Many thanks to all the colleagues and the professor

Dear professor and all colleagues,

Many thanks for your support during my learning in this course. All your discussion posts, the examples and the analysis in it give me quite lots of information to digest, and make me have profound understandings to the topic. Besides this, all your attitude to education, the love to the children make me feel very warm.

Thank you all and hope you all the best with the next course, and all the best to your professionals.

Team Adjourning Stage

When I led the teacher’s professional development team for 3 years, it was difficult for me to say good-bye to my team members. We had clear goals of operating the program, we had high standard of daily work, and we were very happy with each other and trusted each other a lot when we worked together.

When I started the master’s degree, the professor and the colleagues are very inclusive, they know English is not my mother tongue, and they encourage me to share my opinions and my culture, I think I am important part of the learning journey. They are very open to share ideas, and I have learnt a lot from them.

Adjourning is essential since through this stage, we can remember those happy moments, the successful parts, the friendship and trust. We learn from our experience. All these are precious to everyone.

Using NVC to resolve conflict

I recently had a big conflict with a colleague. The scenario is like the following: It was a Sunday afternoon, and we finished a lecture to about 500 parents. A participant Mr. Li talked to me for a while about something, and I know him for a time period already. A colleague came to me and dragged a little far from Mr. Li, and challenged me: ”Why don’t you go to help Cindy to move the materials but talking to this man?” I was very angry and felt losing face in front of Mr. Li, then I told her I was busy and couldn’t do it. She became angry too.

If Using NVC to resolve the conflict, I would tell her that her tones at that time before Mr. Li was criticizing, and it made me feel angry. My needs were to be respected and I also need autonomy. So I would have requested her to leave me, and I would decide how to do.  

For two strategies, I could tell her if Cindy needs help, she can come to me directly. And second, I would ask Cindy to discuss with me when to move the materials, I can arrange more people to help.