I am currently having an issue at work with my co-teacher, and no matter the strategey I use to try and communicate with her, it seems that the information is "in one ear and out the otehr." I believe that we simply have two very different teaching styles and that in order for us to work with this, we will have to do our lessons separate. I have communicated with her through email, (she is a BIG emailer), and I have tried to speak with her face to face. I have learned to "suck it up" and just go with the flow as it makes the work area much calmer. My stress level is at an all time high and when I get off of work I am spent for the day.
According to the website, The Thirdside, I may want to take a step back and think about the points that she has that are correct or make sense and apply to the situation. I need to not always assume that I am right and she is wrong, which honestly I think I do a pretty good job at.
The Thirdside. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.thirdside.org/skills.cfm
Tiffany, I can sympathize. I had a co teaccher who drove me up the wall. She was literally the opposite of eveything I am. She was,in my opinion disorganized, unprepaired, She made up her lesson plans as she went. I was going nuts. Tge worst part was she constantly took my resources and then lost them or simply didnt return them. We finally had it out onw day and I told her all the things that had been slowly killing me... Her response "Oh, I didn't know it was botherin you" In her world I needed to be very blunt and direct about my complaints. As it turns out we became sort of firends and I learned to look at things from her point of view as well as my own. It really was a painful lesson but it helped me grow as a person. Good Luck!
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