Saturday, January 12, 2013
Effective Communication
The person I think that demostrates competent communication is a colleague named Ella. She is on my first grade team. She always exhibits effective behaviors when communicating with children, families, colleagues, and adminstrators. She is friendly, courteous, considerate, and caring. When communicating with children, she speaks to them on their level making sure they understand what is being communicated. Ella is respectful and listens carefully. She always exhibits care and respect for others when communicating. Ella participates in making decisions and always volunteers to help. When communicating with others she uses spoken words, body language, expression, gestures, and / or eye contact.
I would want to to model some of my own communication behaviors after Ella because she communicates in an effective manner. She is respectful and compassionate when communicating with others. She is understanding, honest, and able to connect with people on a personal level (O'Hair & Wiemann, 2012).
Resources
O'Hair, D. & Wiemann, M. (2012). Real communication: An introduction. New York: Bedford / St. Martins.
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Crystal,
ReplyDeleteYour friend Ella sounds like a great communicator. I find that the most effective communicators are able to work with diverse groups of people. As a reult, it is important to model ourselves after strong communicators.
It is always amazing when you work with someone that you can respect. Effective communication makes all the difference in our daily lives. I look forward to following your blog.
ReplyDeleteHi Crystal,
ReplyDeleteYour friend Ella has the same name as my mother, and that one of the things that stood out to me besides that person being a great communicator. Yes my mother is a very great communicator as well.