A person who I admire for her effective communication and listening skills is my co-worker. She is exuded a level of authenticity, trustworthiness and honesty. She she is always willing to listen to both sides, she takes her time to assess the situation and remains unbiased. There have been occasions where a teacher will take the side of their student because that student is in their class without listening to the other students side. She takes her time and identifies the underlying reasoning for why the situation started in the first place. I greatly admire and respect her, as do other members of the staff. She offers insight as well on how to positively change a situation, especially with very opinionated families.
I strive to model her communication methods in my professional capacity, it is important that as I work with families and their children that I communicate in an effective, honest and respectful manner.
Kalisa,
ReplyDeleteYou have highlighted a key point of having good listening skills as we communicate with others. Modelling to students fairness; helps them to develop fairness. We have to be so aware of our biases as educators as the concepts we try to communicate to children verbally are not necessarily the concepts they learn from our behavior.
Having good communicators around us demonstrating good practice provides opportunities to learn, and improve our skills. It is great that you can use some of the strategies in your work with children and families.
Thanks
Vanessa
Hi Kalisa,
ReplyDeleteIt is great that you work with someone that you feel poses effective communication skills. I agree that it is important to be effective, honest, and respectful communicators. I also like the point of be unbiased. We should always be open minded and not prejudge.