Final Thoughts for EDUC 6165 Communicating and Collaborating in Early Childhood

Though I am excited to wrap up another class, I am left wondering will I meet my colleagues again. I have experiences great discussion forums and exchanged lots information with you all. You have trusted me with your personal experiences and all your personal thoughts. I have valued your comments and suggestions throughout the eight weeks. I hope that you all know I am here and you can reach out to me for future help in your courses. It has been a pleasure working with all of you and I hope to bump into you again. Please feel free to always keep in touch and I hope the experiences we have shared has been as beneficial to you as it was to me. To Professor Johna Darraugh Ernst, thank you for opening my eyes to world of communicating and collaborating. I feel more confident that I can continue to strengthen my communication skills while passing on all the knowledge you have bestowed on me. Here is a little quote I read on a shopping bag that made me smile:

"As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others."

Robert H. Schuller

Please feel free to contact me at natasha.khan@waldenu.edu or natashafoizal@gmail.com. 

Team Adjournment (Reactions and Expectations)

This week we learned about the five stages of team development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. When considering the adjourning phase of the numerous groups that I have been involved in, I am not impressed by the memories. Due to the lack of communication that existed in the group, I think many of the members were so happy the project was over that they just wanted to move on without any attachment. I think it was a relief when we could end the team work.

I did not have very positive interactions during my group projects. I worked with many people and I did learn about. I was more sad that we could not maintain professional working relationship. During all the groups we successfully completed our task but I also that it could be better if we had a more effective system  that organize the group. 

The groups that I was apart of, I did not feel sad when it ended, I just felt as though the job was done but not to the potential it could have been done. We did not having any closing rituals. we just said good bye and good luck in the future. Some members did not even say good bye at all they just left. That showed the other members that they were never effective team members and did not share the same vision.

Concerning my Walden University colleagues, I can tell that I do not want to adjourn this team. I feel privilege to be working with other individuals that share the same goals and want to establish themselves in the field of early childhood. I have enjoyed sharing personal stories and learning about how other perceive me and my work. I have enjoyed all the constructive criticism and compliments. I feel even though we are classmates online, we have established a trust level that shows we feel comfortable sharing our personal as well as professional  experiences and goals.   

Adjourning is an important part of the teamwork because it creates a level of respect and understanding for all the participants in the team. It allows everyone to offer their appreciation and celebrate together for the achievements that they have created. This always everyone the opportunity to exchange numbers and think about future collaborations.