Mental Moods Of Co Teachers

752 Words2 Pages

I was taught as a child, to work hard and you will be rewarded for your efforts. Always try to be the A student, the best you can be and you will get ahead in life. If you are working in a team environment, there are times when you will not get the self-recognition, but team recognition. People today have difficulty grasping that notion. It is human nature to want to be recognized and rewarded for our efforts. As leaders, we are responsible for motivating and developing our teams. We are called to help the teams realize their potential and use the team’s skills in the best possible way.

Mental Moods of Co Teachers Mixing teachers with different teaching styles, skills and experience can be volatile at times. “Mental Moods refers to team member’s knowledge and beliefs about how the work gets done by the team” (Robbins & Judge, 2009, p. 337). Teams need effective communication and a desire for teamwork. “In …show more content…

One particular teaching team pared a new employee with an employee that had been with the company for over a year. Both teachers have degrees in Early Childhood Education along with years of experience in classrooms. Both teachers went through the extensive training the company has in place for every teacher, coving the rules and regulations, company policies and the expectation of staff members the company sets in place. These two teachers based on their actions along with the lack of communication and teamwork decided they were each going to run their own classroom, with no input from the other team member. There was no collaboration, therefore making it difficult if a teacher called out sick, as the co teacher was not given lesson plans. Dr. Fischer, in Lesson 6 of the presentation, refers to

Open Document