You are a director of a child care center with a culturally diverse group of families and staff. You have recently hired an assistant teacher, Elena, who came from Russia last year. She is in her 40s...

You are a director of a child care center with a culturally diverse group of families and staff. You have recently hired an assistant teacher, Elena, who came from Russia last year. She is in her 40s and has the equivalent of a master’s degree in education. Her head teacher is an American woman in her late 20s who has a bachelor’s degree in education. Elena has had more years of teaching experience than Diane, her head teacher, but most of it was with older children. Elena is finding it difficult to take direction from a person with less education and experience, but at the same time she is not finding it easy working with 3-year-olds. Diane, on the other hand, finds Elena to be somewhat intimidating and is having a hard time establishing a good working relationship with her. Both have come to speak with you about their frustrations in trying to work together. You have decided that it is time to have a three-way meeting. Role-play that meeting