Team Building and Collaboration (Week 6)

In my opinion the hardest groups to adjourn are the ones in which you have been a part of several accomplishments, were you have grown professionally and personally with the help of your colleagues, children and parents. A center that I had the most difficulty leaving was Head Start were I had the opportunity to have two of my children in. This center not only opened the doors for me to participate as parent volunteer, but also saw in me the potential to be part of the staff as an assistant teacher. They also motivated the staff to further their education bringing colleagues to our center to offer associates, bachelors, masters and doctors degrees on the evening and on Saturday mornings. It was nice to see how many of my colleagues were part of those program, what created a stronger bond of trust and respect among us. We would not strategies different techniques to work in our classroom, but we also worked to together in many of our class assignments. Like all jobs we had our differences and challenges but we all seemed to work it out for the better of all, because there was a sense of community we were all there to help each other which is something not often found in a job. Saying goodbye was one of the hardest decisions to make in my currier as educator, but because our commute was over an hour long after we decided to buy a home in a suburb, we could no longer afford traveling such a long distance. I think that because of all the accomplishments we made over the years as a team, saying goodbye  meant I was part of great accomplishments, that we will continue doing in any place we go after their. I left a seed that others will follow, and I'm taking with me all the experience and knowledge that others shared with me and made me a better professional and person. After 6 years I still remember the place and people that encouraged are to follow my dreams, and keep on going. I still have close contact with many of my ex-colleagues that are know some of my best friends and mentors.

As we get closer and closer to completing our Masters degree, I can also see how our communication will continue. Being able to have contact with other professionals in the field that share the same vision is a must. Saying goodbye is more like sharing our success, dreams and hopes for a better future. When closing like these exists there is a sense of accomplishment, and optimism for those that stay and for you that leave that you have an important mission to complete in different place, that you will miss that your job, colleagues, children and parents, but still have others to help and more things to learn.