Blog Assignment 3: Scenario 2

Scenario 2:  Messing with Michael

	Managing and Overseeing	Coaching and Mentoring	Building and Supporting Community
Issues	The director has discussed the issue of the disarray of the classroom and for him to spend more time and energy in cleaning and keeping tidy.  Michael has objected and stated that it’s a learning experience for the children.	The director has given him his space to reflect his teaching philosophy.  She has also allowed him to express his beliefs of teaching the children responsibility in having to clean up after them to learn self help skills.	If Michael wants to teach the children about responsibility then maybe he could incorporate the families as well to build support from outside of the classroom.  Families can help children keep clean by also practicing this routine at home by having chores and their own responsibilities like setting the table, sorting the clothes or sorting the recycles.
Strategies	First of all Michael needs to make sure he reads over his job description handbook.  He should be following the professional standards and expectations.  He should also be an effective communicator with the director about his belief and the directors’ understanding of sanitary cleanliness.  The director needs to schedule a performance review and evaluation on Michael.	Michael will be offered opportunities to gain self assessment and goal setting for his beliefs and philosophy of the classroom.  We will allow him some time to practice the new skills and understandings that he will learn from our workshops that will be offered during naptime to staff.  The director would like a response to the learning box called, A Thinking Lens for Reflection that will be done quarterly by each staff.	I can see that Michael is teaching a sense of belonging and self help skills for the children, but they also need a little help and maybe some bonding to teach them that being neat and clean helps to promote a connection to your community as you work together to keep clean.  Michael will have to gain the insight to the cultures of the families to help him shape the individual lives in his program and classroom.