Zoe Girl
9-21-11, 10:46pm
Hmm, not sure if this is burn out or some other stresses in life affecting me. I had a couple of peaceful days which was great, and then starting Monday night my home exploded in drama again. But here I am focusing on work.
So I have been in loads of training, have some minor staff issues, and we have sooo many partnerships with organizations. Mostly I have tooo much to implement in my programs and I have a lot of staff training and development to get them to the point where they can pull it off. Friday I have confrontational meeting with my site coordinator and several supervisors about our communication issues at that school.
I wonder if it is just some of the necessary response to some things at work. i was talking with my back-on-again boyfriend about how I am a mediator. I did (what I consider) very good work with a parent of a student who had a behavior issue. It was a first incident but I knew the child and already had some issues with him and this incident was serious. Meanwhile I had information from the administration that I should be prepared and not meet with the parent alone. Well I had the meeting, mom agreed to the behavior consequence, it was positive and we found a structured program where he will be separated from the developing gang plus give him a chance to develop computer skills. Rather than mom being defensive and dangerous (in my areas this is very possible) she left smiling.
I am pretty dang proud, I am actually looking towards more training in mediation if this continues. But here is the deal, i am an introvert in nature even if no one believes me when I take charge of a training or just love being the center of attention, so this drains my energy. And I feel like I have soooo many more skills and abilities than my current job. It is a great place to make connections and prove myself, I just would rather be doing the training instead of attending (but they are really quality trainings). Patience I know,..
Tomorrow there are more DR appointments and if I am in the office at all I am going to put up my 'don't bug me' sign. Any other suggestions to recover?
So I have been in loads of training, have some minor staff issues, and we have sooo many partnerships with organizations. Mostly I have tooo much to implement in my programs and I have a lot of staff training and development to get them to the point where they can pull it off. Friday I have confrontational meeting with my site coordinator and several supervisors about our communication issues at that school.
I wonder if it is just some of the necessary response to some things at work. i was talking with my back-on-again boyfriend about how I am a mediator. I did (what I consider) very good work with a parent of a student who had a behavior issue. It was a first incident but I knew the child and already had some issues with him and this incident was serious. Meanwhile I had information from the administration that I should be prepared and not meet with the parent alone. Well I had the meeting, mom agreed to the behavior consequence, it was positive and we found a structured program where he will be separated from the developing gang plus give him a chance to develop computer skills. Rather than mom being defensive and dangerous (in my areas this is very possible) she left smiling.
I am pretty dang proud, I am actually looking towards more training in mediation if this continues. But here is the deal, i am an introvert in nature even if no one believes me when I take charge of a training or just love being the center of attention, so this drains my energy. And I feel like I have soooo many more skills and abilities than my current job. It is a great place to make connections and prove myself, I just would rather be doing the training instead of attending (but they are really quality trainings). Patience I know,..
Tomorrow there are more DR appointments and if I am in the office at all I am going to put up my 'don't bug me' sign. Any other suggestions to recover?