The meeting yesterday came and went. I left feeling exhausted and defeated. And, after another series of events new light came to the situation, which in hindsight actually would have saved us from this entire situation. But, it also provides the best possible solution to the matter.
So, today I am processing and looking back to learn from my mistakes. I spent a good majority of my time this morning typing out a critical incident report for myself. What this whole thing boils down to is indirect communication and assumptions. If I had gone directly to one person and asked what needed to be done to make things work, then we could have taken active steps to make this a better situation for all who are involved. Our next step is to do exactly that. The other teachers and the ministers involved will meet to develop a plan for training and better utilizing this particular volunteer. We, then, will work very closely to make this a good experience for the teachers and the students.
I have learned a lot about myself in this process. I have learned that I need to work on my confidence in addressing issues head on. So often I get scared of hurting feelings. Then I tip toe around the issue and hurt more feelings than I ever intended. Communication needs to be clear, expectations need to be stated, and interpersonal issues need to be handled directly.
Apologies will be made.
Hopefully, now that I see where I have made these mistakes, I will learn from them and take the steps to improve upon my weaknesses. Ultimately, my desire is to have everyone work together for the good of the students and their faith development. And, now, I am seeing that working with the students is just as much a part of the adult volunteers' and my own faith development, too.
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