It always hard to say goodbye and
that is exactly what our team had to do. At my job we all work in the community
serving families and children in some form. Well we all work on grants and one
of our affiliated teams grant was not renewed. They worked in child care centers
song side of us offering them assistance in behavior management and building
relationships with parents. The adjourning phase was reached when we had one last
project to fulfill for all the local Head start teachers and getting them
trained on the model they used. During the forming stage of this program things
were not connecting, it was the perception that the new team was infringing on
the past teams territory. However we all had the same goal of to train and assist
child care providers in their classrooms.
The group has worked together on the past but
this time was more cohesive than before, we knew we had a small window of time
to organize this training and then the fact this would be the last time we all
worked together on a project like this. We knew this project was going to take
some thorough planning, and implementation because of the time constraints little
time for mistakes or figuring it out. As I said we all down this before but
nothing of this magnitude. It took the cooperation of all involved and someone
had to take leadership of our practices although there was someone whom our
group reported. One of the behavior specialist took the leadership roll,
organized and designated what needed to be done, it was meet with some resistance
because of her short time with the program. However as the team began the performing
of the task things began to fall into place.
The
project was a success and was greatly appreciated from the Headstart teachers
and committee. As we came to the last meeting we were met with gratitude from our
management and self-gratification from providers implementing things we taught
them. As colleagues making adjourning easily is a hard thing because of how the
process works sometimes, however when you find the goal or need and work
towards all things will click on the communication process.
Angelika,
ReplyDeleteYour post reminded me of another reason adjourning is important. It is a time where everyone can self reflect on the project. People can discuss what went well during the project and areas for improvement. In your case, everyone was able to reflect on the communication process and what it took for everything to fall into place. It is wonderful to hear that project turned out well and everyone was grateful for the work put into it.
Myra
Angelika,
ReplyDeleteIt has been a pleasure sharing another class with you. I have always looked forward to being able to complete my assignments on time because I know that your post will always be early or on time. If this is our last course together I would just like to say GOOD LUCK !! May you be flooded with joy, knowledge and happiness. Deon