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(Unit 6) Topic 8: Mindful Leadership

3 Clock Hours of Early Childhood Education

Community Building that Isn’t Cheesy

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The work place can be a stressful and even intimidating place where newcomers and veteran teachers may feel alone and unsupported at times. Taking the time and putting the effort into building a strong community foundation in the workplace will pay off in many different ways. Community building includes combining the natural habits, talents and personalities of individuals as a whole in order to create unity in order to achieve a common goal or purpose. Employee morale will soar, productivity may increase, and people will value each other among many other things.

Community building in the workplace can be considered a hum-drum boring set of silly trust falls and ropes courses, but this is definitely not the only option. While in many professional environments and careers these community building activities have a well-deserved place, the list doesn’t end there. In the 21st century there are a plethora of community building activities and ideas that even a simple Google search can yield. I would urge directors to do this, but to also consider the best options for their group.