While further reviewing the stories I feel that I relate to Yolanda in a sense where I am not managerial in style but more lax and open in a sense like Yolanda.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Blog Assignment #8
While reading the two stories I could not help but feel that the director Becky was focused more on the paper work, curriculum, and teacher training, than she seemed to do on the children and families. i mean not once did the families even come up in her meeting. While Yolanda on the other hand seemed more rounded in her approach by advocating for all the groups. While Becky's approach to staff development seemed rigid and training based, Yolanda's seemed to be centered on collaboration and dialogue. Another interesting difference that I noticed between the two different stories was the fact that in Becky's story it seemed as if the teacher was scared to give personal input or even question something that she though could be done differently, while on the other hand in Yolanda's story you can see the openness to questions and change and even listening being done by the director.
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Glad to hear you are more lax and open like Yolanda, rather than Becky. But I wonder, how did you get to be that way? Is that just your personality? Is that how you learned to be and were formed as a teacher? Can you think of any teacher you know that would want a director more like Becky than Yolanda? Do you think your lax and openness would clash with a director like Becky?
ReplyDeletePutting yourself in the shoes of a director, can you think of any issues that might arise from being so lax and open with teaching staff?
Hi Maika,
ReplyDeleteIt what ways might your relaxed (and I assuming here) flexible view as a director help you to construct your role as director while also addressing the elements that are part of Yolanda's and Becky's scenarios? Does the personality and connection to the humanity in people allow for any elements of administration become part a director's actions? I have been thinking a bit about the idea of humanness and how this relates to how a director supports an early childhood community. First, how can connecting and honoring a person's humanity challenge a director? And then how might this connection and honoring look like wiith decisions and policy making? Is humanness most visual in relationships? If so, should relationships be the primary way a director engages the triangle framework?
Cheers,
Jeanne
I enjoy reading your review, compare, and contrast of Becky and Yolanda. I am also similar to Yolanda’s style. I enjoyed the collaboration and dialogue the most between the staff members. Even though you are not like Becky, are there things that she did that you liked? How do you think that Becky can improve? What is the benefits about being “lax and open”? What might be some problems with only having that type of teaching style?
ReplyDeleteI saw that Becky was more focused on operational responsibilities. But as directors how can you find the balance? How can you grow and develop a team with so many standards when you have so much paperwork to accomplish? Is it appropriate to have an assistant to help with day to day operations?
ReplyDeleteKatie