The group that I can remember the most that was truly the hardest for me to leave was the group of 11. The pre-k teachers and assistants. We have a very small pre-k with only 5 lead teachers and 5 assistant teachers. There was 6 classes, but unfortunately last year one died and they did not replace her. That took some of the wind out of our sails over at pre-k. The reason why I chose this group is because I had been a part of this group for 4 school terms with this school term being the 5 if I had stayed at pre-k. I can truly say that we were able to make it through all five stages. I have to be honest nothing about it was easy, because there are 10 teachers and a principal that all have to come together and agree for the children's sake. I really hated to leave this group because over the years we had gotten to know each other. We knew what each of us liked and disliked, we learned to listen to each other's opinions, and we learned to compromise with each other so that the children would get the best outcome possible. After building such a relationship with the other teachers that was comfortable and one that I knew well, I did not want to leave but I knew that I had to. It was truly saddening to leave pre-k after being there for 4 school terms. The lead teacher that I worked with and the parents of the students that were in my classroom all got together and threw me a surprise going away party. The children were great and they made me feel great that day because I knew that they really did love me and that they would miss me. So the experience that I had as I left pre-k is one that I will always remember..
I have to be honest I know that I am going to hate to see my colleagues and I part whenever we are done with this degree program. I want to be able to keep in touch with them so that I can still talk with them. I have to tell you that there have been some times in this program where I just wanted to quit and give up. Mainly in the research class that I took if it had not been for some of my colleagues that helped me through I would have given up. I had a difficult time in that class and I was given support by some of my colleagues, but there was one colleague in particular that responded to my e-mail for help in a nasty way. She said some things to me that did not help the situation at all, but there were others that helped to pull me through. That is what team work is about. I am so grateful for everyone that has helped me up unto this point. Thanks guys for your support. As we come to this end we will be in the adjourning stage. This stage is the most important stage because it proves that groups are able to make it pass their differences. They established mutual respect for each other and were able to work though their differences to come up with solutions that everyone agreed upon. At this point the group has become a success at what they set out to accomplish and they should be proud of themselves for trying and working so hard to make it through the process. So with that in mind all of us that is in this master degree program should be rejoicing because we are almost there to the adjourning stage.
The perfect example of team work, and working through your differences!!!!
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