The person I chose that demonstrates competent communication would be my Pre-K Administrator. I chose him because when I need help or advice about something concerning my students and parents, I can go to him without being afraid or intimidated. He demonstrates effective communication skills and partnership with his employees by showing us trust and a mutual understanding that respects us professionally and as human beings. Throughout the years, we have learned that being able to communicate effectively with our parents will nurture the growth and learning of the individual child by sharing information, insights and concerns. It is a necessity and not an extra to exhibit good communication skills to our parents as well as their children.
I would definitely like to model my communication behaviors after my Administrator because our staff loves him, and we have a better working atmosphere among us.
I do agree with you; having a program leader who communicated in an effective and fair manner makes for a nice place to work. I think that also helps staff model appropriate communication behavior when working with families as well as when working with the children.
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ReplyDeleteYour supervisor sounds alot like my RVP - very approachable and willing to help. I think these are great characteristics to have to be a great communicator. In order to help people, whether it's clients or families or students, we need to feel safe going to a person who will not intimidate or degrade us.
Having a person you work with that you can go to and trust is so important. More importantly, it appears you recognize the traits that make that person so trustworthy. That is important so you can model those behaviors and me a mentor to someone else.
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