Competent Communicator

     The person that I chose who demonstrates being a competent communicator is my assistant principal in the school district I work in. This particular individual, who is a female really holds her own. She knows how to get the attention of the children as well as the staff members. When speaking she keeps goog eye contact and her facial expressions are not mean. Her body language is always at a composure which rarely changes. She is very consistent at what she does when speaking. My assistant principal talks in a calm voice, and always ask the question, " boys and girls do you understand". She leaves no doubt of what she is trying to convey to the audience she is communicating to.

    As a early childhood professional, I feel that I have most of the traits that I observe in my assistant principal. However, I think that there are a few important pointers that I need to work on. My facial expressions determine what I am going to say. I also need to get better at my body language, for example the use of the hands when speaking, and I need to leave more of the head jestures out. All in all I need to work on having more postive composure.

    In modeling my assistant principal I also need to work on relaying my messages in a more constucing way in order for my audience to recieve the messages I am trying to get across. I feel that learning different techiniques and strageties will help me to better myself when communicating with my children, parents, professional colleagues. Being able to communicate effectively is important to me, especially with the amount of situations which call for communication in many situations, and during many events and activities..