Forming and Facilitating Effective Student Learning Teams

Prepared by Nina Abramzon

Introduction
Teamwork is a valuable skill both in and outside the workplace. Working together with peers can be both challenging and rewarding. Materials in this module will provide you with resources in the form of documents, readings, class activities and assignments to help you assign students into team and ensure that teams are collaborative and experience synergy. Students will complete LinkedIn modules on being an effective team member as well as communication within teams and engage in developing an asset map, develop team charters to optimize their group work.

Learning Objectives

List benefits of putting your team’s needs before your own.
Name the qualities of a teammate who is considered to be reliable.
Explain what it means to be proactive.
Recognize the importance of adjusting to the collaborative decision of the team.

FYE course SLO:
[SLO2] Students will engage in reflective and collaborative practices to explore their identities and roles within the CPP community.

[SLO3] Students will identify various academic and career paths.

Teaching Strategies
This module is thought using the Flipped classroom pedagogy. Where students watch online videos at home and preform and use the class time for active learning.

Before class :

1. Ask students to complete the following LinkedIn modules* and complete reflective notes for each of the modules, reflective notes

Being an Effective Team Member ( Video approximately 30 min)
Communication within Teams (Video approximately 50 min)

Plan an effective team:
Planning Effective Teams use a combination of student survey to form student team 4-7 is the ideal size ( depending on class size). Assign students to teams before they arrive to class. Ask students to complete the following survey to help with team assignment:
Team formation Sheet
Asset map assignment.
Asset mapping is an approach often used in community development, in which a community identifies its assets, and then builds upon and leverages these assets to solve community problems. Ask students to create a “map” of their assets (identities, skills, interests, experiences) that you will bring to a team.
- Asset Map Assignment
- Asset Map Template

During class (Lecture and Content)

Students will share You can share their asset maps with their team.
To accelerate a team’s development, a team contract is generated to establish procedures and roles. During class students will get into together with their team and work on a team contract. Here are samples of team contracts:
Team contract sample 1
Team contract sample 2

After Class:

Ask students to read the following paper: Ground Rules for Effective Groups
which will help students understand what makes groups and teams successful.
Ask students to submit reflective notes based on the reading . reflective notes

Resources

This is an article for the instructor (the team work facilitator) to help understand the development of group work and the different stages in group formation : the forming, storming, norming and performing stages. Tuckman, Bruce (2001). "Developmental Sequence in Small Groups'", Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal: 71–72.

Assessments

While students are working on a project in their team you assign the following to: Self and Team Evaluation

How to Complete This Module (Instructions for students)

Before class:

1. Complete the following LinkdIn* modules and complete reflective notes for each of the modules, reflective notes

Being an Effective Team Member ( Video approximately 30 min)
Communication within Teams (Video approximately 50 min)
Complete the following survey to help with team assignment:
- Team formation Sheet
Create a “map” of their assets (identities, skills, interests, experiences) that you will bring to a team.
- Asset Map Assignment
- Asset Map Template

During class:

You will share You can share their asset maps with their team.
With your team work on a team contract.
Team contract sample 1 or Team contract sample 2

After class:

Read the following paper: Ground Rules for Effective Groups
which will help you understand what makes groups and teams successful.
Submit reflective notes based on the reading . reflective notes

*Learn more about logging into LinkedIn Learning: https://cpp.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0001099