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)