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Attending: . I Started The Conversation With A Direct Question

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Attending: I started the conversation with a direct question of “So, Ms. Erickson, you wanted to discuss a problem you are having with Maria?” She responded with “Yes.” During this conversation, I asked indirect questions such as “What are the concerns that you have? and “Have you talked to her about why her homework hasn’t been completed?” These questions were at the beginning of the video. At 53 seconds, we were talking at the same time, which I did realize until I reviewed the video. Unfortunately, this happened another time at 1:01 but I stopped and waited for her to complete her comment. Both of these incidents seem like normal conversation, and I was the one being interrupted. To me, this it is fine for her to interrupt but …show more content…

In this situation, the teacher was the one asking most of the questions. This is because she is a new teacher with very little experience with contracts.
Score: 3 By answering the actual question that she has, I am showing that I am listening to her. I am providing her with the correct answer to her questions instead of avoiding them or talking around the response.
Empathy:
During the conversation, we did stay on the topic of Maria. The teacher did have concerns about how much time the interventions were going to take to implement. I did explain the contract is quick and easy to put in place. Also, I offered to help her set up the progress monitoring in the computer. I have found by teaching someone how to set this up the computer they are able to complete this process on their own in the future. This will save time for both of us.
Score: 3 - We did stay on the topic of Maria. I understand that the teacher is concerned about the amount of time that will be invested in one student. However, I tried to ease her concerns by assuring her that it would not take much time.
Assertiveness:
I am finding “I” messages along with acting as a consultant a difficult balance. I want to assist the teacher by providing suggestions and helpful information without actually doing the work for them which is my job as a consultant. I personally have implemented contracts and entered the

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