Conflicts

There was a disagreement that I had with one of my colleagues. We were collaborating about activities to do before we had spring break.  We meet as a team to discuss issues, concerns, plan, collaborate, etc.  Well, this particular time my colleague seem to fight everything that was brought to the table and coming up with an excuse of why not to do it with her class. In order for us to do something we all have to agree with it and she was the only one that acted nonchalant and had an attitude about what was being brought to the table. We decided to let the students have game day on Friday, where the students bring board games, cards, etc. She did not like the idea and she thought the kids should just watch a movie. I explained that we had a movie day and that it would be good to watch the students interact through board games and solve problems. I did not allow the argument to go back and forth because I realize that we would not get anywhere with that. My other colleague on the team agreed with the game day and we decided to do it. She realized that she was wrong to cut off every idea I brought to the table. I decided to use cooperative strategy. We came together and talked about everything and fixed the problem. She admitted to having a bad day and apologized for fighting everything we brought to the table, and after she thought about it the game day was a great idea. I am glad I did not go back and forth because that could lead up to an argument and it is important to pick and choose your battles and that was not one to pick.