to help me manage any ...