Reflection

To all my colleagues I would like to thank for supporting me through this class and my journey through the graduate program. It has been a pleasure working so closely with each and every one of you on and off over the past year.

I plan on continuing my graduate studies in Teaching Adults in Early Childhood.  I don’t only have learned so much from the studies, readings and assignments, but I have learned so much from each one of you through our discussions and blogs.

As we move on into our specialties I hope to keep in touch with those who may no longer be in any of my classes.

I wish each and every one of you a very successful professional future and please don’t hesitate to contact me at betty.lewis@waldenu.edu.

Happy Holidays!!

Week 6

According to the readings this week most people adjourn with a celebratory dinner or perhaps a simple thank you or goodbye (O’Hair & Weimann, 2009).

During the adjourning phase of my group I found the hardest to leave was the ones I had already established supportive and trustful relationships. Our group consisted of several who had established supportive relationships were to our advantage. We respected one another and valued their opinions and differences.  As a group we supported one another and each individual’s strengths were utilized to accomplish our goal.

The closing rituals that I have experienced include having dinner in honor of the group as a thank you and also having a recognition ceremony to recognize those individuals who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.

As my time at Walden draws to an end it will be somewhat difficult to leave my online classmates whom I have established relationships with and it’s always comforting when I begin a new class to see familiar names. During the past year I have found comfort in sharing stories and ideas classmates, something I will dearly miss after graduation.

However, I believe adjourning stage is essential stage of collaboration and teamwork because it gives us the opportunity to reflect in order grow academically.

Resources

Abudi, G. (2011). The five stages of team development: A case study. Retrieved from http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/the-five-stages-of-team-development-a-case-study.html

O'Hair, & Wiemann, (2009). Real Communication. An Introduction.

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