Your cooperating teacher is always stepping in and taking over in guidance situations. You have pleaded to be allowed to follow through so that the children will know you mean what you say. You decide to send a congruent feeling statement to a staff meeting. You say

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Choice C is the best option because it is a congruent feeling statement that expresses the teacher's confusion and desire for the children to know that she means what she says, without blaming or attacking the cooperating teacher. By using "I" statements and expressing her own feelings and needs, the teacher is more likely to be heard and understood by the cooperating teacher and other colleagues. The other choices are either too confrontational or do not express the teacher's feelings clearly.

Your Cooperating Teacher Is Always Stepping in and Taking Over