team-processes

Outcome:
For a team to work effectively, established processes need to be in place to 'spread the load' and ensure that all are able to contribute to decisions without necessarily requiring everyone to be in the one place at the one time. It can be useful to consider different roles that your team members naturally play, and draw on these strengths, rather than requiring everyone to contribute in the same ways.

Suggested activities
Look through the following activities and think about whether any of them might work in your own context. If you have other ideas, please add them below.


 * Title:** Scanner, Strategist, Experimenter, Reality Checker
 * Time required:** 30 mins
 * Preparation:** Take a look at the different roles, as discussed here. Look at the following PPT slides. Paper and pens.
 * Activity:**

1. Our students are diverse...so why do we think that all members of a course team need to be the same, with uniform strengths and needs, playing uniform roles? 2. Outline different roles. Quick discussion - do they seem reasonable - any you would change / add? 3. What role/s do you feel most comfortable in? What role would you ideally like to see yourself in? 4. Different ways to use the information gathered - hands up/clickr and discussion of where team is most weighted. How might we make the most of these roles to allow staff to establish stronger focus for course strategy?


 * What you'll have at the end:** A sense of whether all roles are covered in your team, or if you need to build capacity in some of those roles. Are you too heavily weighted on one or two roles? Are the roles that are receiving minimal attention needed in order to achieve your course strategy?