Sunday, November 30, 2014
I had a teacher come to me regarding her afternoon teacher not pulling her weight in the classroom. She was pretty upset and was basically ranting about how bad of a teacher she was. so I let her rant and then I asked her if she ever told her teacher how she felt. I also asked her if she trained her afternoon teacher to properly shutdown the classroom. She answered no to both questions. So I told her that it wasn't only her afternoon teacher's fault but hers to because she did not give the her assistant the proper tools to do her job. I then printed out the closing checklist for the classroom and gave it to the teacher and asked if she wanted to talk to her assistant or if she wanted me too. The teacher decided that she wanted to handle it and I told her I would follow up with her in a day or two.
I think if my teacher would of used some of the techniques of nonviolent communication than she would of never escalated to her ranting in my office. What do you think I should of done better?
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Hi Carrie,
ReplyDeleteI have been in this same situation multiple times! I think sometimes teachers come to us wanting an administrator to just fix everything. I think turning it around and giving them the skills to resolve a conflict is an excellent first step! It's very similar to what we do with the children, instead of responding to tattle tales we teach them the skills to resolve their conflict on their own!
I think you handled this perfectly!
Machaela
Carrie,
ReplyDeleteI actually agree with your apporach, first becuase you acknowledged the situation. You also pointed out to the teacher her role in the situation. I feel that it was great that the teacher came to you to vent because during this period of time when her angry was building she was unaware of her role. Now the teacher knows the assistant cannot close don a classroom without proper training, the teacher frustration is with self now.