Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

Here in Texas there are several organizations that have caught my eye, the first Paso Del Norte, caters to children with special needs. My son goes here for speech therapy they also have other services that they provide to all income based families. This center has been a life saver for my family because we didn't know how to handle my son's recent diagnosis to Autism. The staff has helped us out tremendously and we are forever grateful for them. They currently have openings for Speech-Language Pathologist, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, or Early Intervention Specialist with a local ECI program.
https://pdnchildrens.org/


The second organization is Parent Coordination Network, it helps families who are searching for special education resources within the community. The Parent Coordination Network is committed to ensuring that parents of students with disabilities receive accurate and timely information to assist them in making informed choices in their children's education. They currently do not have any openings for employment at this time.
https://www.texasparent.org/contact


The third organization is Ft Bliss MWR, It is a network that provides all kinds of services for the military families. They have so many programs its hard to list them all, The MWR has many openings, from their CDC, to the post exchange stores. I currently work for the MWR and couldn't be any happier, it is a great company to work for and I can't wait to move up within the company.
https://global.armymwr.com/us

Thank You

This class has been awesome to be apart of, we all helped each other by sharing our opinions and feedback each week on our assignments. I enjoyed reading everyone's opinion and I like interacting with them during our discussion questions. As I continue on my professional journey I will look back on the interaction and be very pleased I was apart of effective communication. I wish you all good luck on the rest of your educational journey as well as your professional journey.

Team Development

When I worked for Capital One we all had teams with managers. My team and manager were great! we helped each other out whenever we may not have known something new, or if we got a stressful call. Everyone had each other's back and we always participated in any group outings or projects we had coming up. When my husband got stationed in Texas I was devastated, I met so many wonderful people and I didn't want to leave them.

Adjourning is important to because it gives a chance to wish each other well as they continue with their careers. It isn't a goodbye but more of a see you later type of thing. Its always good to leave on good terms with employers, and colleagues because you never know when you may encounter them again. I will always have a position at Capital One whenever I move to a state they have a call center. This is all because I was a valuable team player and reliable worker for the company for 2 years.

Nonviolent Communication

A recent incident with scheduling came up between my classroom and another. The issue was a coworker was tired of staying to close because she have been doing it for the last three months. I recently joined the other classroom and wasn't aware of her issue until I was put on the schedule at an earlier time.













Instead of approaching management about her concern she started talking amongst other coworkers and it got back to my classroom and started an argument between her and the lead in my room.


How this all could have been prevented if the coworker could have spoke to management, or even asked our room if someone could switch with her. In the end I agreed to be the closer, because I didn't mind, and I wanted to keep the peace. In the future I suggested we all talk to each other first if we have an issue with scheduling, that way it wouldn't cause confusion and everyone wouldn't be upset about hearing things from other people. 

Communicator

I wasn't surprised at the results because I've always been told I'm friendly and great to be around. Whether it's in the professional field or personal my bubbly personality is the same. I'm happy to meet new people and happy to work with others in the community. I gained more information on how communication can be improved by taking the time to get to know other's and how they respond to you during communication. Also appearances don't give us much information on the person we are communicating with, the exercise where we had to answer questions based on a picture was the perfect example of not knowing a person and assuming that you know about them.

Cultural Diversity

Being that my family is very mixed with different cultures, I don’t find myself talking differently to others with different backgrounds or cultures. I’ve always talked to everyone respectfully and acknowledge everyone’s culture and beliefs. I love meeting new people and learning about them because it makes me aware of people who are different from me and my family and I take it as a learning experience.

Nonverbal Communication

The show I used for this post was the Big Bang Theory with the sound off. The interaction I saw with the characters are they're friends judging by the laughter and expressions on their faces while they talked during the scene. They all seem to be happy and enjoying being in each other's presence. With the sound on my assumptions were correct they were all friends and enjoy talking with each other. Their expressions were the same in a joking friendly manner. Since this is my first time watching this show I did judge my responses off their body language and facial expressions. If this was a show I regularly watched my answers would have been the same. What I learned from this assignment is that expressions and body language do tell a story, you can tell when a person is happy, sad, or mad by their facial expressions and body language. It's something I've looked at whenever I'm talking to someone that way I can judge what type of mood they're in and if their happy with the conversation or not.