Week 6 - Adjourning

Robin C. Miller                                                                                         EDUC – 6165

Blog Assignment

The group that I worked in that was the hardest for me to say good-bye was my ECE (Early Childhood Education) colleagues and friends at Community College of Philadelphia. I attended there for three years and over that time I have gained many friends and partners in the early childhood field. We worked in groups, presented assignments, community service hours, practicum, went on ece class trips, studied, laughed, cried, celebrated, and graduated together. I loved my team and was proud to be in the early education field. We had our difficult times going through the stages of building a great team. Learning about each other, our similarities, differences, strengths, and weaknesses wasn't always easy. Sometimes, we never made it past the first 3 stages (forming, storming, and norming) but, we pulled through and made it to the last stage together, adjourning. Before our graduation day, we all got together for our last class and had one big good-bye party. We exchanged numbers, email, addresses, and best of luck wishes for the future.

            I do not imagine the same ritual for my colleagues here at Walden to be the same, only because it’s an online school. But, I do believe that everyone will continue to keep in touch through our blogs, Google accounts, and emails to continue our professional relationships while encouraging one another for a prosperous and successful future in the world of early education.  I think adjourning is a critical aspect of team work because it helps people to understand that the job is done, the goal has been accomplished, and the vision was a success. Team members learn that their input was a valuable, which added to the success of the finalization of overall goal and mission of the team.