Subteam
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Lead Responsibilities
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Subteam leaders foster a collaborative learning environment within their project team to maximize the growth of each of the team members. Subteam leaders:
General
- Provide mentorship to new team members as well as returning team members (check for comprehension and take appropriate steps to guide growth)
- Maintain high standards and high expectations; hold team members accountable by letting team members know when they are not performing well
- Insist that expert team members empower novice members (see Novice-expert continuum) and seek out the appropriate experts with questions (not just Monroe)
- Maintain regular electronic communication with team members as well as face-to-face meetings
- Identify impediments to progress (team conflict, lack of accountability, etc.)
- Create a presentation for their own team explaining their project
- ensure that there is at least one regular weekly meeting outside of class time (in addition to the Wednesday meeting)
- send a weekly email copied to research and invent team leaders that defines tasks for the week with dead lines
- ensure that all team members have well defined tasks (every week) and appropriate resources to successfully complete those tasks
- foster peer-based learning within their team
- seek out expert advisers to maximize the team's efficiency
- identify impediments to progress and take active steps to address those impediments
Beginning of the Semester
- Participate in beginning of the semester trainings
- Meet within the first two weeks of class as a team in an informal setting (over lunch for example)
- Schedule 10 hours a week for subteam using google calendar
- Setup meeting times between RA's and team
- Explain subteam's goals to other team members
Weekly
- Compose an email to all team members that:
- Assigns everyone well defined task(s) for the week and appropriate resources to successfully complete those tasks
- Is copied to your RA/TL
- Includes deadlines (which can be revised if necessary)
- Includes upcoming due dates for team assignments (See syllabus)
- These can be found in both the syllabus and weekly emails
Mid Semester
- Guide
- foster a positive collaborative environment that is a prerequisite for a high performing team
- maintain regular electronic communication with team members as well as face-to-face meetings
- guide weekly reflective discussions on the team interaction effectiveness to foster continual improvement
- maintain high standards and high expectations
- hold team members accountable to meet their commitments to the team
- (feedback session)
- Based on feedback, make changes to improve how the team functions
- Enforce 10 hours a week for each subteam
- Report to RA/TL if members are not carrying out 10 hours a week
End of Semester
- Ensure all assignments are completed and compiled
- If something is left undone, it is your responsibility to facilitate its completion
- check for comprehension and take appropriate steps to guide growth of the team members
- insist that expert team members empower novice members (see Novice-expert continuum)