Assignment 2 - Week 1

A person that I deem as a competent communicator is my good friend, boss, and educator, Julie Benavides. Five years ago, I never thought that I would be a child development major and be an educator. I had the pleasure of listening to Julie lecture in one of her classes at East Los Angeles College. The behaviors that I saw were honesty, energetic, and passionate. In my teachings, I have tried to model the energetic part and I say try because it is hard. It doesn't matter if Julie has a presentation  at 8am or 10pm, she seems to always be energetic. Through my experiences in and out of the classroom, I have gained tremendous passion for what I do. To be able to communicate to others about what I am passionate about has helped me transmit my message across to many individuals. Another trait that I feel makes Julie an effective communicator is her wiliness to talk to many different types of audiences. She has addressed little children, parents, high school children, college students, teachers, teacher assistants, program directors, and family child care providers. She has been effective in communicating to these different age groups. I have been there when she does so and a behaviors that I always see is honesty. She uses real life examples and relates  her audiences. I was surprised to have seem her talking about diversity in a few of our Masters courses at Walden University. Surprised as she did not even tell me that she had recorded videos. Her trait of being humble is also a trait that I wish to carry as I communicate to others.