Week 5 Discussion - Handling Conflict

Handling Conflict

Monday, February 3, 2020, 10:50 AM

I am lucky that I have only a few experiences of conflict that I have been involved

in.

One of the first moments that stood out to me when thinking about a situation of conflict

was an interaction I had with a teacher earlier this year. Let me preface the situation by

providing some context to how my school is set up. My school is in the

shape of an E

with each point of the E as a hallway. With 3 points, we have 3 hallways. A hall, B hall,

and C hall. A and C hall are 4 people teams while B hall (my hall) is a 6 person team.

This 6 person team is new to the school, the largest team I’ve b

een a part of has been a

5 person team. On each hall there are only 4

-

5 classrooms per hall so one teacher on

the B hall team has her classroom on C hall. I hope all this makes sense, but it is the

best I can explain without drawing a picture.

Earlier this

year we were having problems with students from C hall wandering in the

halls between class periods. I was discussing this with the teacher who has a classroom

on C hall, but is on B hall team. As we were speaking I misspoke and said students

from her hal

l were causing some transition problems. This greatly upset her because

she felt as if she was not part of the B hall team. My misinterpretation of mixing up what

hall she was on was taken very personnel by her. Not only did she verbally demonstrate

that s

he was upset verbally, months later, there is still a grudge held against me.

As grade level leader I wanted to mend my wrong doing because I want all teachers to

feel welcome and expressive in their work environment. While the outcome of this

experience i

s not entirely positive, the teacher and I are able to communicate more

effectively. I apologized shortly after the incident and asked what can I do better to

make her feel as part of the B hall team even though her room is on a separate hallway.

During th

is experience of conflict, I learned the value of communication. If I as a leader

make a mistake, I learned to just own up to it. I am a human and make mistakes, it is

important for others in the school to see these mistakes so they can own up to their own

when they make one. I do not feel as if there is much more I could have done as a

leader after I made the mistake of mixing up what hall the teacher was on. I would

approach my apology and my resolution in the same manner if I was able to go back in

time.

Handling Conflict

Monday, February 3, 2020, 10:50 AM

I am lucky that I have only a few experiences of conflict that I have been involved in.

One of the first moments that stood out to me when thinking about a situation of conflict

was an interaction I had with a teacher earlier this year. Let me preface the situation by

providing some context to how my school is set up. My school is in the shape of an E

with each point of the E as a hallway. With 3 points, we have 3 hallways. A hall, B hall,

and C hall. A and C hall are 4 people teams while B hall (my hall) is a 6 person team.

This 6 person team is new to the school, the largest team I’ve been a part of has been a

5 person team. On each hall there are only 4-5 classrooms per hall so one teacher on

the B hall team has her classroom on C hall. I hope all this makes sense, but it is the

best I can explain without drawing a picture.

Earlier this year we were having problems with students from C hall wandering in the

halls between class periods. I was discussing this with the teacher who has a classroom

on C hall, but is on B hall team. As we were speaking I misspoke and said students

from her hall were causing some transition problems. This greatly upset her because

she felt as if she was not part of the B hall team. My misinterpretation of mixing up what

hall she was on was taken very personnel by her. Not only did she verbally demonstrate

that she was upset verbally, months later, there is still a grudge held against me.

As grade level leader I wanted to mend my wrong doing because I want all teachers to

feel welcome and expressive in their work environment. While the outcome of this

experience is not entirely positive, the teacher and I are able to communicate more

effectively. I apologized shortly after the incident and asked what can I do better to

make her feel as part of the B hall team even though her room is on a separate hallway.

During this experience of conflict, I learned the value of communication. If I as a leader

make a mistake, I learned to just own up to it. I am a human and make mistakes, it is

important for others in the school to see these mistakes so they can own up to their own

when they make one. I do not feel as if there is much more I could have done as a

leader after I made the mistake of mixing up what hall the teacher was on. I would

approach my apology and my resolution in the same manner if I was able to go back in

time.