Janet is a new administrator of a small program with 5 classrooms. One of her first issues
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Janet is a new administrator of a small program with 5 classrooms. One of her first issues is reorganizing the closing down procedures at the end of each day. In this program, the teachers are responsible for cleaning and vacuuming their classroom before they leave. Both children and staff have staggered schedules, so by 3:30 or 4:00 a handful of children from each classroom have left, and the early teacher Monique is scheduled to leave. Monique has started taking all of her toddlers down to the young preschool room and dropping them off early so she could clean for the last 15-20 minutes, then leave at the scheduled time. She thinks the young preschool room is the best choice, because it will help the children get used to the classroom space for when it's their time to move up. At first this was okay, but as schedules shift with the weather, the other teachers are beginning to complain that it is intrusive. Her toddlers tend to run in. Head Start (2018). Conflict Resolution Strategies for Head Start Staff. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
In what ways could Janet use conflict resolution to address the problem? Specific techniques to share. conflict resolution to address the problem?